Consultant Jobs in Reading

Consultant
Berkshire > Reading

The median Consultant salary in Reading is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 51 43
Rank change year-on-year +15 -8 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 105 85 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 5.46% 5.70% 5.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.75% 6.06% 5.82%
Number of salaries quoted 67 63 78
10th Percentile £25,500 £44,800 £19,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £52,500 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +40.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60,625 - £65,000
90th Percentile £70,250 £79,400 £77,500
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £67,925 £53,850
% change year-on-year -26.39% +26.14% +7.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,826 1,402 1,891
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 94.03% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,138 729 1,091
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £38,223 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,250
% change year-on-year -8.70% +0.44% +4.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in Reading

Consultant
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Consultant in Reading

Consultant
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in Reading over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 Reading region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 44 (41.90%) Microsoft
2 37 (35.24%) Social Skills
3 29 (27.62%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (22.86%) Finance
5 23 (21.90%) Customer Service
6 17 (16.19%) Public Sector
6 17 (16.19%) Power Platform
7 16 (15.24%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (15.24%) Microsoft Office
7 16 (15.24%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (13.33%) SQL
8 14 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
8 14 (13.33%) DBS Check
9 13 (12.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 13 (12.38%) Project Management
9 13 (12.38%) Roadmaps
10 12 (11.43%) Degree
10 12 (11.43%) Azure
11 11 (10.48%) Actionable Insight
11 11 (10.48%) Power BI
12 10 (9.52%) GDPR
12 10 (9.52%) Data Centre
12 10 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (8.57%) Data Architecture
13 9 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
13 9 (8.57%) SQL Server
13 9 (8.57%) ITIL
13 9 (8.57%) ETL
13 9 (8.57%) Strategic Roadmap
14 8 (7.62%) Impact Assessments

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 5 (4.76%) Apache
1 5 (4.76%) IIS
2 3 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (15.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.86%) SAP HCM
2 3 (2.86%) SAP HR
2 3 (2.86%) Workday HCM
3 2 (1.90%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.95%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.95%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.95%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.95%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.95%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 17 (16.19%) Power Platform
2 12 (11.43%) Azure
3 10 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.76%) Amazon S3
4 5 (4.76%) AWS
5 4 (3.81%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.90%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.90%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.90%) SaaS
7 2 (1.90%) Serverless
8 1 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.95%) Azure WebJobs
8 1 (0.95%) GCP
8 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.95%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.95%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.67%) Firewall
2 6 (5.71%) IPsec
2 6 (5.71%) VPN
3 5 (4.76%) DHCP
3 5 (4.76%) DNS
3 5 (4.76%) Internet
3 5 (4.76%) Network Security
3 5 (4.76%) SNMP
4 2 (1.90%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.95%) BGP
5 1 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.95%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.95%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.95%) DMVPN
5 1 (0.95%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (0.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (0.95%) FTP
5 1 (0.95%) MPLS
5 1 (0.95%) OSPF
5 1 (0.95%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.48%) Power BI
2 9 (8.57%) SQL Server
3 7 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (5.71%) Oracle Database
4 6 (5.71%) Relational Database
5 5 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (4.76%) MongoDB
6 4 (3.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 4 (3.81%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.95%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.95%) JIRA
1 1 (0.95%) Visual Studio
1 1 (0.95%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 37 (35.24%) Social Skills
2 24 (22.86%) Finance
3 17 (16.19%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.71%) Marketing
6 5 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.81%) Retail
7 4 (3.81%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.86%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.90%) French Language
9 2 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.95%) Billing
10 1 (0.95%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.76%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (4.76%) YAML
2 2 (1.90%) SPFx
3 1 (0.95%) .NET
3 1 (0.95%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.95%) jQuery
3 1 (0.95%) React
3 1 (0.95%) Web Services
3 1 (0.95%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.24%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (9.52%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.76%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.90%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.90%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.90%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.90%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.95%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.95%) PlayStation
7 1 (0.95%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.95%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.95%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.71%) Linux
1 6 (5.71%) Windows
2 5 (4.76%) Data ONTAP
3 2 (1.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.62%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (21.90%) Customer Service
3 16 (15.24%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 13 (12.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 13 (12.38%) Project Management
5 13 (12.38%) Roadmaps
6 11 (10.48%) Actionable Insight
7 9 (8.57%) Data Architecture
7 9 (8.57%) ETL
7 9 (8.57%) ITIL
7 9 (8.57%) Strategic Roadmap
8 8 (7.62%) Agile
8 8 (7.62%) Impact Assessments
8 8 (7.62%) Mentoring
9 7 (6.67%) Machine Learning
9 7 (6.67%) Presales
9 7 (6.67%) Project Planning
9 7 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (5.71%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.33%) SQL
2 5 (4.76%) JavaScript
2 5 (4.76%) PL/SQL
2 5 (4.76%) Python
2 5 (4.76%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.95%) C#
3 1 (0.95%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.95%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (13.33%) DBS Check
2 12 (11.43%) Degree
3 8 (7.62%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.81%) AWS Certification
5 4 (3.81%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.81%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.90%) CISSP
6 2 (1.90%) ISACA
7 1 (0.95%) CCNA
7 1 (0.95%) CCNP
7 1 (0.95%) CCSA
7 1 (0.95%) CCSE
7 1 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.95%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.52%) GDPR
2 5 (4.76%) NIST
3 4 (3.81%) COBIT
4 3 (2.86%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.90%) SLA
6 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.95%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.95%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.76%) Docker
2 5 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (4.76%) Ansible
1 5 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 5 (4.76%) Prometheus
1 5 (4.76%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 44 (41.90%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.62%) SAP
3 6 (5.71%) Oracle
3 6 (5.71%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.76%) Adaptive Insights
4 5 (4.76%) Anaplan
4 5 (4.76%) Jedox
4 5 (4.76%) NetApp
4 5 (4.76%) Red Hat
4 5 (4.76%) SolidFire
4 5 (4.76%) Tagetik
4 5 (4.76%) VMware
5 3 (2.86%) Workday
6 1 (0.95%) Aruba
6 1 (0.95%) Blue Coat
6 1 (0.95%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.95%) F5
6 1 (0.95%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.95%) McAfee
6 1 (0.95%) Zscaler