Hybrid/Remote Technical Consultant Job Trends

Technical Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Consultant salary for remote/hybrid work is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 357 364
Rank change year-on-year +34 +7 +62
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 95 70 241
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.48% 0.46% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.49% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 60 56 197
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £68,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £76,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.48% +38.64% -18.52%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,563 £70,250
90th Percentile - £100,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £78,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +36.96% -11.54%

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 18,758 14,142 33,245
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 92.12% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13,672 8,631 25,988
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 27 (28.42%) Presales
1 27 (28.42%) Security Cleared
2 23 (24.21%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (21.05%) Azure
4 18 (18.95%) VMware
4 18 (18.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (17.89%) vSphere
6 16 (16.84%) Dell
6 16 (16.84%) NetApp
6 16 (16.84%) Nutanix
7 15 (15.79%) AWS
7 15 (15.79%) DevOps
7 15 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
7 15 (15.79%) Nimble Storage
7 15 (15.79%) PMO
8 14 (14.74%) ServiceNow
9 13 (13.68%) Microsoft
10 12 (12.63%) GCP
11 11 (11.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (11.58%) ITIL
11 11 (11.58%) ITSM
11 11 (11.58%) VMware NSX
12 10 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 9 (9.47%) Broadcom
13 9 (9.47%) DV Cleared
13 9 (9.47%) SC Cleared
13 9 (9.47%) VCAP
13 9 (9.47%) VCDX

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 (1.05%) Confluence
1 1 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (1.05%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (7.37%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 20 (21.05%) Azure
2 16 (16.84%) Nutanix
3 15 (15.79%) AWS
4 12 (12.63%) GCP
5 8 (8.42%) Entra ID
6 6 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.11%) Datadog
7 2 (2.11%) GitHub
8 1 (1.05%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.05%) OCI
8 1 (1.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.47%) VSAN
2 8 (8.42%) DHCP
2 8 (8.42%) DNS
3 6 (6.32%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (6.32%) iSCSI
4 1 (1.05%) Broadband
4 1 (1.05%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.16%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.11%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.05%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.05%) MySQL
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.05%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (8.42%) Git
2 5 (5.26%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.16%) GitLab
3 3 (3.16%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (2.11%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 24 (25.26%) Social Skills
2 9 (9.47%) Public Sector
3 8 (8.42%) Law
4 7 (7.37%) Legal
5 6 (6.32%) Finance
6 4 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.05%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.05%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.05%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.32%) REST
2 5 (5.26%) OAuth
2 5 (5.26%) OpenID
2 5 (5.26%) SAML
2 5 (5.26%) SOAP
3 2 (2.11%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.05%) boto
4 1 (1.05%) EDI
4 1 (1.05%) JSON
4 1 (1.05%) Middleware
4 1 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.84%) PKI
2 15 (15.79%) Data Centre
3 9 (9.47%) Cloud Native
3 9 (9.47%) CMDB
4 7 (7.37%) Enterprise Storage
5 6 (6.32%) VxBlock/Vblock
6 5 (5.26%) Cyberattack
7 3 (3.16%) Data Structures
7 3 (3.16%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.11%) Client/Server
8 2 (2.11%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (2.11%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.05%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.42%) Linux
2 5 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (28.42%) Presales
2 23 (24.21%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (15.79%) DevOps
4 15 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (11.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (11.58%) ITIL
5 11 (11.58%) ITSM
6 10 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (9.47%) Workshop Facilitation
8 7 (7.37%) Agile
8 7 (7.37%) Business Strategy
8 7 (7.37%) Project Delivery
8 7 (7.37%) Software Testing
8 7 (7.37%) Test Automation
9 6 (6.32%) Data Protection
9 6 (6.32%) Roadmaps
9 6 (6.32%) Server Management
9 6 (6.32%) Storage Management
9 6 (6.32%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.42%) SQL
2 4 (4.21%) PL/SQL
3 3 (3.16%) Python
4 1 (1.05%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (28.42%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 9 (9.47%) DV Cleared
3 9 (9.47%) SC Cleared
3 9 (9.47%) VCAP
3 9 (9.47%) VCDX
4 8 (8.42%) Degree
5 6 (6.32%) CISSP
5 6 (6.32%) Dell Certification
6 5 (5.26%) GIAC
6 5 (5.26%) ISACA
6 5 (5.26%) SANS
7 1 (1.05%) CCDA
7 1 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.05%) CISM
7 1 (1.05%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.79%) PMO
2 7 (7.37%) NIST
3 6 (6.32%) QA
4 2 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.05%) GDPR
5 1 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (1.05%) NCSC
5 1 (1.05%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (18.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (17.89%) vSphere
3 11 (11.58%) VMware NSX
4 9 (9.47%) vCloud
5 8 (8.42%) Active Directory
6 6 (6.32%) Docker
6 6 (6.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (6.32%) Avamar
1 6 (6.32%) Dell DRAC
1 6 (6.32%) EMC NetWorker
1 6 (6.32%) EMC VPLEX
1 6 (6.32%) Kubernetes
1 6 (6.32%) VxRail
2 5 (5.26%) Ansible
3 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.11%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (18.95%) VMware
2 16 (16.84%) Dell
2 16 (16.84%) NetApp
3 15 (15.79%) Nimble Storage
4 14 (14.74%) ServiceNow
5 13 (13.68%) Microsoft
6 9 (9.47%) Broadcom
7 7 (7.37%) Okta
7 7 (7.37%) Oracle
8 6 (6.32%) 3PAR
8 6 (6.32%) Google
8 6 (6.32%) Isilon
8 6 (6.32%) Veeam
9 5 (5.26%) ForgeRock
10 2 (2.11%) AppDynamics
10 2 (2.11%) BigPanda
10 2 (2.11%) Dynatrace
10 2 (2.11%) Splunk
11 1 (1.05%) Cisco
11 1 (1.05%) EMC