IT Consultant Jobs in England

IT Consultant
UK > England

The median IT Consultant salary in England is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 703 820 985
Rank change year-on-year +117 +165 -226
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Consultant 133 89 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.10% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 107 70 98
10th Percentile £26,000 £22,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,875 £26,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £67,813 £75,188
90th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% +20.00%

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 84,097 79,150 134,411
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.43% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 62,393 50,588 75,337
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £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%

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Consultant in England

IT Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Consultant in England

IT Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Consultant in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Consultant in England

IT 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 IT Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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 +126 36 £50,000 -13.79% 11
South East +11 23 £52,500 +54.41% 2
South West -6 21 £34,000 - 6
East of England +15 20 £35,000 +7.69%
North of England +59 19 £32,000 -25.58% 10
Midlands +2 14 £30,500 -28.24% 1
North West +15 10 £27,500 - 6
Yorkshire +81 9 £40,000 -6.98% 5
West Midlands +13 9 £30,500 -34.05% 1
East Midlands -11 5 £40,000 +6.67%
IT Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, IT 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 IT Consultant in the job title.

1 41 (30.83%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (27.07%) Microsoft
3 33 (24.81%) Social Skills
3 33 (24.81%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (20.30%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (18.05%) Active Directory
5 24 (18.05%) Asset Management
5 24 (18.05%) Degree
6 19 (14.29%) Windows
6 19 (14.29%) Wireless
6 19 (14.29%) VMware
7 18 (13.53%) Project Management
7 18 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (12.78%) Business Development
8 17 (12.78%) VMware Infrastructure
9 16 (12.03%) Firewall
9 16 (12.03%) ERP
9 16 (12.03%) Windows Server
10 15 (11.28%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 15 (11.28%) Computer Science
11 13 (9.77%) IT Asset Management
11 13 (9.77%) Software Licensing
11 13 (9.77%) Cost Reduction
11 13 (9.77%) Decision-Making
11 13 (9.77%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (9.77%) Business Continuity
11 13 (9.77%) Management Information System
11 13 (9.77%) Apple
11 13 (9.77%) Data Protection
11 13 (9.77%) Stakeholder Management

IT 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 10 (7.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.50%) Papyrus
Applications
1 1 (0.75%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (24.81%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (9.02%) Azure
2 12 (9.02%) Google Workspace
3 7 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.50%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.75%) AWS
6 1 (0.75%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (14.29%) Wireless
2 16 (12.03%) Firewall
3 12 (9.02%) DNS
4 11 (8.27%) Broadband
4 11 (8.27%) NAS
5 5 (3.76%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.50%) VLAN
7 1 (0.75%) DHCP
7 1 (0.75%) LAN
7 1 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.75%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.75%) VPN
7 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.26%) Big Data
1 7 (5.26%) Power BI
2 4 (3.01%) GIS
General
1 33 (24.81%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.30%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.27%) Games
4 7 (5.26%) Finance
5 5 (3.76%) Japanese Language
5 5 (3.76%) Marketing
6 4 (3.01%) Automotive
6 4 (3.01%) Back Office
6 4 (3.01%) Brand Awareness
6 4 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.01%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.26%) Law
8 1 (0.75%) Advertising
8 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.75%) Electronics
8 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.26%) REST
1 7 (5.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.77%) Management Information System
2 12 (9.02%) Onboarding
3 11 (8.27%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.01%) Blog
5 4 (3.01%) Client/Server
5 4 (3.01%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.01%) IoT
5 4 (3.01%) Raspberry Pi
5 4 (3.01%) Social Network
6 2 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.75%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.75%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.29%) Windows
2 16 (12.03%) Windows Server
3 11 (8.27%) Mac OS
4 4 (3.01%) Android
4 4 (3.01%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.01%) Linux
5 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (30.83%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (18.05%) Asset Management
3 18 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (13.53%) Project Management
4 17 (12.78%) Business Development
5 16 (12.03%) ERP
6 15 (11.28%) Computer Science
6 15 (11.28%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 13 (9.77%) Business Continuity
7 13 (9.77%) Cost Reduction
7 13 (9.77%) Data Protection
7 13 (9.77%) Decision-Making
7 13 (9.77%) IT Asset Management
7 13 (9.77%) Software Licensing
7 13 (9.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (8.27%) CRM
8 11 (8.27%) Identity Management
8 11 (8.27%) IT Audit
8 11 (8.27%) Mobile Device Management
8 11 (8.27%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.27%) Bash
2 7 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (18.05%) Degree
2 7 (5.26%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.01%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.50%) CEH
6 2 (1.50%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.50%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.50%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.75%) BICSI Certification
7 1 (0.75%) BICSI RCDD
7 1 (0.75%) CCNA
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.75%) MCP
7 1 (0.75%) MCSA
7 1 (0.75%) MCSE
7 1 (0.75%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.77%) Cyber Essentials
1 13 (9.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (8.27%) SOC 2
3 6 (4.51%) QA
4 5 (3.76%) GDPR
5 2 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.75%) NIST
6 1 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (18.05%) Active Directory
2 17 (12.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (8.27%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (27.07%) Microsoft
2 19 (14.29%) VMware
3 13 (9.77%) Apple
3 13 (9.77%) Google
4 6 (4.51%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.75%) Aruba
5 1 (0.75%) Avaya
5 1 (0.75%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (0.75%) Cisco
5 1 (0.75%) HP
5 1 (0.75%) Nimble Storage
5 1 (0.75%) Palo Alto