Hybrid/Remote Technical Consultant Job Trends

Technical Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Consultant salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 February 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 288 346
Rank change year-on-year -6 +58 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 93 140 197
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.57% 0.94% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.98% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 46 58 147
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,375 £40,450
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +18.85% -6.15%
75th Percentile £67,813 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £89,375 £86,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £68,750 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -8.33% -4.00%

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 15,416 14,243 26,672
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 95.20% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 10,327 8,914 22,350
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,516
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 £80,000 £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%

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 28 February 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 28 February 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 23 (24.73%) DevOps
2 14 (15.05%) Azure
3 13 (13.98%) Microsoft
4 12 (12.90%) Business Strategy
5 10 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (8.60%) AWS
6 8 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (7.53%) Agile
7 7 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (6.45%) Computer Science
8 6 (6.45%) Degree
8 6 (6.45%) Linux
8 6 (6.45%) Security Cleared
9 5 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (5.38%) GCP
9 5 (5.38%) Google
9 5 (5.38%) Okta
9 5 (5.38%) Roadmaps
9 5 (5.38%) ServiceNow
9 5 (5.38%) Technology Strategy
10 4 (4.30%) Active Directory
10 4 (4.30%) AI
10 4 (4.30%) AIOps
10 4 (4.30%) Ansible
10 4 (4.30%) AppDynamics
10 4 (4.30%) Application Security
10 4 (4.30%) B2C
10 4 (4.30%) BigPanda
10 4 (4.30%) CISSP
10 4 (4.30%) Coaching

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 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.08%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.15%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 14 (15.05%) Azure
2 8 (8.60%) AWS
3 7 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.38%) GCP
5 4 (4.30%) Datadog
5 4 (4.30%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.15%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.08%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.08%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.30%) DHCP
1 4 (4.30%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.15%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (2.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Git
1 4 (4.30%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (12.90%) Social Skills
2 7 (7.53%) Law
2 7 (7.53%) Legal
3 5 (5.38%) Finance
4 2 (2.15%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.08%) Billing
5 1 (1.08%) Marketing
5 1 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.30%) OAuth
1 4 (4.30%) OpenID
1 4 (4.30%) OpenTelemetry
1 4 (4.30%) SAML
1 4 (4.30%) SAP Basis
2 2 (2.15%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (2.15%) SAPUI5
3 1 (1.08%) .NET
3 1 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.08%) React
3 1 (1.08%) REST
3 1 (1.08%) SOAP
3 1 (1.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 4 (4.30%) Cyberattack
3 3 (3.23%) Private Cloud
4 2 (2.15%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.15%) Replication
5 1 (1.08%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.08%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.08%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.08%) PKI
5 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.45%) Linux
2 2 (2.15%) SUSE
2 2 (2.15%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 2 (2.15%) Windows
2 2 (2.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (24.73%) DevOps
2 12 (12.90%) Business Strategy
3 10 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (7.53%) Agile
6 6 (6.45%) Computer Science
7 5 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (5.38%) Roadmaps
7 5 (5.38%) Technology Strategy
8 4 (4.30%) AIOps
8 4 (4.30%) Application Security
8 4 (4.30%) Coaching
8 4 (4.30%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (4.30%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (4.30%) Observability
8 4 (4.30%) Performance Tuning
8 4 (4.30%) Programme Delivery
8 4 (4.30%) Project Delivery
8 4 (4.30%) RBAC
8 4 (4.30%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.30%) Python
2 2 (2.15%) Java
2 2 (2.15%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.08%) C#
3 1 (1.08%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.08%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.08%) R
3 1 (1.08%) SQL
3 1 (1.08%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (6.45%) Degree
1 6 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.30%) CISSP
2 4 (4.30%) GIAC
2 4 (4.30%) ISACA
2 4 (4.30%) SANS
3 1 (1.08%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.08%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.08%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.30%) NIST
2 3 (3.23%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (4.30%) Active Directory
1 4 (4.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.30%) Ansible
1 4 (4.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.38%) Google
2 5 (5.38%) Okta
2 5 (5.38%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.30%) AppDynamics
3 4 (4.30%) BigPanda
3 4 (4.30%) Dynatrace
3 4 (4.30%) ForgeRock
3 4 (4.30%) SAP
3 4 (4.30%) Splunk
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle