Consultant Jobs in the North of England

Consultant
England > North of England

The median Consultant salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 108 143
Rank change year-on-year +17 +35 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 465 548 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.66% 3.18% 2.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.80% 3.56% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 322 304 196
10th Percentile £27,250 £40,000 £33,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £55,000 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £77,500
90th Percentile £88,625 £76,250 £89,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,599 15,406 17,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 89.33% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12,835 8,145 11,008
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the North of England

Consultant
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Consultant in the North of England

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the North of England

Consultant
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West -6 277 £57,500 -14.81% 136
Yorkshire +36 130 £50,000 -28.57% 56
North East +44 58 £57,500 +4.55% 17
Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 North of England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 145 (31.18%) Microsoft
2 110 (23.66%) Social Skills
3 104 (22.37%) Finance
4 85 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (18.06%) Azure
6 55 (11.83%) Degree
7 48 (10.32%) Dynamics 365
8 45 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
8 45 (9.68%) SQL
8 45 (9.68%) Roadmaps
9 44 (9.46%) Power Platform
10 42 (9.03%) Customer Service
11 41 (8.82%) Public Sector
11 41 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
12 38 (8.17%) Windows
13 37 (7.96%) Agile
14 35 (7.53%) Actionable Insight
15 34 (7.31%) Artificial Intelligence
15 34 (7.31%) Migration
16 33 (7.10%) Business Intelligence
16 33 (7.10%) Cybersecurity
17 32 (6.88%) Project Management
18 31 (6.67%) Power BI
19 30 (6.45%) DevOps
20 29 (6.24%) SaaS
20 29 (6.24%) Service Delivery
20 29 (6.24%) SAP
20 29 (6.24%) Data Warehouse
21 28 (6.02%) Oracle
21 28 (6.02%) Presales

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 17 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.23%) Apache
3 2 (0.43%) IIS
4 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.86%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.22%) InDesign
4 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.22%) Sketch
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.22%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (4.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (3.01%) Sage 200
3 12 (2.58%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (1.94%) Sage X3
4 9 (1.94%) SAP Business One
4 9 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (1.29%) Infor M3
6 5 (1.08%) SAP PM
6 5 (1.08%) SAP WM
7 4 (0.86%) Exchequer
7 4 (0.86%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.86%) Sage 50
7 4 (0.86%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.65%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.65%) Oracle Manufacturing
8 3 (0.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.65%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.43%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 84 (18.06%) Azure
2 48 (10.32%) Dynamics 365
3 45 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (9.46%) Power Platform
5 29 (6.24%) SaaS
6 27 (5.81%) AWS
7 19 (4.09%) Amazon S3
8 14 (3.01%) Power Automate
9 12 (2.58%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.51%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.08%) GCP
12 4 (0.86%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.86%) FinancialForce
12 4 (0.86%) Intacct
13 2 (0.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 2 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.30%) Firewall
2 17 (3.66%) VPN
3 15 (3.23%) Internet
3 15 (3.23%) IPsec
3 15 (3.23%) SNMP
4 10 (2.15%) Unified Communications
5 8 (1.72%) WAN
6 7 (1.51%) LAN
7 4 (0.86%) DHCP
7 4 (0.86%) DNS
7 4 (0.86%) WLAN
8 2 (0.43%) NAS
8 2 (0.43%) SAN
8 2 (0.43%) SSL
8 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.43%) Wireless
9 1 (0.22%) Extranet
9 1 (0.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.67%) Power BI
2 29 (6.24%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (4.95%) SQL Server
4 17 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (3.23%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (3.23%) MongoDB
6 12 (2.58%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.43%) Big Data
9 2 (0.43%) Tableau
10 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.22%) Data Hub
10 1 (0.22%) Metadata
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.22%) Power Query
10 1 (0.22%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.22%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 110 (23.66%) Social Skills
2 104 (22.37%) Finance
3 41 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 24 (5.16%) Law
5 21 (4.52%) Retail
6 20 (4.30%) Marketing
7 19 (4.09%) Manufacturing
8 16 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.65%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.65%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.43%) Electronics
11 2 (0.43%) Games
12 1 (0.22%) Banking
12 1 (0.22%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.22%) Local Government
12 1 (0.22%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.22%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.09%) EDI
2 15 (3.23%) RabbitMQ
2 15 (3.23%) YAML
3 2 (0.43%) .NET
3 2 (0.43%) SAP ALE
3 2 (0.43%) Web Services
4 1 (0.22%) ADO
4 1 (0.22%) Middleware
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (5.16%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.37%) Low-Code
4 10 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (1.72%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.08%) Management Information System
7 4 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.65%) Cyberattack
8 3 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.65%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.43%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.43%) FMCG
9 2 (0.43%) IoT
9 2 (0.43%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.43%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.22%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.22%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.22%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.17%) Windows
2 22 (4.73%) Linux
3 15 (3.23%) Data ONTAP
4 4 (0.86%) Unix
5 3 (0.65%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.65%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (9.68%) Roadmaps
3 42 (9.03%) Customer Service
4 37 (7.96%) Agile
5 35 (7.53%) Actionable Insight
6 34 (7.31%) Artificial Intelligence
6 34 (7.31%) Migration
7 33 (7.10%) Business Intelligence
7 33 (7.10%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (6.88%) Project Management
9 30 (6.45%) DevOps
10 29 (6.24%) Service Delivery
11 28 (6.02%) Presales
12 27 (5.81%) CRM
12 27 (5.81%) ERP
13 25 (5.38%) Data Architecture
14 24 (5.16%) Information Security
15 21 (4.52%) Strategic Roadmap
16 20 (4.30%) Data Science
17 19 (4.09%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 45 (9.68%) SQL
2 25 (5.38%) Python
3 10 (2.15%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.94%) Bash
5 3 (0.65%) Java
6 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.43%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (11.83%) Degree
2 16 (3.44%) Security Cleared
3 13 (2.80%) AWS Certification
4 9 (1.94%) Azure Certification
4 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (0.86%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.65%) CISSP
7 2 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.43%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.43%) GCFA
7 2 (0.43%) GCIH
7 2 (0.43%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.22%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.22%) GCFE
8 1 (0.22%) GREM
8 1 (0.22%) OSCP
8 1 (0.22%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 10 (2.15%) GDPR
4 10 (2.15%) NIST
5 7 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.08%) COBIT
6 5 (1.08%) QA
7 4 (0.86%) GRC
8 3 (0.65%) NCSC
9 2 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.23%) Docker
4 5 (1.08%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (5.38%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.66%) vCenter Server
3 15 (3.23%) Ansible
3 15 (3.23%) Prometheus
4 12 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.43%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.43%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 145 (31.18%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.24%) SAP
3 28 (6.02%) Oracle
4 22 (4.73%) VMware
5 21 (4.52%) Sage
6 17 (3.66%) NetApp
7 16 (3.44%) Palo Alto
8 15 (3.23%) Red Hat
8 15 (3.23%) SolidFire
9 12 (2.58%) Apple
10 9 (1.94%) Adobe
11 6 (1.29%) Infor
12 5 (1.08%) IFS
13 4 (0.86%) CODA
13 4 (0.86%) Sun
13 4 (0.86%) Xero
14 3 (0.65%) Ariba
14 3 (0.65%) Aruba
14 3 (0.65%) IBM
14 3 (0.65%) Veeam