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 23 August 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 342 309
Rank change year-on-year -9 -33 +70
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 117 88 218
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.51% 0.53% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.57% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 77 74 185
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +20.45% -18.52%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £70,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -15.38%

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 21,713 15,328 23,746
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.44% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 15,509 9,326 16,966
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,500
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 £97,500 £96,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 23 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 23 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 34 (29.06%) Security Cleared
2 32 (27.35%) Cybersecurity
3 30 (25.64%) Presales
4 24 (20.51%) VMware
4 24 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (17.95%) Disaster Recovery
7 19 (16.24%) Azure
8 17 (14.53%) Microsoft
8 17 (14.53%) SC Cleared
8 17 (14.53%) vSphere
8 17 (14.53%) Workshop Facilitation
9 16 (13.68%) AWS
9 16 (13.68%) Dell
9 16 (13.68%) NetApp
9 16 (13.68%) Nutanix
10 15 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (12.82%) Nimble Storage
10 15 (12.82%) PMO
10 15 (12.82%) ServiceNow
10 15 (12.82%) Windows
11 14 (11.97%) AI
12 13 (11.11%) Active Directory
13 12 (10.26%) DevOps
13 12 (10.26%) Hyper-V
13 12 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
13 12 (10.26%) SQL
14 11 (9.40%) DV Cleared
14 11 (9.40%) ITIL
14 11 (9.40%) ITSM

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 (3.42%) Confluence
2 3 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (6.84%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (3.42%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.24%) Azure
2 16 (13.68%) AWS
2 16 (13.68%) Nutanix
3 12 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (7.69%) GCP
5 8 (6.84%) Entra ID
5 8 (6.84%) SaaS
6 4 (3.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (3.42%) Azure Storage
7 3 (2.56%) GitHub
8 2 (1.71%) OCI
8 2 (1.71%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.85%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.55%) DHCP
1 10 (8.55%) DNS
2 9 (7.69%) VSAN
3 6 (5.13%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (5.13%) Firewall
3 6 (5.13%) iSCSI
3 6 (5.13%) VPN
4 4 (3.42%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.71%) Network Security
5 2 (1.71%) VLAN
6 1 (0.85%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (2.56%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.71%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.71%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.85%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.42%) Git
1 4 (3.42%) JIRA
2 3 (2.56%) GitLab
2 3 (2.56%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (1.71%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (29.06%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.53%) Public Sector
3 13 (11.11%) Legal
4 7 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.98%) Finance
5 6 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (5.13%) Law
5 6 (5.13%) Police
6 5 (4.27%) Marketing
7 2 (1.71%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Advertising
8 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.85%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.69%) REST
2 7 (5.98%) SOAP
3 5 (4.27%) Terraform
4 2 (1.71%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.85%) .NET
5 1 (0.85%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.85%) boto
5 1 (0.85%) CSS
5 1 (0.85%) EDI
5 1 (0.85%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.85%) HTML
5 1 (0.85%) JSON
5 1 (0.85%) Middleware
5 1 (0.85%) OAuth
5 1 (0.85%) OpenID
5 1 (0.85%) React
5 1 (0.85%) SAML
5 1 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.68%) PKI
2 15 (12.82%) Data Centre
3 11 (9.40%) CMDB
4 7 (5.98%) Enterprise Storage
5 6 (5.13%) VxBlock/Vblock
6 5 (4.27%) Cloud Native
6 5 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (3.42%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (2.56%) Client/Server
8 3 (2.56%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.71%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.71%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.85%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.82%) Windows
2 9 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.42%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.35%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (25.64%) Presales
3 23 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (17.95%) Disaster Recovery
5 17 (14.53%) Workshop Facilitation
6 15 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (11.97%) AI
8 12 (10.26%) DevOps
9 11 (9.40%) ITIL
9 11 (9.40%) ITSM
9 11 (9.40%) Translating Business Requirements
10 10 (8.55%) Analytics
11 9 (7.69%) Project Delivery
11 9 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
11 9 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (6.84%) Agile
12 8 (6.84%) Information Security
12 8 (6.84%) Risk Management
12 8 (6.84%) Technical Leadership
13 7 (5.98%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.26%) SQL
2 7 (5.98%) Python
3 5 (4.27%) JavaScript
3 5 (4.27%) PL/SQL
3 5 (4.27%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.42%) Bicep
5 1 (0.85%) C#
5 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (29.06%) Security Cleared
2 17 (14.53%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.40%) DV Cleared
4 10 (8.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 9 (7.69%) VCAP
5 9 (7.69%) VCDX
6 6 (5.13%) Degree
6 6 (5.13%) Dell Certification
7 4 (3.42%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.56%) CISSP
9 2 (1.71%) CISM
9 2 (1.71%) CRISC
10 1 (0.85%) CCDA
10 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.85%) GIAC
10 1 (0.85%) ISACA
10 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.85%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.82%) PMO
2 8 (6.84%) QA
3 5 (4.27%) NIST
3 5 (4.27%) SLA
4 4 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.71%) GDPR
5 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (1.71%) NCSC
5 2 (1.71%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (14.53%) vSphere
3 13 (11.11%) Active Directory
4 12 (10.26%) Hyper-V
5 11 (9.40%) VMware NSX
6 9 (7.69%) vCloud
7 4 (3.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.13%) Avamar
1 6 (5.13%) Dell DRAC
1 6 (5.13%) EMC NetWorker
1 6 (5.13%) EMC VPLEX
1 6 (5.13%) VxRail
2 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.71%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.71%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 24 (20.51%) VMware
2 17 (14.53%) Microsoft
3 16 (13.68%) Dell
3 16 (13.68%) NetApp
4 15 (12.82%) Nimble Storage
4 15 (12.82%) ServiceNow
5 9 (7.69%) Broadcom
6 8 (6.84%) Oracle
6 8 (6.84%) Veeam
7 6 (5.13%) 3PAR
7 6 (5.13%) Isilon
8 4 (3.42%) Adobe
8 4 (3.42%) Marketo
8 4 (3.42%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.56%) Google
9 3 (2.56%) Okta
10 2 (1.71%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.71%) N-able
10 2 (1.71%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.71%) WatchGuard