Consultant Jobs in the West Midlands

Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Consultant salary in the West Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 51 81
Rank change year-on-year -37 +30 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 108 303 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.60% 3.87% 3.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.90% 4.11% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 80 237 161
10th Percentile £33,850 £24,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £72,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £67,925
% change year-on-year +4.17% -11.67% +4.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,727 7,380 4,761
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.76% 94.30% 90.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,040 5,121 3,202
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,438 £35,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% -

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham -3 78 £65,000 +6.12% 56
Staffordshire -14 8 £65,000 +100.00% 26
Warwickshire +8 4 £65,000 +100.00% 6
Coventry +3 4 £45,000 -21.74% 4
Halesowen - 2 £36,000 - 1
Worcestershire +12 1 - - 6
Solihull +9 1 - - 2
Herefordshire +8 1 £52,500 +31.25% 1
Shropshire +4 1 £55,000 +15.79% 11
Dudley +3 1 - -
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 39 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 29 (26.85%) Collaborative Working
2 29 (26.85%) Finance
3 28 (25.93%) SAP
4 27 (25.00%) CRM
5 25 (23.15%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (22.22%) Project Management
7 21 (19.44%) ERP
7 21 (19.44%) Security Cleared
8 20 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
8 20 (18.52%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (15.74%) Data Privacy
10 16 (14.81%) Microsoft
10 16 (14.81%) Project Delivery
11 15 (13.89%) Degree
12 12 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
12 12 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
13 11 (10.19%) Migration
14 10 (9.26%) Law
14 10 (9.26%) Agile
14 10 (9.26%) SQL
14 10 (9.26%) Mentoring
14 10 (9.26%) NetSuite
14 10 (9.26%) Data Migration
14 10 (9.26%) Azure
15 9 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
15 9 (8.33%) Power Platform
16 8 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (6.48%) Billing
17 7 (6.48%) NHS

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Adobe Captivate
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.85%) Revit
2 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (9.26%) NetSuite
3 7 (6.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (5.56%) SAP CO
4 6 (5.56%) SAP FI
5 5 (4.63%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (4.63%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (3.70%) SAP HR
7 2 (1.85%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.93%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.93%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.93%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.93%) SAP PS
8 1 (0.93%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.93%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.93%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 20 (18.52%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (9.26%) Azure
3 9 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.70%) Boomi
4 4 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (1.85%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.85%) SaaS
6 1 (0.93%) Google Drive
6 1 (0.93%) MailChimp
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.85%) Firewall
2 1 (0.93%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (0.93%) Network Security
2 1 (0.93%) SAN
2 1 (0.93%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.93%) VPN
2 1 (0.93%) WAN
2 1 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.70%) DB2
2 4 (3.70%) MaxDB
2 4 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (3.70%) SAP HANA
2 4 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 3 (2.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 29 (26.85%) Finance
3 20 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.26%) Law
5 8 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (6.48%) Billing
7 5 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.63%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.70%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.70%) Marketing
9 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.85%) Legal
10 2 (1.85%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.93%) Advertising
11 1 (0.93%) Czech Language
11 1 (0.93%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.93%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.70%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.93%) .NET
2 1 (0.93%) BAPI
2 1 (0.93%) EJB
2 1 (0.93%) JDBC
2 1 (0.93%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.93%) SAP ALE
2 1 (0.93%) SAP PI
2 1 (0.93%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.48%) NHS
2 5 (4.63%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.70%) e-Learning
3 4 (3.70%) Hackathon
4 3 (2.78%) Low-Code
4 3 (2.78%) Social Media
5 2 (1.85%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.85%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.85%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.93%) Life Science
6 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.93%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.56%) Windows
2 4 (3.70%) AIX
2 4 (3.70%) Unix
3 1 (0.93%) Linux
3 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (26.85%) Collaborative Working
2 27 (25.00%) CRM
3 25 (23.15%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (22.22%) Project Management
5 21 (19.44%) ERP
6 17 (15.74%) Data Privacy
7 16 (14.81%) Project Delivery
8 12 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
9 11 (10.19%) Migration
10 10 (9.26%) Agile
10 10 (9.26%) Data Migration
10 10 (9.26%) Mentoring
11 9 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (6.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (6.48%) Customer Service
13 6 (5.56%) Analytics
13 6 (5.56%) Test Scripting
14 5 (4.63%) Asset Management
14 5 (4.63%) Change Management
14 5 (4.63%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.26%) SQL
2 6 (5.56%) ABAP
3 4 (3.70%) C#
3 4 (3.70%) Java
4 3 (2.78%) C
4 3 (2.78%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.78%) X++
5 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (19.44%) Security Cleared
2 15 (13.89%) Degree
3 6 (5.56%) HND
4 5 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.70%) HNC
6 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.85%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.93%) CCA
8 1 (0.93%) CCNP
8 1 (0.93%) CCSA
8 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.93%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.78%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.78%) PMO
2 1 (0.93%) GAAP
2 1 (0.93%) GDPR
2 1 (0.93%) GRC
2 1 (0.93%) IFRS
2 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.93%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Automic
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (25.93%) SAP
2 16 (14.81%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.56%) Oracle
4 4 (3.70%) Dell
5 2 (1.85%) Adobe
5 2 (1.85%) Cisco
5 2 (1.85%) IBM
5 2 (1.85%) Okta
5 2 (1.85%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.85%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.93%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.93%) Broadcom
6 1 (0.93%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.93%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.93%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.93%) Google
6 1 (0.93%) HP
6 1 (0.93%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.93%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.93%) VMware