Hybrid/Remote Technical Consultant Job Trends

Technical Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Consultant salary for remote/hybrid work is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 August 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 344 298
Rank change year-on-year +5 -46 +90
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 116 86 208
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.51% 0.52% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.56% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 74 73 182
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -18.52%
75th Percentile £84,375 £86,250 £69,308
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year - +16.07% -13.85%

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 21,358 15,317 23,903
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.23% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 15,271 9,305 17,421
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -8.33%

Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Technical Consultant job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Technical Consultant
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Technical Consultant job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Technical Consultant job vacancies

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Technical Consultant over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Technical Consultant salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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

For the 6 months to 14 August 2026, Technical 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 Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 36 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 32 (27.59%) Cybersecurity
3 30 (25.86%) Presales
4 23 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (18.97%) VMware
5 22 (18.97%) VMware Infrastructure
6 19 (16.38%) Azure
6 19 (16.38%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (14.66%) AWS
7 17 (14.66%) Microsoft
7 17 (14.66%) SC Cleared
7 17 (14.66%) vSphere
7 17 (14.66%) Workshop Facilitation
8 16 (13.79%) Dell
8 16 (13.79%) NetApp
8 16 (13.79%) Nutanix
9 15 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (12.93%) Nimble Storage
9 15 (12.93%) PMO
9 15 (12.93%) ServiceNow
10 14 (12.07%) AI
10 14 (12.07%) DevOps
11 13 (11.21%) Active Directory
11 13 (11.21%) Windows
12 12 (10.34%) SQL
13 11 (9.48%) DV Cleared
13 11 (9.48%) GCP
13 11 (9.48%) ITIL
13 11 (9.48%) ITSM
13 11 (9.48%) Project Delivery

Technical 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 4 (3.45%) Confluence
2 3 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (6.90%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (3.45%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.72%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.72%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.72%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.38%) Azure
2 17 (14.66%) AWS
3 16 (13.79%) Nutanix
4 11 (9.48%) GCP
5 10 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (6.90%) Entra ID
7 7 (6.03%) SaaS
8 3 (2.59%) GitHub
9 2 (1.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.72%) Azure Storage
9 2 (1.72%) OCI
9 2 (1.72%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.86%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.86%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.62%) DHCP
1 10 (8.62%) DNS
2 9 (7.76%) VSAN
3 6 (5.17%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (5.17%) iSCSI
4 4 (3.45%) Firewall
4 4 (3.45%) VPN
5 2 (1.72%) Network Security
5 2 (1.72%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.72%) VLAN
6 1 (0.86%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.59%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (2.59%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.72%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.86%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.86%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Git
2 4 (3.45%) JIRA
3 3 (2.59%) GitLab
3 3 (2.59%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.59%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.72%) Bitbucket
General
1 36 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.66%) Public Sector
3 14 (12.07%) Legal
4 9 (7.76%) Finance
5 8 (6.90%) Law
6 7 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (5.17%) Police
8 5 (4.31%) Marketing
9 2 (1.72%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.86%) Advertising
10 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.86%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.76%) REST
2 7 (6.03%) SOAP
3 3 (2.59%) OAuth
3 3 (2.59%) OpenID
3 3 (2.59%) SAML
4 2 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.86%) .NET
5 1 (0.86%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.86%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.86%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.86%) boto
5 1 (0.86%) CSS
5 1 (0.86%) EDI
5 1 (0.86%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.86%) HTML
5 1 (0.86%) JSON
5 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.86%) Middleware
5 1 (0.86%) React
5 1 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.79%) PKI
2 15 (12.93%) Data Centre
3 11 (9.48%) CMDB
4 7 (6.03%) Cloud Native
4 7 (6.03%) Enterprise Storage
5 6 (5.17%) VxBlock/Vblock
6 4 (3.45%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (2.59%) Client/Server
7 3 (2.59%) Cyberattack
7 3 (2.59%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.59%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.72%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.72%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.86%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.21%) Windows
2 7 (6.03%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.59%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (25.86%) Presales
3 23 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (16.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 17 (14.66%) Workshop Facilitation
6 15 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (12.07%) AI
7 14 (12.07%) DevOps
8 11 (9.48%) ITIL
8 11 (9.48%) ITSM
8 11 (9.48%) Project Delivery
8 11 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (9.48%) Translating Business Requirements
9 10 (8.62%) Agile
10 9 (7.76%) Project Management
10 9 (7.76%) Requirements Gathering
11 8 (6.90%) Analytics
11 8 (6.90%) Information Security
11 8 (6.90%) Risk Management
11 8 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.34%) SQL
2 6 (5.17%) Python
3 5 (4.31%) JavaScript
3 5 (4.31%) PL/SQL
4 3 (2.59%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.72%) Bicep
6 1 (0.86%) C#
6 1 (0.86%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 17 (14.66%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.48%) DV Cleared
4 10 (8.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 9 (7.76%) VCAP
5 9 (7.76%) VCDX
6 8 (6.90%) Degree
7 6 (5.17%) Dell Certification
8 5 (4.31%) CISSP
9 3 (2.59%) GIAC
9 3 (2.59%) ISACA
9 3 (2.59%) SANS
10 2 (1.72%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.72%) CISM
10 2 (1.72%) CRISC
11 1 (0.86%) CCDA
11 1 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.93%) PMO
2 8 (6.90%) QA
3 7 (6.03%) NIST
4 5 (4.31%) SLA
5 4 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.72%) GDPR
6 2 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (1.72%) NCSC
6 2 (1.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (18.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (14.66%) vSphere
3 13 (11.21%) Active Directory
4 11 (9.48%) VMware NSX
5 10 (8.62%) Hyper-V
6 9 (7.76%) vCloud
7 4 (3.45%) Docker
8 2 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.17%) Avamar
1 6 (5.17%) Dell DRAC
1 6 (5.17%) EMC NetWorker
1 6 (5.17%) EMC VPLEX
1 6 (5.17%) VxRail
2 4 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.59%) Ansible
3 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.59%) Terraform
4 2 (1.72%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (18.97%) VMware
2 17 (14.66%) Microsoft
3 16 (13.79%) Dell
3 16 (13.79%) NetApp
4 15 (12.93%) Nimble Storage
4 15 (12.93%) ServiceNow
5 9 (7.76%) Broadcom
6 8 (6.90%) Oracle
6 8 (6.90%) Veeam
7 6 (5.17%) 3PAR
7 6 (5.17%) Isilon
8 5 (4.31%) Google
8 5 (4.31%) Okta
9 4 (3.45%) Adobe
9 4 (3.45%) Marketo
9 4 (3.45%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.59%) ForgeRock
11 2 (1.72%) Palo Alto
11 2 (1.72%) SonicWALL
11 2 (1.72%) WatchGuard