Management Consultant
UK

The median Management Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 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 826 833 1148
Rank change year-on-year +7 +315 -325
Permanent jobs requiring a Management Consultant 64 144 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.15% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.16% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 55 37 86
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £46,250 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +8.70% -10.97%
75th Percentile £101,250 £108,130 £81,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,750 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -20.00%

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%

Management Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Management Consultant in the UK

Management Consultant
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Management 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 +18 58 £82,500 +6.45% 30
Work from Home +73 36 £70,000 -25.41% 14
London +106 35 £95,000 +9.20% 16
UK excluding London -48 24 £52,500 - 13
South East +14 12 £52,500 - 5
North of England +37 8 £70,000 +64.71% 3
North West -11 5 £70,000 +100.00% 1
Yorkshire +84 3 £70,000 +64.71% 2
South West -35 3 £75,000 -20.08% 1
Scotland -66 1 £60,000 +48.15% 2

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

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

1 25 (39.06%) Finance
2 23 (35.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (26.56%) Retail
3 17 (26.56%) Social Skills
4 16 (25.00%) Manufacturing
5 14 (21.88%) Asset Management
6 13 (20.31%) Aerospace
7 12 (18.75%) Cost Reduction
8 11 (17.19%) Post-Merger Integration
8 11 (17.19%) Due Diligence
8 11 (17.19%) Automotive
8 11 (17.19%) PMI
8 11 (17.19%) PMI Certification
8 11 (17.19%) FMCG
8 11 (17.19%) Performance Improvement
8 11 (17.19%) Software Licensing
8 11 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (17.19%) IT Asset Management
9 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (12.50%) Degree
10 8 (12.50%) Data Management
11 7 (10.94%) Information Management
11 7 (10.94%) Project Management
11 7 (10.94%) SAP
11 7 (10.94%) Coaching
11 7 (10.94%) Thought Leadership
11 7 (10.94%) Data Strategy
12 6 (9.38%) Decision-Making
12 6 (9.38%) Business Case
12 6 (9.38%) ServiceNow

Management 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 3 (4.69%) CMS
1 3 (4.69%) Drupal
1 3 (4.69%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (7.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.25%) SAP SCM
3 1 (1.56%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.56%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.56%) SAP QM
3 1 (1.56%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.81%) AWS
1 5 (7.81%) Collibra
2 3 (4.69%) Azure
2 3 (4.69%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.13%) GCP
4 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.81%) Ataccama
2 2 (3.13%) Big Data
3 1 (1.56%) Power BI
General
1 25 (39.06%) Finance
2 17 (26.56%) Retail
2 17 (26.56%) Social Skills
3 16 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 13 (20.31%) Aerospace
5 11 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (17.19%) Automotive
6 5 (7.81%) Legal
6 5 (7.81%) Marketing
7 4 (6.25%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 2 (3.13%) Wearables
10 1 (1.56%) Banking
10 1 (1.56%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.56%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.69%) MACH
2 2 (3.13%) SAP TM
2 2 (3.13%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.19%) FMCG
1 11 (17.19%) PMI
2 5 (7.81%) Marketing Technology
2 5 (7.81%) Reference Data
2 5 (7.81%) Taxonomies
3 4 (6.25%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.69%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.13%) IoT
5 2 (3.13%) Low-Code
5 2 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.13%) Robotics
5 2 (3.13%) Smartphone
5 2 (3.13%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.56%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (21.88%) Asset Management
3 12 (18.75%) Cost Reduction
4 11 (17.19%) Due Diligence
4 11 (17.19%) IT Asset Management
4 11 (17.19%) Performance Improvement
4 11 (17.19%) Post-Merger Integration
4 11 (17.19%) Software Licensing
5 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (12.50%) Data Management
7 7 (10.94%) Coaching
7 7 (10.94%) Data Strategy
7 7 (10.94%) Information Management
7 7 (10.94%) Project Management
7 7 (10.94%) Thought Leadership
8 6 (9.38%) Business Case
8 6 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (9.38%) Data Governance
8 6 (9.38%) Decision-Making
8 6 (9.38%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) PMI Certification
2 8 (12.50%) Degree
3 6 (9.38%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.69%) CISSP
5 2 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.13%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.56%) CISA
6 1 (1.56%) CISM
6 1 (1.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.13%) NIST
3 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (10.94%) SAP
2 6 (9.38%) ServiceNow
3 5 (7.81%) Talend
4 4 (6.25%) Microsoft