Consultant Jobs in the Thames Valley

Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Consultant salary in the Thames Valley is £50,000 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 68 98 87
Rank change year-on-year +30 -11 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 246 169 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.34% 3.02% 3.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.52% 3.38% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 197 123 178
10th Percentile £29,800 £44,800 £21,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,963 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £84,500 £79,125
South East median annual salary £50,000 £67,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -25.37% +11.67% +2.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 6,986 5,002 7,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 89.50% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,713 3,047 4,149
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,375 £41,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,278 £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 11 June 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 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
Berkshire +15 137 £50,000 -26.39% 49
Oxfordshire +45 61 £50,000 -16.67% 11
Buckinghamshire 0 48 £57,500 -11.54% 17
Consultant
South East

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

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 Thames Valley region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 104 (42.28%) Microsoft
2 74 (30.08%) Social Skills
3 61 (24.80%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (17.48%) Finance
5 40 (16.26%) Dynamics 365
6 37 (15.04%) Power Platform
7 35 (14.23%) Customer Service
7 35 (14.23%) Degree
8 33 (13.41%) SQL
9 32 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
10 29 (11.79%) CRM
10 29 (11.79%) Azure
11 27 (10.98%) DevOps
11 27 (10.98%) Self-Motivation
12 26 (10.57%) Agile
13 25 (10.16%) Dynamics CRM
14 23 (9.35%) Public Sector
14 23 (9.35%) Roadmaps
14 23 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
15 22 (8.94%) Power Automate
16 21 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
16 21 (8.54%) Law
17 20 (8.13%) Oracle
17 20 (8.13%) Cybersecurity
18 19 (7.72%) Data Centre
18 19 (7.72%) Requirements Gathering
18 19 (7.72%) PL/SQL
18 19 (7.72%) Project Management
19 18 (7.32%) SharePoint
19 18 (7.32%) Artificial Intelligence

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 18 (7.32%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.03%) Apache
2 5 (2.03%) IIS
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (6.50%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.66%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 25 (10.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.66%) SAP HCM
3 7 (2.85%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.63%) SAP MM
6 3 (1.22%) Sage 200
6 3 (1.22%) SAP HR
6 3 (1.22%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.81%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.41%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.41%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.41%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.41%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 40 (16.26%) Dynamics 365
2 37 (15.04%) Power Platform
3 29 (11.79%) Azure
4 23 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (8.94%) Power Automate
6 15 (6.10%) SaaS
7 10 (4.07%) AWS
8 9 (3.66%) Amazon S3
9 8 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.44%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.44%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.63%) Alation
11 4 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.63%) Collibra
12 3 (1.22%) GitHub
12 3 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.81%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.81%) Datadog
13 2 (0.81%) GCP
13 2 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.47%) Firewall
2 10 (4.07%) DNS
3 9 (3.66%) DHCP
4 8 (3.25%) Unified Communications
5 7 (2.85%) SNMP
6 6 (2.44%) IPsec
6 6 (2.44%) VPN
7 5 (2.03%) Internet
7 5 (2.03%) Network Security
8 3 (1.22%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.81%) BGP
9 2 (0.81%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.81%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.41%) DMVPN
10 1 (0.41%) EIGRP
10 1 (0.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 1 (0.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.10%) Power BI
2 13 (5.28%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.44%) Oracle Database
5 6 (2.44%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (2.03%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.63%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.63%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.63%) Metadata
8 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.85%) PowerBuilder
2 1 (0.41%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 74 (30.08%) Social Skills
2 43 (17.48%) Finance
3 32 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.35%) Public Sector
5 21 (8.54%) Law
6 12 (4.88%) Marketing
7 10 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.07%) Retail
8 5 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.63%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.63%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.81%) French Language
10 2 (0.81%) Games
10 2 (0.81%) Legal
10 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Billing
11 1 (0.41%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.41%) German Language
11 1 (0.41%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.25%) .NET
1 8 (3.25%) Web Services
1 8 (3.25%) XML
2 5 (2.03%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (2.03%) YAML
3 2 (0.81%) SPFx
4 1 (0.41%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.41%) jQuery
4 1 (0.41%) React
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.98%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (7.72%) Data Centre
3 10 (4.07%) Driving Licence
4 8 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.25%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.44%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.81%) Educational Technology
7 2 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.81%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.81%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.81%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.41%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.41%) PlayStation
8 1 (0.41%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.41%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.10%) Windows
2 8 (3.25%) Linux
3 5 (2.03%) Data ONTAP
4 4 (1.63%) Unix
5 2 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (24.80%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (14.23%) Customer Service
3 29 (11.79%) CRM
4 27 (10.98%) DevOps
5 26 (10.57%) Agile
6 23 (9.35%) Roadmaps
7 21 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
8 20 (8.13%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (7.72%) Project Management
9 19 (7.72%) Requirements Gathering
10 18 (7.32%) Artificial Intelligence
11 17 (6.91%) Mentoring
11 17 (6.91%) Migration
11 17 (6.91%) Presales
12 16 (6.50%) Data Modelling
12 16 (6.50%) Ticket Management
13 15 (6.10%) Build Automation
13 15 (6.10%) Continuous Integration
13 15 (6.10%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (6.10%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 33 (13.41%) SQL
2 19 (7.72%) PL/SQL
3 8 (3.25%) C#
4 7 (2.85%) Python
4 7 (2.85%) VB.NET
5 5 (2.03%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.03%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (14.23%) Degree
2 14 (5.69%) DBS Check
2 14 (5.69%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.47%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.25%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (1.63%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.63%) CISSP
6 4 (1.63%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.22%) CISM
8 2 (0.81%) ISACA
8 2 (0.81%) MCP
8 2 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.41%) CCNA
9 1 (0.41%) CCNP
9 1 (0.41%) CCSA
9 1 (0.41%) CCSE
9 1 (0.41%) CCSK
9 1 (0.41%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.07%) GDPR
2 9 (3.66%) NIST
3 7 (2.85%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.63%) COBIT
6 3 (1.22%) JSP 440
6 3 (1.22%) RMADS
7 2 (0.81%) SLA
8 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.41%) IASME
8 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (4.07%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.03%) Docker
2 5 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.03%) Ansible
2 5 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.03%) Prometheus
2 5 (2.03%) vCenter Server
3 2 (0.81%) Nagios
3 2 (0.81%) Netcool
3 2 (0.81%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 104 (42.28%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.13%) Oracle
3 17 (6.91%) SAP
4 8 (3.25%) Adobe
4 8 (3.25%) Apple
5 7 (2.85%) Palo Alto
6 6 (2.44%) Sage
6 6 (2.44%) VMware
7 5 (2.03%) Adaptive Insights
7 5 (2.03%) Anaplan
7 5 (2.03%) Informatica
7 5 (2.03%) Jedox
7 5 (2.03%) NetApp
7 5 (2.03%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.03%) SolidFire
7 5 (2.03%) Tagetik
8 4 (1.63%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.63%) Talend
9 3 (1.22%) Splunk
9 3 (1.22%) Workday