Lead Consultant
UK

The median Lead Consultant salary in the UK is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 753 634 1059
Rank change year-on-year -119 +425 -310
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 137 367 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.37% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.40% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 104 258 127
10th Percentile £65,000 - £49,750
25th Percentile £71,250 - £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £95,000 - £90,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £95,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +17.14% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Consultant in the UK

Lead Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Lead Consultant in the UK

Lead Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Consultant over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Consultant in the UK

Lead Consultant
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England -67 125 £85,000 +21.43% 26
UK excluding London -197 80 £82,000 +17.14% 10
London +89 40 £85,000 +21.43% 9
Work from Home -184 31 £78,250 +11.79% 15
South West -19 27 £91,500 +30.71% 8
North of England -39 20 £90,000 +28.57%
North West -48 19 £90,000 +28.57%
Midlands -14 15 £75,000 -11.76%
West Midlands +15 13 £75,000 -11.76%
South East -54 10 £67,500 -3.57% 2
Wales -3 7 £70,000 -
Yorkshire +45 1 - -
East of England -3 1 - -
East Midlands -17 1 £60,000 +14.29%

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Lead 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 featuring Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 43 (31.39%) Microsoft
2 28 (20.44%) Power Platform
3 26 (18.98%) Analytics
3 26 (18.98%) Agile
4 25 (18.25%) Security Cleared
4 25 (18.25%) Mentoring
5 24 (17.52%) Project Delivery
5 24 (17.52%) Finance
6 22 (16.06%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (13.87%) Social Skills
8 18 (13.14%) Coaching
9 17 (12.41%) Workday
10 16 (11.68%) Power Automate
10 16 (11.68%) Presales
10 16 (11.68%) Azure
10 16 (11.68%) Customer Engagement
10 16 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (10.95%) Workday HCM
11 15 (10.95%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (10.22%) DevOps
12 14 (10.22%) User Experience
12 14 (10.22%) SIEM
12 14 (10.22%) Project Management
12 14 (10.22%) SAP
12 14 (10.22%) DV Cleared
13 13 (9.49%) Requirements Workshops
13 13 (9.49%) Retail
13 13 (9.49%) Vulnerability Management
13 13 (9.49%) Data Analytics
14 12 (8.76%) Power BI

Lead Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.19%) SAS
2 3 (2.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (10.95%) Workday HCM
2 11 (8.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (6.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (2.19%) SAP GRC
4 3 (2.19%) SAP SD
5 2 (1.46%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.73%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.73%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.73%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.73%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.73%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.73%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.73%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 28 (20.44%) Power Platform
2 16 (11.68%) Azure
2 16 (11.68%) Power Automate
3 15 (10.95%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.65%) OCI
5 5 (3.65%) PowerApps
5 5 (3.65%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (2.92%) SaaS
7 3 (2.19%) IBM Cloud
7 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.46%) IaaS
8 2 (1.46%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.46%) PaaS
9 1 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.73%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.73%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.03%) Network Security
2 5 (3.65%) Firewall
3 3 (2.19%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.76%) Power BI
1 12 (8.76%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.46%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.46%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.73%) Ataccama
5 1 (0.73%) Big Data
5 1 (0.73%) Metadata
5 1 (0.73%) QlikView
5 1 (0.73%) SAS EBI
5 1 (0.73%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.73%) ERwin
General
1 24 (17.52%) Finance
2 19 (13.87%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.49%) Retail
4 9 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.38%) Automotive
6 4 (2.92%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.92%) Marketing
7 3 (2.19%) Electronics
7 3 (2.19%) Law
7 3 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.46%) Police
9 1 (0.73%) Billing
9 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.73%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.73%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.76%) REST
2 11 (8.03%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (2.92%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (2.19%) CSS
4 3 (2.19%) HTML
4 3 (2.19%) XML
5 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (1.46%) SPFx
6 1 (0.73%) Node.js
6 1 (0.73%) React
6 1 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 7 (5.11%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.38%) Operational Technology
4 4 (2.92%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.19%) Blockchain
5 3 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.19%) IoT
5 3 (2.19%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.19%) PKI
6 2 (1.46%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.73%) FMCG
7 1 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (18.98%) Agile
1 26 (18.98%) Analytics
2 25 (18.25%) Mentoring
3 24 (17.52%) Project Delivery
4 22 (16.06%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (13.14%) Coaching
6 16 (11.68%) Customer Engagement
6 16 (11.68%) Presales
6 16 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (10.22%) DevOps
7 14 (10.22%) Project Management
7 14 (10.22%) SIEM
7 14 (10.22%) User Experience
8 13 (9.49%) Data Analytics
8 13 (9.49%) Requirements Workshops
8 13 (9.49%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (8.76%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (8.76%) Incident Management
9 12 (8.76%) Task Automation
9 12 (8.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.65%) SQL
2 4 (2.92%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.46%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.73%) C#
4 1 (0.73%) Java
4 1 (0.73%) Python
4 1 (0.73%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (18.25%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.22%) DV Cleared
3 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (6.57%) Degree
5 8 (5.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (4.38%) CISSP
7 3 (2.19%) CESG Certified Professional
7 3 (2.19%) CISM
7 3 (2.19%) CISMP
7 3 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.19%) CREST Certified
7 3 (2.19%) GIAC
7 3 (2.19%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.46%) APMP
8 2 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.73%) MCP
9 1 (0.73%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.76%) NIST
2 8 (5.84%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.84%) QA
3 4 (2.92%) GMP
4 3 (2.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.46%) ITGC
6 1 (0.73%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (8.03%) vSphere
2 2 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (7.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (31.39%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.41%) Workday
3 14 (10.22%) SAP
4 11 (8.03%) SolarWinds
4 11 (8.03%) Tanium
4 11 (8.03%) Tripwire
5 6 (4.38%) Oracle
6 5 (3.65%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.19%) IBM
7 3 (2.19%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.46%) Ariba
8 2 (1.46%) Concur
8 2 (1.46%) Veeam
8 2 (1.46%) VMware
9 1 (0.73%) Ab Initio
9 1 (0.73%) Informatica
9 1 (0.73%) Salesforce