Hybrid/Remote Consultant Job Trends

Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Consultant salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 66 71
Rank change year-on-year +17 +5 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 745 748 1,146
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.63% 4.76% 4.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.95% 4.96% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 531 351 917
10th Percentile £33,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 15,063 15,072 26,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 95.82% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 9,889 9,060 22,120
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,725 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Consultant' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Consultant job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Consultant
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Consultant job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Consultant job vacancies

Consultant
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Consultant over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Consultant salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 10 February 2026, Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 141 (18.93%) Microsoft
2 132 (17.72%) Security Cleared
3 111 (14.90%) SC Cleared
4 104 (13.96%) SAP
5 93 (12.48%) Azure
6 89 (11.95%) Cybersecurity
6 89 (11.95%) ERP
7 82 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (10.20%) AI
9 75 (10.07%) Collaborative Culture
10 62 (8.32%) Business Intelligence
11 60 (8.05%) Presales
11 60 (8.05%) Workshop Facilitation
12 57 (7.65%) Microsoft 365
13 55 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 55 (7.38%) Mentoring
14 54 (7.25%) Stakeholder Management
15 52 (6.98%) Agile
16 49 (6.58%) GRC
17 45 (6.04%) AWS
17 45 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 44 (5.91%) CRM
18 44 (5.91%) DevOps
18 44 (5.91%) Risk Management
18 44 (5.91%) SQL
19 43 (5.77%) Degree
19 43 (5.77%) Power Platform
20 42 (5.64%) ISMS
21 41 (5.50%) Business Development
21 41 (5.50%) Decision-Making

Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 27 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (1.48%) Confluence
3 9 (1.21%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.27%) Apache
Applications
1 13 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.13%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 41 (5.50%) Unit4 Business World
2 31 (4.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (1.74%) SAP FI
5 12 (1.61%) SAP CO
5 12 (1.61%) SAP FI/CO
6 10 (1.34%) NetSuite
7 9 (1.21%) Sage X3
8 7 (0.94%) SAP HCM
9 6 (0.81%) SAP Payroll
9 6 (0.81%) SAP PP
10 5 (0.67%) SAP GRC
11 4 (0.54%) SAP PM
11 4 (0.54%) SAP PS
12 3 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
12 3 (0.40%) Sage 200
12 3 (0.40%) Sage 50
12 3 (0.40%) Sage CRM
12 3 (0.40%) SAP HR
12 3 (0.40%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 93 (12.48%) Azure
2 57 (7.65%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (6.04%) AWS
4 43 (5.77%) Power Platform
5 38 (5.10%) Dynamics 365
6 33 (4.43%) SaaS
7 30 (4.03%) GCP
8 18 (2.42%) Entra ID
9 16 (2.15%) Power Automate
9 16 (2.15%) PowerApps
10 14 (1.88%) Microsoft Copilot
10 14 (1.88%) SuccessFactors
11 11 (1.48%) Snowflake
11 11 (1.48%) Vertex AI
12 10 (1.34%) GitHub
12 10 (1.34%) Intacct
13 9 (1.21%) Amazon SageMaker
13 9 (1.21%) Azure Machine Learning
13 9 (1.21%) Copilot Studio
13 9 (1.21%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.88%) Firewall
2 10 (1.34%) TCP/IP
2 10 (1.34%) Unified Communications
3 9 (1.21%) Network Security
3 9 (1.21%) VPN
4 7 (0.94%) DMZ
5 6 (0.81%) DHCP
5 6 (0.81%) DNS
6 5 (0.67%) SMTP
7 2 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.27%) LAN
7 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.27%) Wireless
8 1 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.13%) IGMP
8 1 (0.13%) NGFW
8 1 (0.13%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (0.13%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.13%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
1 22 (2.95%) Power BI
2 17 (2.28%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (1.61%) Tableau
5 11 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
5 11 (1.48%) BigQuery
6 9 (1.21%) Apache Iceberg
6 9 (1.21%) Delta Lake
6 9 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (1.21%) Looker
6 9 (1.21%) Pinecone
6 9 (1.21%) Weaviate
7 7 (0.94%) SAP HANA
8 5 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (0.67%) Metadata
8 5 (0.67%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.54%) SAP BW
9 4 (0.54%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 18 (2.42%) JIRA
2 9 (1.21%) MLflow
3 8 (1.07%) Bitbucket
3 8 (1.07%) GitLab
3 8 (1.07%) Subversion
4 4 (0.54%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.13%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.13%) Git
5 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.13%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 225 (30.20%) Social Skills
2 152 (20.40%) Finance
3 89 (11.95%) Public Sector
4 53 (7.11%) Manufacturing
5 52 (6.98%) Telecoms
6 44 (5.91%) Marketing
7 43 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
8 31 (4.16%) Law
9 26 (3.49%) Electronics
9 26 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.28%) Legal
11 16 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.61%) Retail
14 10 (1.34%) Billing
14 10 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.21%) German Language
16 7 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.81%) Banking
18 5 (0.67%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.49%) SAP CAF
2 16 (2.15%) SAP Fiori
3 10 (1.34%) PyTorch
3 10 (1.34%) TensorFlow
4 9 (1.21%) Faiss
4 9 (1.21%) REST
4 9 (1.21%) vLLM
5 7 (0.94%) SAML
6 6 (0.81%) React
6 6 (0.81%) SAP Basis
6 6 (0.81%) SAPUI5
7 5 (0.67%) .NET
7 5 (0.67%) Node.js
7 5 (0.67%) RESTful
7 5 (0.67%) Spring
7 5 (0.67%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.40%) IDoc
8 3 (0.40%) OpenTelemetry
9 2 (0.27%) Model Context Protocol
9 2 (0.27%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.77%) Onboarding
2 18 (2.42%) Cloud Native
3 17 (2.28%) Product Ownership
4 12 (1.61%) AI Agents
5 11 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (1.34%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.34%) Life Science
6 10 (1.34%) Security Posture
7 9 (1.21%) Private Cloud
7 9 (1.21%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.21%) Web Conferencing
8 7 (0.94%) Augmented Reality
8 7 (0.94%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (0.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 7 (0.94%) NHS
8 7 (0.94%) PKI
8 7 (0.94%) Virtual Reality
9 6 (0.81%) Blog
9 6 (0.81%) Low-Code
9 6 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.03%) Windows
2 13 (1.74%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.48%) Linux
4 3 (0.40%) SUSE
4 3 (0.40%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.13%) AIX
5 1 (0.13%) Android
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) CentOS
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (11.95%) Cybersecurity
1 89 (11.95%) ERP
2 82 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (10.20%) AI
4 75 (10.07%) Collaborative Culture
5 62 (8.32%) Business Intelligence
6 60 (8.05%) Presales
6 60 (8.05%) Workshop Facilitation
7 55 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 55 (7.38%) Mentoring
8 54 (7.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 52 (6.98%) Agile
10 44 (5.91%) CRM
10 44 (5.91%) DevOps
10 44 (5.91%) Risk Management
11 42 (5.64%) ISMS
12 41 (5.50%) Business Development
12 41 (5.50%) Decision-Making
13 38 (5.10%) Migration
14 35 (4.70%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 44 (5.91%) SQL
2 34 (4.56%) Python
3 18 (2.42%) Java
4 13 (1.74%) Bash
5 12 (1.61%) Go
6 10 (1.34%) ABAP
6 10 (1.34%) C#
7 9 (1.21%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.21%) Scala
8 6 (0.81%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.67%) Kotlin
9 5 (0.67%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.67%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.67%) VBA
10 4 (0.54%) VBScript
11 1 (0.13%) C
11 1 (0.13%) C++
11 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.13%) Korn
11 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 132 (17.72%) Security Cleared
2 111 (14.90%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.77%) Degree
4 40 (5.37%) CISSP
5 38 (5.10%) CISM
6 32 (4.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 17 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.61%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.21%) CRISC
9 9 (1.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 7 (0.94%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.81%) SAP Certification
12 5 (0.67%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.67%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.54%) CISA
13 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.54%) CISMP
13 4 (0.54%) VCAP
14 3 (0.40%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.58%) GRC
2 45 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (5.50%) NIST
4 12 (1.61%) GDPR
4 12 (1.61%) JSP 440
5 11 (1.48%) Data Quality
6 10 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 10 (1.34%) PCI DSS
6 10 (1.34%) SLA
7 9 (1.21%) NCSC
8 8 (1.07%) NEBOSH
9 7 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.94%) QA
10 5 (0.67%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.40%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.40%) GAAP
11 3 (0.40%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (4.70%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.34%) Docker
2 10 (1.34%) Hyper-V
3 6 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.54%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (0.67%) SCCM
3 3 (0.40%) Terraform
4 1 (0.13%) Ansible
4 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.13%) Nessus
4 1 (0.13%) Nmap
4 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 141 (18.93%) Microsoft
2 104 (13.96%) SAP
3 24 (3.22%) Oracle
4 18 (2.42%) Databricks
5 17 (2.28%) ServiceNow
6 14 (1.88%) Sage
7 12 (1.61%) Computacenter
7 12 (1.61%) IFS
7 12 (1.61%) Palantir
8 10 (1.34%) Google
8 10 (1.34%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.34%) Workday
9 8 (1.07%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.81%) Cisco
10 6 (0.81%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.81%) VMware
11 5 (0.67%) CyberArk
12 4 (0.54%) Adobe
12 4 (0.54%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.40%) Dynatrace