Consultant Jobs in the Thames Valley

Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Consultant salary in the Thames Valley is £55,000 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 78 103 83
Rank change year-on-year +25 -20 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 206 174 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.07% 2.94% 3.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.24% 3.28% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 159 120 169
10th Percentile £29,900 £42,500 £20,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,938 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,963 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £79,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £67,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -25.65% +12.08% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,351 5,308 6,757
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 89.80% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,408 3,135 4,098
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,813 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,512 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the Thames Valley

Consultant
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Consultant in the Thames Valley

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Consultant in the Thames Valley

Consultant
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +10 116 £55,000 -19.03% 31
Oxfordshire +47 49 £55,000 -8.33% 13
Buckinghamshire -5 41 £57,500 -11.54% 16
Consultant
South East

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 89 (43.20%) Microsoft
2 72 (34.95%) Social Skills
3 47 (22.82%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (20.87%) Finance
5 42 (20.39%) Dynamics 365
6 36 (17.48%) Degree
7 32 (15.53%) CRM
7 32 (15.53%) Power Platform
8 30 (14.56%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (13.59%) DevOps
10 26 (12.62%) Dynamics CRM
11 25 (12.14%) Agile
12 24 (11.65%) Law
12 24 (11.65%) Azure
12 24 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
12 24 (11.65%) Power Automate
13 22 (10.68%) Public Sector
14 21 (10.19%) Roadmaps
14 21 (10.19%) Customer Service
14 21 (10.19%) SQL
14 21 (10.19%) Business Intelligence
14 21 (10.19%) Project Management
15 20 (9.71%) SharePoint
15 20 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
16 19 (9.22%) Data Modelling
16 19 (9.22%) Microsoft Office
17 18 (8.74%) SAP
17 18 (8.74%) Artificial Intelligence
17 18 (8.74%) Security Cleared
17 18 (8.74%) Requirements Gathering

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 20 (9.71%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.43%) Apache
2 5 (2.43%) IIS
3 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (9.22%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.85%) MS Visio
3 8 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 26 (12.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (4.37%) SAP HCM
3 7 (3.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.94%) SAP MM
5 3 (1.46%) Sage 200
5 3 (1.46%) SAP HR
5 3 (1.46%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.97%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.97%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.97%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.97%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.49%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.49%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.49%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 42 (20.39%) Dynamics 365
2 32 (15.53%) Power Platform
3 24 (11.65%) Azure
3 24 (11.65%) Power Automate
4 20 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.37%) Amazon S3
5 9 (4.37%) AWS
6 8 (3.88%) SaaS
7 7 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.91%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.91%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.94%) Alation
9 4 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.94%) Collibra
10 3 (1.46%) GitHub
10 3 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.97%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.97%) Datadog
11 2 (0.97%) Serverless
12 1 (0.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.85%) DNS
1 10 (4.85%) Firewall
2 9 (4.37%) DHCP
3 8 (3.88%) Unified Communications
4 7 (3.40%) SNMP
5 5 (2.43%) Internet
5 5 (2.43%) IPsec
5 5 (2.43%) VPN
6 4 (1.94%) Network Security
7 3 (1.46%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.97%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.49%) BGP
9 1 (0.49%) FTP
9 1 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.28%) Power BI
2 13 (6.31%) SQL Server
3 11 (5.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (4.85%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.91%) Oracle Database
5 6 (2.91%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (2.43%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.94%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.94%) Metadata
8 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.49%) Big Data
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.97%) PowerBuilder
2 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 72 (34.95%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.87%) Finance
3 24 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (11.65%) Law
4 22 (10.68%) Public Sector
5 15 (7.28%) Marketing
6 13 (6.31%) Retail
7 10 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.94%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.94%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.97%) Advertising
10 2 (0.97%) French Language
10 2 (0.97%) Games
11 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.49%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.49%) German Language
11 1 (0.49%) Military
11 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.43%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (2.43%) YAML
2 3 (1.46%) .NET
2 3 (1.46%) Web Services
2 3 (1.46%) XML
3 2 (0.97%) SPFx
4 1 (0.49%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.49%) jQuery
4 1 (0.49%) React
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.56%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (8.74%) Data Centre
3 10 (4.85%) Driving Licence
4 8 (3.88%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.88%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.91%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.46%) FMCG
7 2 (0.97%) Educational Technology
7 2 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.97%) Multi-touch
7 2 (0.97%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.97%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.97%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.49%) PKI
8 1 (0.49%) PlayStation
8 1 (0.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.80%) Windows
2 8 (3.88%) Linux
3 5 (2.43%) Data ONTAP
4 4 (1.94%) Unix
5 2 (0.97%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (22.82%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (15.53%) CRM
3 28 (13.59%) DevOps
4 25 (12.14%) Agile
5 21 (10.19%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (10.19%) Customer Service
5 21 (10.19%) Project Management
5 21 (10.19%) Roadmaps
6 19 (9.22%) Data Modelling
7 18 (8.74%) Artificial Intelligence
7 18 (8.74%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (8.74%) Requirements Gathering
7 18 (8.74%) Ticket Management
8 17 (8.25%) Build Automation
8 17 (8.25%) Continuous Integration
8 17 (8.25%) Mentoring
8 17 (8.25%) Test Automation
9 16 (7.77%) Migration
10 15 (7.28%) Decision-Making
10 15 (7.28%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.19%) SQL
2 7 (3.40%) PL/SQL
2 7 (3.40%) Python
3 5 (2.43%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.43%) T-SQL
4 3 (1.46%) C#
5 2 (0.97%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (17.48%) Degree
2 18 (8.74%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.28%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.80%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.88%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.94%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.94%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.97%) CISM
8 2 (0.97%) CISSP
8 2 (0.97%) ISACA
8 2 (0.97%) MCP
8 2 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.49%) CCSK
9 1 (0.49%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.31%) NIST
2 10 (4.85%) GDPR
2 10 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.88%) JSP 440
3 8 (3.88%) RMADS
4 7 (3.40%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.94%) COBIT
6 2 (0.97%) SLA
7 1 (0.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.49%) IASME
System Software
1 10 (4.85%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.43%) Docker
2 5 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.43%) Ansible
2 5 (2.43%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.43%) Prometheus
2 5 (2.43%) vCenter Server
3 2 (0.97%) Nagios
3 2 (0.97%) Netcool
3 2 (0.97%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 89 (43.20%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.74%) SAP
3 8 (3.88%) Adobe
3 8 (3.88%) Apple
3 8 (3.88%) Oracle
4 6 (2.91%) Sage
5 5 (2.43%) Adaptive Insights
5 5 (2.43%) Anaplan
5 5 (2.43%) Informatica
5 5 (2.43%) Jedox
5 5 (2.43%) NetApp
5 5 (2.43%) Palo Alto
5 5 (2.43%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.43%) SolidFire
5 5 (2.43%) Tagetik
5 5 (2.43%) VMware
6 4 (1.94%) Talend
7 3 (1.46%) Splunk
7 3 (1.46%) Workday
8 2 (0.97%) LogicMonitor