Hybrid/Remote Technical Consultant Job Trends

Technical Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Consultant salary for remote/hybrid work is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 362 335
Rank change year-on-year +20 -27 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 98 73 235
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.44% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.48% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 62 60 196
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £72,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.62% +31.82% -18.52%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,563 £70,250
90th Percentile - £100,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% +26.09% -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 20,200 15,157 29,444
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 92.25% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,652 9,416 22,554
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,956 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,806
% change year-on-year - +4.15% -11.99%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 31 (31.63%) Security Cleared
2 29 (29.59%) Presales
3 25 (25.51%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (20.41%) VMware
5 20 (20.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 19 (19.39%) Azure
7 17 (17.35%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (17.35%) vSphere
8 16 (16.33%) Dell
8 16 (16.33%) NetApp
8 16 (16.33%) Nutanix
9 15 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (15.31%) DevOps
9 15 (15.31%) Nimble Storage
9 15 (15.31%) PMO
9 15 (15.31%) ServiceNow
10 14 (14.29%) AWS
10 14 (14.29%) Microsoft
11 13 (13.27%) GCP
11 13 (13.27%) Workshop Facilitation
12 12 (12.24%) ITIL
12 12 (12.24%) ITSM
13 11 (11.22%) Active Directory
13 11 (11.22%) DV Cleared
13 11 (11.22%) SC Cleared
13 11 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (11.22%) VMware NSX
14 10 (10.20%) DHCP
14 10 (10.20%) DNS

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 2 (2.04%) Confluence
1 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (8.16%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.04%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (2.04%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (2.04%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (19.39%) Azure
2 16 (16.33%) Nutanix
3 14 (14.29%) AWS
4 13 (13.27%) GCP
5 8 (8.16%) Entra ID
6 6 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.04%) GitHub
7 2 (2.04%) OCI
7 2 (2.04%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.04%) SaaS
8 1 (1.02%) Datadog
8 1 (1.02%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.20%) DHCP
1 10 (10.20%) DNS
2 9 (9.18%) VSAN
3 6 (6.12%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (6.12%) iSCSI
4 2 (2.04%) Firewall
4 2 (2.04%) Network Security
4 2 (2.04%) VLAN
4 2 (2.04%) VPN
5 1 (1.02%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.06%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (3.06%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.04%) Oracle Database
2 2 (2.04%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.02%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.02%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (8.16%) Git
2 5 (5.10%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.06%) GitLab
3 3 (3.06%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (2.04%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 30 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.22%) Public Sector
3 8 (8.16%) Law
4 7 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.14%) Finance
5 5 (5.10%) Legal
6 2 (2.04%) General Ledger
6 2 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.02%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.02%) Marketing
7 1 (1.02%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.18%) REST
2 7 (7.14%) SOAP
3 5 (5.10%) OAuth
3 5 (5.10%) OpenID
3 5 (5.10%) SAML
4 2 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.02%) boto
5 1 (1.02%) EDI
5 1 (1.02%) JSON
5 1 (1.02%) Middleware
5 1 (1.02%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.33%) PKI
2 15 (15.31%) Data Centre
3 11 (11.22%) CMDB
4 9 (9.18%) Cloud Native
5 7 (7.14%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (6.12%) VxBlock/Vblock
7 5 (5.10%) Cyberattack
8 3 (3.06%) Data Structures
8 3 (3.06%) Onboarding
9 2 (2.04%) Client/Server
9 2 (2.04%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (2.04%) Driving Licence
9 2 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (1.02%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.16%) Linux
1 8 (8.16%) Windows
2 3 (3.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (29.59%) Presales
2 25 (25.51%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (17.35%) Disaster Recovery
5 15 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (15.31%) DevOps
6 13 (13.27%) Workshop Facilitation
7 12 (12.24%) ITIL
7 12 (12.24%) ITSM
8 11 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (10.20%) Project Delivery
10 9 (9.18%) Agile
11 8 (8.16%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (8.16%) Translating Business Requirements
12 7 (7.14%) AI
12 7 (7.14%) Risk Management
12 7 (7.14%) Software Testing
12 7 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 7 (7.14%) Test Automation
13 6 (6.12%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.20%) SQL
2 5 (5.10%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.02%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.02%) Python
3 1 (1.02%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (31.63%) Security Cleared
2 11 (11.22%) DV Cleared
2 11 (11.22%) SC Cleared
3 10 (10.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 9 (9.18%) VCAP
4 9 (9.18%) VCDX
5 8 (8.16%) Degree
6 7 (7.14%) CISSP
7 6 (6.12%) Dell Certification
8 5 (5.10%) GIAC
8 5 (5.10%) ISACA
8 5 (5.10%) SANS
9 2 (2.04%) CISM
9 2 (2.04%) CRISC
10 1 (1.02%) CCDA
10 1 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.31%) PMO
2 9 (9.18%) NIST
3 8 (8.16%) QA
4 4 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.06%) SLA
6 2 (2.04%) GDPR
6 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (2.04%) NCSC
6 2 (2.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (20.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (17.35%) vSphere
3 11 (11.22%) Active Directory
3 11 (11.22%) VMware NSX
4 9 (9.18%) vCloud
5 8 (8.16%) Hyper-V
6 6 (6.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.12%) Avamar
1 6 (6.12%) Dell DRAC
1 6 (6.12%) EMC NetWorker
1 6 (6.12%) EMC VPLEX
1 6 (6.12%) Kubernetes
1 6 (6.12%) VxRail
2 5 (5.10%) Ansible
3 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.04%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (20.41%) VMware
2 16 (16.33%) Dell
2 16 (16.33%) NetApp
3 15 (15.31%) Nimble Storage
3 15 (15.31%) ServiceNow
4 14 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 9 (9.18%) Broadcom
6 8 (8.16%) Oracle
6 8 (8.16%) Veeam
7 7 (7.14%) Google
7 7 (7.14%) Okta
8 6 (6.12%) 3PAR
8 6 (6.12%) Isilon
9 5 (5.10%) ForgeRock
10 2 (2.04%) Fortinet
10 2 (2.04%) N-able
10 2 (2.04%) Palo Alto
10 2 (2.04%) SonicWALL
10 2 (2.04%) WatchGuard
11 1 (1.02%) BigPanda