Consultant Jobs in South Wales

Consultant
Wales > South Wales

The median Consultant salary in South Wales is £45,000 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 41 75 96
Rank change year-on-year +34 +21 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 72 36 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 4.28% 3.03% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.67% 3.40% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 32 22 19
10th Percentile - £57,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £69,063 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +16.67% +84.62%
75th Percentile £66,250 - £73,750
90th Percentile £70,000 - £77,500
Wales median annual salary £47,500 £70,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -32.14% +19.15% +80.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,542 1,060 1,499
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.57% 89.23% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,054 559 870
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in South Wales

Consultant
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Consultant in South Wales

Consultant
Salary Histogram in South Wales

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

Salary histogram for Consultant in South Wales

Consultant
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Bridgend +27 33 - -
Cardiff +7 33 £42,000 -40.00% 19
Newport - 3 £45,000 -
Torfaen - 2 £45,000 -
Monmouthshire - 1 - -
Consultant
Wales

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

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 South Wales region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 32 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 28 (38.89%) Actionable Insight
3 22 (30.56%) Data Centre
3 22 (30.56%) Finance
4 19 (26.39%) Oracle
5 18 (25.00%) Firewall
6 15 (20.83%) Project Management
6 15 (20.83%) SAP
6 15 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (20.83%) VMware
7 14 (19.44%) Palo Alto
8 13 (18.06%) Ansible
8 13 (18.06%) Migration
8 13 (18.06%) Red Hat
9 12 (16.67%) ITIL
10 11 (15.28%) Software Engineering
10 11 (15.28%) Security Cleared
10 11 (15.28%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (15.28%) Analytics
10 11 (15.28%) Roadmaps
11 10 (13.89%) Customer Experience
11 10 (13.89%) Onboarding
11 10 (13.89%) Social Media
11 10 (13.89%) Coaching
11 10 (13.89%) Virtual Machines
11 10 (13.89%) Lead Generation
11 10 (13.89%) Azure
11 10 (13.89%) Sage
11 10 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
12 9 (12.50%) Telecoms

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 (6.94%) Apache
2 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.39%) ArcGIS
3 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.89%) Azure
2 5 (6.94%) Amazon S3
2 5 (6.94%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.56%) AWS
3 4 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.17%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.39%) IaaS
5 1 (1.39%) OCI
5 1 (1.39%) PaaS
5 1 (1.39%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.39%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (25.00%) Firewall
2 9 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
2 9 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
2 9 (12.50%) LAN
2 9 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 9 (12.50%) WAN
3 6 (8.33%) VPN
4 5 (6.94%) Internet
4 5 (6.94%) IPsec
4 5 (6.94%) SNMP
5 3 (4.17%) DHCP
5 3 (4.17%) DNS
6 1 (1.39%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.94%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (6.94%) MongoDB
3 4 (5.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 4 (5.56%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.78%) Power BI
4 2 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.39%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (1.39%) GIS
5 1 (1.39%) Metadata
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.39%) Spatial Data
General
1 32 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 22 (30.56%) Finance
3 9 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 6 (8.33%) Marketing
4 6 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.94%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.94%) Retail
6 3 (4.17%) Advertising
6 3 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.78%) Law
8 1 (1.39%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.94%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (6.94%) YAML
2 1 (1.39%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.39%) PostGIS
2 1 (1.39%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 22 (30.56%) Data Centre
2 10 (13.89%) Onboarding
2 10 (13.89%) Social Media
3 8 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.39%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.39%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.39%) Replication
4 1 (1.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.11%) AIX
1 8 (11.11%) Solaris
1 8 (11.11%) Unix
1 8 (11.11%) Windows
2 6 (8.33%) Linux
3 5 (6.94%) Data ONTAP
4 3 (4.17%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.78%) VMS
6 1 (1.39%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.39%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (38.89%) Actionable Insight
2 15 (20.83%) Project Management
3 13 (18.06%) Migration
4 12 (16.67%) ITIL
5 11 (15.28%) Analytics
5 11 (15.28%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (15.28%) Roadmaps
5 11 (15.28%) Software Engineering
6 10 (13.89%) Coaching
6 10 (13.89%) Customer Experience
6 10 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (13.89%) Lead Generation
7 9 (12.50%) Change Control
7 9 (12.50%) Change Management
7 9 (12.50%) Customer Service
7 9 (12.50%) Data Architecture
7 9 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 9 (12.50%) Network Design
7 9 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.33%) Python
2 3 (4.17%) SQL
3 1 (1.39%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 11 (15.28%) Security Cleared
2 9 (12.50%) CCNA
2 9 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.56%) AWS Certification
3 4 (5.56%) Azure Certification
4 3 (4.17%) Degree
5 2 (2.78%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.39%) CISSP
6 1 (1.39%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.39%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (13.89%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (11.11%) Firmware
4 5 (6.94%) Docker
5 3 (4.17%) Active Directory
6 2 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (18.06%) Ansible
2 5 (6.94%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.94%) Prometheus
2 5 (6.94%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (26.39%) Oracle
2 15 (20.83%) SAP
2 15 (20.83%) VMware
3 14 (19.44%) Palo Alto
4 13 (18.06%) Red Hat
5 10 (13.89%) Sage
6 9 (12.50%) CheckPoint
6 9 (12.50%) Cisco
6 9 (12.50%) Fortinet
6 9 (12.50%) McAfee
7 8 (11.11%) Microsoft
8 5 (6.94%) NetApp
8 5 (6.94%) SolidFire
9 2 (2.78%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.78%) Veeam
10 1 (1.39%) ESRI
10 1 (1.39%) Salesforce
10 1 (1.39%) Sophos
10 1 (1.39%) Thales