Consultant Jobs in England

Consultant
UK > England

The median Consultant salary in England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 95 138
Rank change year-on-year +30 +43 -50
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 3,074 3,047 3,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.55% 3.44% 2.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.76% 3.76% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,340 1,888 2,430
10th Percentile £29,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,925 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +4.50% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,789 81,044 130,352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.54% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,868 51,693 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,525 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in England.

Salary trend for Consultant in England

Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in England

Consultant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +25 1,043 £70,000 - 654
North of England +19 486 £55,000 -21.43% 233
South East +58 476 £50,000 -25.65% 210
South West +68 396 £57,500 -11.54% 166
Midlands +55 387 £47,500 -26.92% 124
North West -5 287 £57,500 -17.86% 153
West Midlands +66 277 £50,000 -23.08% 89
East of England +29 184 £47,500 -24.00% 40
Yorkshire +31 141 £50,000 -28.57% 68
East Midlands +26 107 £37,500 -42.31% 35
North East +47 58 £57,500 +4.55% 14
Consultant
UK

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 978 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 826 (26.87%) Microsoft
3 642 (20.88%) Finance
4 494 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
5 442 (14.38%) Security Cleared
6 436 (14.18%) Azure
7 421 (13.70%) Degree
8 345 (11.22%) Cybersecurity
9 338 (11.00%) Agile
10 316 (10.28%) SQL
11 315 (10.25%) Project Management
12 305 (9.92%) Power Platform
13 296 (9.63%) Dynamics 365
14 293 (9.53%) Public Sector
14 293 (9.53%) Roadmaps
15 276 (8.98%) Presales
16 262 (8.52%) SAP
16 262 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
17 252 (8.20%) Customer Service
18 241 (7.84%) Migration
19 238 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
20 232 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
21 214 (6.96%) Retail
22 205 (6.67%) AWS
23 204 (6.64%) Power BI
24 203 (6.60%) Self-Motivation
25 201 (6.54%) SQL Server
25 201 (6.54%) CRM
26 200 (6.51%) Windows
26 200 (6.51%) Mentoring

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 152 (4.94%) SharePoint
2 106 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 40 (1.30%) Apache
3 40 (1.30%) IIS
4 14 (0.46%) Confluence
5 12 (0.39%) SAS
6 8 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.20%) Appian
8 5 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.16%) CMS
9 3 (0.098%) Drupal
9 3 (0.098%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.098%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.065%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.065%) nginx
10 2 (0.065%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.065%) Papyrus
11 1 (0.033%) JOnAS
11 1 (0.033%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.033%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 114 (3.71%) Microsoft Office
2 68 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.49%) Adobe XD
6 12 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.16%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.13%) Revit
9 2 (0.065%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.065%) InDesign
9 2 (0.065%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.033%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.033%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.033%) InVision
10 1 (0.033%) Sketch
10 1 (0.033%) SPSS
10 1 (0.033%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 131 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 100 (3.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 56 (1.82%) Workday HCM
4 37 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 33 (1.07%) SAP FI
6 30 (0.98%) SAP CO
6 30 (0.98%) SAP FI/CO
7 28 (0.91%) NetSuite
8 25 (0.81%) SAP Business One
8 25 (0.81%) SAP SCM
9 21 (0.68%) SAP SD
10 19 (0.62%) Sage 200
10 19 (0.62%) SAP MM
11 18 (0.59%) SAP PP
12 17 (0.55%) SAP HR
13 15 (0.49%) Sage X3
14 14 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
15 13 (0.42%) Adobe Campaign
15 13 (0.42%) SAP EWM
15 13 (0.42%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 436 (14.18%) Azure
2 305 (9.92%) Power Platform
3 296 (9.63%) Dynamics 365
4 238 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
5 205 (6.67%) AWS
6 125 (4.07%) SaaS
7 91 (2.96%) Power Automate
8 71 (2.31%) Entra ID
9 64 (2.08%) PowerApps
10 49 (1.59%) IaaS
10 49 (1.59%) PaaS
11 46 (1.50%) Amazon S3
12 45 (1.46%) GCP
13 41 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
13 41 (1.33%) OneDrive
14 37 (1.20%) OCI
15 35 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
16 30 (0.98%) SuccessFactors
17 21 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
18 17 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 118 (3.84%) Firewall
2 69 (2.24%) Network Security
3 56 (1.82%) VPN
4 50 (1.63%) Internet
4 50 (1.63%) WAN
5 48 (1.56%) DNS
6 45 (1.46%) LAN
7 41 (1.33%) Wireless
8 36 (1.17%) SNMP
9 34 (1.11%) IPsec
10 28 (0.91%) DHCP
10 28 (0.91%) Unified Communications
11 21 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (0.55%) TCP/IP
13 16 (0.52%) SAN
13 16 (0.52%) SD-WAN
14 15 (0.49%) NAS
15 13 (0.42%) Broadband
16 9 (0.29%) MPLS
16 9 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (6.64%) Power BI
2 201 (6.54%) SQL Server
3 119 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
4 101 (3.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 50 (1.63%) Data Lake
6 36 (1.17%) MongoDB
7 35 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
8 30 (0.98%) Relational Database
9 28 (0.91%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 24 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 24 (0.78%) Tableau
11 22 (0.72%) Big Data
12 21 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
13 20 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
14 15 (0.49%) Oracle Database
15 13 (0.42%) GIS
16 12 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
17 11 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
17 11 (0.36%) Metadata
17 11 (0.36%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 33 (1.07%) JIRA
2 21 (0.68%) Git
2 21 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 13 (0.42%) Axure RP
3 13 (0.42%) Balsamiq
3 13 (0.42%) Robot Framework
4 8 (0.26%) TeamCity
5 7 (0.23%) GitLab
5 7 (0.23%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.20%) Hudson
6 6 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.16%) PowerBuilder
8 4 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.13%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.13%) Subversion
9 3 (0.098%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.098%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.098%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.065%) LoadRunner
General
1 978 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 642 (20.88%) Finance
3 293 (9.53%) Public Sector
4 262 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
5 214 (6.96%) Retail
6 184 (5.99%) Marketing
7 170 (5.53%) Presentation Skills
8 140 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 133 (4.33%) Law
10 126 (4.10%) Manufacturing
11 74 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
12 59 (1.92%) Telecoms
13 55 (1.79%) Military
14 54 (1.76%) Aerospace
15 47 (1.53%) Automotive
16 36 (1.17%) Banking
17 27 (0.88%) Legal
18 22 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
18 22 (0.72%) Electronics
18 22 (0.72%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (3.16%) HTML
2 47 (1.53%) XML
3 45 (1.46%) CSS
4 37 (1.20%) RabbitMQ
4 37 (1.20%) Web Services
5 34 (1.11%) YAML
6 31 (1.01%) REST
7 26 (0.85%) .NET
7 26 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
8 25 (0.81%) JSON
9 23 (0.75%) AngularJS
10 21 (0.68%) EDI
10 21 (0.68%) SOAP
11 13 (0.42%) Node.js
12 10 (0.33%) ARM Templates
13 8 (0.26%) SAP TM
14 7 (0.23%) Oracle Fusion
14 7 (0.23%) PySpark
14 7 (0.23%) React
15 6 (0.20%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 203 (6.60%) Self-Motivation
2 117 (3.81%) Data Centre
2 117 (3.81%) Management Information System
3 64 (2.08%) Driving Licence
4 59 (1.92%) IoT
5 53 (1.72%) Public Cloud
6 51 (1.66%) Onboarding
7 50 (1.63%) Operational Technology
8 39 (1.27%) Product Ownership
9 34 (1.11%) Cyber Defence
9 34 (1.11%) Security Operations Centre
10 29 (0.94%) Low-Code
11 27 (0.88%) Cloud Native
11 27 (0.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 24 (0.78%) Client/Server
12 24 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
13 23 (0.75%) FMCG
13 23 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
14 22 (0.72%) Blog
15 20 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 200 (6.51%) Windows
2 132 (4.29%) Linux
3 89 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 34 (1.11%) Data ONTAP
5 25 (0.81%) Windows 10
6 23 (0.75%) Android
7 21 (0.68%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.49%) Unix
9 12 (0.39%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.16%) VMS
11 4 (0.13%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.098%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.065%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.033%) Debian
14 1 (0.033%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.033%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 494 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
2 345 (11.22%) Cybersecurity
3 338 (11.00%) Agile
4 315 (10.25%) Project Management
5 293 (9.53%) Roadmaps
6 276 (8.98%) Presales
7 252 (8.20%) Customer Service
8 241 (7.84%) Migration
9 232 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
10 201 (6.54%) CRM
11 200 (6.51%) Mentoring
12 190 (6.18%) ERP
13 188 (6.12%) Project Delivery
14 185 (6.02%) DevOps
15 184 (5.99%) Artificial Intelligence
16 178 (5.79%) Analytics
17 176 (5.73%) Stakeholder Management
18 163 (5.30%) Requirements Gathering
19 151 (4.91%) Risk Management
20 129 (4.20%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 316 (10.28%) SQL
2 153 (4.98%) Python
3 115 (3.74%) JavaScript
4 70 (2.28%) PowerShell
5 50 (1.63%) C#
6 48 (1.56%) Java
7 41 (1.33%) Bash
8 23 (0.75%) T-SQL
9 20 (0.65%) Bicep
9 20 (0.65%) C
10 17 (0.55%) PL/SQL
11 15 (0.49%) R
12 13 (0.42%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.36%) C++
14 9 (0.29%) Go
14 9 (0.29%) Ruby
15 7 (0.23%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.23%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.16%) ABAP
16 5 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 442 (14.38%) Security Cleared
2 421 (13.70%) Degree
3 185 (6.02%) SC Cleared
4 105 (3.42%) DV Cleared
5 99 (3.22%) CISSP
6 86 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 82 (2.67%) CISM
8 63 (2.05%) Azure Certification
9 59 (1.92%) CRISC
10 54 (1.76%) AWS Certification
11 53 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
12 50 (1.63%) CESG Certified Professional
13 44 (1.43%) DBS Check
14 34 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
15 30 (0.98%) Master's Degree
16 27 (0.88%) CISMP
17 21 (0.68%) PMI Certification
18 18 (0.59%) CREST Certified
19 17 (0.55%) CEH
19 17 (0.55%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (4.20%) NIST
2 104 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (1.53%) JSP 440
4 42 (1.37%) GDPR
5 38 (1.24%) NIST 800
6 37 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 37 (1.20%) GRC
7 33 (1.07%) Data Quality
8 32 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 31 (1.01%) NCSC
9 31 (1.01%) QA
10 24 (0.78%) RMADS
11 21 (0.68%) PCI DSS
12 19 (0.62%) Accessibility
12 19 (0.62%) GMP
13 17 (0.55%) PMO
14 13 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 13 (0.42%) SOC 2
14 13 (0.42%) WCAG
15 11 (0.36%) COBIT
System Software
1 140 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 76 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (1.40%) Docker
4 34 (1.11%) vSphere
5 26 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.065%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.065%) XenApp
10 1 (0.033%) Firmware
10 1 (0.033%) KVM
10 1 (0.033%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.033%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.033%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 98 (3.19%) Kubernetes
2 67 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 53 (1.72%) Ansible
4 52 (1.69%) Terraform
5 42 (1.37%) vCenter Server
6 34 (1.11%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.55%) Puppet
8 13 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.23%) SCCM
10 6 (0.20%) VxRail
11 5 (0.16%) HP UCMDB
12 4 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.13%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.098%) Backup Exec
13 3 (0.098%) HP ALM
13 3 (0.098%) Nessus
13 3 (0.098%) Nmap
14 2 (0.065%) Aspera SmartTrack
14 2 (0.065%) PaperCut
14 2 (0.065%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 826 (26.87%) Microsoft
2 262 (8.52%) SAP
3 132 (4.29%) Oracle
4 100 (3.25%) VMware
5 93 (3.03%) ServiceNow
6 63 (2.05%) Workday
7 57 (1.85%) Adobe
8 50 (1.63%) Sage
9 43 (1.40%) Palo Alto
10 42 (1.37%) Red Hat
11 41 (1.33%) Salesforce
12 40 (1.30%) Apple
12 40 (1.30%) Cisco
13 36 (1.17%) NetApp
14 34 (1.11%) Google
14 34 (1.11%) SolidFire
15 30 (0.98%) SolarWinds
16 26 (0.85%) Tanium
16 26 (0.85%) Tripwire
17 23 (0.75%) IBM