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 18 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 357 395
Rank change year-on-year +57 +38 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 94 82 199
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.50% 0.54% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.59% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 64 68 156
10th Percentile £48,750 £48,500 £40,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,438 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +26.64% -15.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £75,000
90th Percentile - £100,000 £79,375
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +26.09% -4.17%

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 17,512 13,957 31,238
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 92.18% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,900 8,883 24,881
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,013
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 18 May 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 May 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 26 (27.66%) DevOps
2 24 (25.53%) Presales
3 22 (23.40%) Security Cleared
4 18 (19.15%) Azure
4 18 (19.15%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (17.02%) VMware
5 16 (17.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (15.96%) vSphere
7 14 (14.89%) Dell
7 14 (14.89%) NetApp
7 14 (14.89%) Nutanix
8 13 (13.83%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (13.83%) Nimble Storage
8 13 (13.83%) PMO
8 13 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (11.70%) AWS
9 11 (11.70%) Microsoft
9 11 (11.70%) ServiceNow
9 11 (11.70%) VMware NSX
10 10 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (10.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 9 (9.57%) Broadcom
11 9 (9.57%) Business Strategy
11 9 (9.57%) GCP
11 9 (9.57%) ITIL
11 9 (9.57%) ITSM
11 9 (9.57%) VCAP
11 9 (9.57%) VCDX
11 9 (9.57%) vCloud
11 9 (9.57%) VSAN

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:

Business Applications
1 5 (5.32%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 18 (19.15%) Azure
2 14 (14.89%) Nutanix
3 11 (11.70%) AWS
4 9 (9.57%) GCP
5 8 (8.51%) Entra ID
6 6 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (3.19%) Datadog
8 2 (2.13%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.57%) VSAN
2 8 (8.51%) DHCP
2 8 (8.51%) DNS
3 4 (4.26%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (4.26%) iSCSI
4 1 (1.06%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.13%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.06%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.06%) MySQL
2 1 (1.06%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (8.51%) Git
2 5 (5.32%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.19%) GitLab
4 2 (2.13%) Bitbucket
4 2 (2.13%) Oracle Forms
General
1 19 (20.21%) Social Skills
2 7 (7.45%) Law
2 7 (7.45%) Legal
3 6 (6.38%) Public Sector
4 5 (5.32%) Finance
5 2 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.06%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.32%) OAuth
1 5 (5.32%) OpenID
1 5 (5.32%) SAML
2 3 (3.19%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (3.19%) REST
2 3 (3.19%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.83%) Data Centre
2 12 (12.77%) PKI
3 8 (8.51%) Cloud Native
4 6 (6.38%) CMDB
5 5 (5.32%) Cyberattack
5 5 (5.32%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (4.26%) VxBlock/Vblock
7 3 (3.19%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.13%) Client/Server
8 2 (2.13%) Data Structures
8 2 (2.13%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (2.13%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.06%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.45%) Linux
2 5 (5.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.66%) DevOps
2 24 (25.53%) Presales
3 18 (19.15%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (13.83%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (9.57%) Business Strategy
6 9 (9.57%) ITIL
6 9 (9.57%) ITSM
7 7 (7.45%) Software Testing
7 7 (7.45%) Test Automation
8 6 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (6.38%) Microservices
8 6 (6.38%) Project Delivery
9 5 (5.32%) Coaching
9 5 (5.32%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (5.32%) Programme Delivery
9 5 (5.32%) RBAC
9 5 (5.32%) Strategic Roadmap
9 5 (5.32%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.32%) SQL
2 2 (2.13%) PL/SQL
2 2 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (23.40%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 9 (9.57%) VCAP
3 9 (9.57%) VCDX
4 8 (8.51%) Degree
4 8 (8.51%) SC Cleared
5 6 (6.38%) DV Cleared
6 5 (5.32%) CISSP
6 5 (5.32%) GIAC
6 5 (5.32%) ISACA
6 5 (5.32%) SANS
7 4 (4.26%) Dell Certification
8 1 (1.06%) CCDA
8 1 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.83%) PMO
2 6 (6.38%) NIST
3 4 (4.26%) QA
4 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (17.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (15.96%) vSphere
3 11 (11.70%) VMware NSX
4 9 (9.57%) vCloud
5 8 (8.51%) Active Directory
6 6 (6.38%) Docker
7 4 (4.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (6.38%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.32%) Ansible
3 4 (4.26%) Avamar
3 4 (4.26%) Dell DRAC
3 4 (4.26%) EMC NetWorker
3 4 (4.26%) EMC VPLEX
3 4 (4.26%) VxRail
4 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 16 (17.02%) VMware
2 14 (14.89%) Dell
2 14 (14.89%) NetApp
3 13 (13.83%) Nimble Storage
4 11 (11.70%) Microsoft
4 11 (11.70%) ServiceNow
5 9 (9.57%) Broadcom
6 7 (7.45%) Okta
7 5 (5.32%) ForgeRock
7 5 (5.32%) Google
7 5 (5.32%) Oracle
8 4 (4.26%) 3PAR
8 4 (4.26%) Isilon
8 4 (4.26%) Veeam
9 3 (3.19%) AppDynamics
9 3 (3.19%) BigPanda
9 3 (3.19%) Dynatrace
9 3 (3.19%) Splunk
10 1 (1.06%) Cisco
10 1 (1.06%) Red Hat