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 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 59 77
Rank change year-on-year +16 +18 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 749 828 892
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.98% 5.06% 4.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.32% 5.27% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 558 412 690
10th Percentile £34,000 £42,625 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,938 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% -1.85% +3.85%
75th Percentile £77,375 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -3.85%

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 14,085 15,725 20,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 96.08% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 9,171 9,465 17,064
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,500 £35,573
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +2.74% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 13 January 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 13 January 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.

1 133 (17.76%) Microsoft
2 125 (16.69%) Security Cleared
3 122 (16.29%) SAP
4 111 (14.82%) Cybersecurity
5 94 (12.55%) SC Cleared
6 92 (12.28%) ERP
7 89 (11.88%) Azure
8 88 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
9 73 (9.75%) Collaborative Culture
10 70 (9.35%) Business Intelligence
10 70 (9.35%) NIST
11 69 (9.21%) AI
12 67 (8.95%) CISSP
13 65 (8.68%) Mentoring
14 60 (8.01%) Risk Management
15 57 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
15 57 (7.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 56 (7.48%) ISMS
16 56 (7.48%) Stakeholder Management
17 55 (7.34%) CISM
18 52 (6.94%) Agile
19 51 (6.81%) Presales
20 49 (6.54%) GRC
20 49 (6.54%) Workshop Facilitation
21 48 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
22 46 (6.14%) DevOps
23 44 (5.87%) Programme Management
24 43 (5.74%) AWS
24 43 (5.74%) Degree
24 43 (5.74%) Power Platform

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 24 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.14%) IIS
3 11 (1.47%) Confluence
4 7 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.67%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.27%) Apache
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.13%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 41 (5.47%) Unit4 Business World
2 33 (4.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (2.00%) SAP FI
5 14 (1.87%) SAP CO
5 14 (1.87%) SAP FI/CO
6 12 (1.60%) NetSuite
7 9 (1.20%) Sage X3
8 7 (0.93%) SAP HCM
9 6 (0.80%) SAP PP
10 5 (0.67%) SAP GRC
10 5 (0.67%) SAP Payroll
10 5 (0.67%) SAP PS
11 4 (0.53%) Sage 200
11 4 (0.53%) Sage 50
11 4 (0.53%) SAP MM
11 4 (0.53%) SAP PM
12 3 (0.40%) Sage CRM
12 3 (0.40%) SAP HR
12 3 (0.40%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 89 (11.88%) Azure
2 48 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (5.74%) AWS
3 43 (5.74%) Power Platform
4 37 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
5 34 (4.54%) SaaS
6 24 (3.20%) GCP
7 19 (2.54%) Entra ID
7 19 (2.54%) Power Automate
8 15 (2.00%) PowerApps
9 14 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
10 11 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
11 10 (1.34%) Intacct
12 9 (1.20%) Copilot Studio
12 9 (1.20%) GitHub
13 8 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (0.93%) Snowflake
14 7 (0.93%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.54%) Network Security
2 14 (1.87%) Firewall
3 9 (1.20%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.20%) VPN
4 8 (1.07%) Unified Communications
5 6 (0.80%) DMZ
6 5 (0.67%) DHCP
6 5 (0.67%) DNS
7 2 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.27%) LAN
7 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.27%) Wireless
8 1 (0.13%) BGP
8 1 (0.13%) Broadband
8 1 (0.13%) EIGRP
8 1 (0.13%) IGMP
8 1 (0.13%) NGFW
8 1 (0.13%) OSPF
8 1 (0.13%) WAN
8 1 (0.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (2.94%) Power BI
2 17 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (2.00%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (1.07%) Tableau
7 7 (0.93%) BigQuery
7 7 (0.93%) SAP HANA
8 6 (0.80%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.67%) Apache Iceberg
9 5 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (0.67%) Delta Lake
9 5 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.67%) Looker
9 5 (0.67%) Metadata
9 5 (0.67%) Pinecone
9 5 (0.67%) SAP BW
9 5 (0.67%) Weaviate
10 4 (0.53%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.53%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 22 (2.94%) JIRA
2 8 (1.07%) Bitbucket
2 8 (1.07%) GitLab
2 8 (1.07%) Subversion
3 5 (0.67%) MLflow
4 4 (0.53%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.13%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.13%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 237 (31.64%) Social Skills
2 172 (22.96%) Finance
3 96 (12.82%) Public Sector
4 64 (8.54%) Marketing
5 62 (8.28%) Telecoms
6 55 (7.34%) Manufacturing
7 53 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
8 38 (5.07%) Electronics
9 31 (4.14%) Law
10 27 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.60%) Billing
13 12 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (1.47%) Retail
15 9 (1.20%) German Language
15 9 (1.20%) Legal
16 6 (0.80%) Advertising
17 5 (0.67%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.53%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.47%) SAP CAF
2 16 (2.14%) SAP Fiori
3 6 (0.80%) PyTorch
3 6 (0.80%) REST
3 6 (0.80%) SAP Basis
3 6 (0.80%) SAPUI5
3 6 (0.80%) TensorFlow
4 5 (0.67%) Faiss
4 5 (0.67%) HTML
4 5 (0.67%) React
4 5 (0.67%) vLLM
4 5 (0.67%) XML
5 4 (0.53%) .NET
5 4 (0.53%) CSS
5 4 (0.53%) Node.js
5 4 (0.53%) RESTful
5 4 (0.53%) Spring
5 4 (0.53%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.40%) JSON
6 3 (0.40%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.34%) Onboarding
2 28 (3.74%) Management Information System
3 18 (2.40%) Cloud Native
4 16 (2.14%) CESG
5 15 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.74%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.60%) AI Agents
8 11 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.34%) Web Conferencing
10 9 (1.20%) Augmented Reality
10 9 (1.20%) NHS
10 9 (1.20%) Private Cloud
10 9 (1.20%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.07%) Virtual Reality
12 7 (0.93%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.93%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.80%) Cloud Security Posture
13 6 (0.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 6 (0.80%) Life Science
13 6 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.07%) Windows
2 13 (1.74%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.93%) 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%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (14.82%) Cybersecurity
2 92 (12.28%) ERP
3 88 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (9.75%) Collaborative Culture
5 70 (9.35%) Business Intelligence
6 69 (9.21%) AI
7 65 (8.68%) Mentoring
8 60 (8.01%) Risk Management
9 57 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 56 (7.48%) ISMS
10 56 (7.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 52 (6.94%) Agile
12 51 (6.81%) Presales
13 49 (6.54%) Workshop Facilitation
14 46 (6.14%) DevOps
15 44 (5.87%) Programme Management
16 42 (5.61%) CRM
16 42 (5.61%) Decision-Making
17 39 (5.21%) Digital Marketing
18 36 (4.81%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.47%) SQL
2 28 (3.74%) Python
3 13 (1.74%) Java
4 11 (1.47%) ABAP
4 11 (1.47%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.20%) C#
6 8 (1.07%) Bash
6 8 (1.07%) Go
7 5 (0.67%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.67%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.67%) Scala
7 5 (0.67%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.53%) Kotlin
8 4 (0.53%) VBA
9 3 (0.40%) VBScript
10 2 (0.27%) R
11 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.13%) Korn
Qualifications
1 125 (16.69%) Security Cleared
2 94 (12.55%) SC Cleared
3 67 (8.95%) CISSP
4 55 (7.34%) CISM
5 43 (5.74%) Degree
6 33 (4.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 20 (2.67%) CISMP
8 18 (2.40%) CESG Certified Professional
9 16 (2.14%) IISP
10 15 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.60%) CEH
11 12 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
12 11 (1.47%) DV Cleared
13 10 (1.34%) CRISC
13 10 (1.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 8 (1.07%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.93%) SAP Certification
16 5 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (0.67%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (9.35%) NIST
2 57 (7.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (6.54%) GRC
4 28 (3.74%) JSP 440
5 24 (3.20%) NCSC
6 21 (2.80%) NIST 800
7 20 (2.67%) PCI DSS
8 16 (2.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 16 (2.14%) RMADS
9 14 (1.87%) QA
10 11 (1.47%) SLA
11 9 (1.20%) GDPR
11 9 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 8 (1.07%) Data Quality
12 8 (1.07%) NEBOSH
13 6 (0.80%) Accessibility
14 5 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 3 (0.40%) ISO 22301
17 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 31 (4.14%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.34%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.67%) Docker
3 5 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.53%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (0.80%) Terraform
3 4 (0.53%) SCCM
4 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.13%) Nessus
4 1 (0.13%) Nmap
4 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 133 (17.76%) Microsoft
2 122 (16.29%) SAP
3 40 (5.34%) ServiceNow
4 22 (2.94%) Oracle
5 14 (1.87%) Sage
6 13 (1.74%) Databricks
7 10 (1.34%) Workday
8 8 (1.07%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.07%) Salesforce
9 7 (0.93%) Google
10 6 (0.80%) Cisco
10 6 (0.80%) IFS
10 6 (0.80%) Palantir
11 5 (0.67%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.67%) VMware
12 4 (0.53%) Computacenter
12 4 (0.53%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.40%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.40%) Dynatrace
13 3 (0.40%) Talend