Consultant Jobs in the West Midlands

Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Consultant salary in the West Midlands is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 128 100
Rank change year-on-year +69 -28 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 275 154 226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.74% 2.41% 3.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.97% 2.67% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 233 127 152
10th Percentile £22,500 £40,150 £36,375
25th Percentile £37,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £63,000 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.63% +19.43% -4.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £76,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,919 5,770 6,912
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 90.24% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,204 3,275 4,763
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the West Midlands

Consultant
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 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
Birmingham +36 133 £60,000 -7.69% 62
Staffordshire +16 49 £22,400 +4.19% 3
Wolverhampton - 22 £42,500 - 2
Shropshire -8 10 £47,500 -20.83% 2
Worcestershire -12 9 £57,500 -2.13%
Warwickshire +24 8 £32,500 -40.91% 9
Dudley - 3 £55,000 -
Brierley Hill - 2 £50,000 -
Coventry +30 1 £67,500 -7.53% 4
Solihull -1 1 - - 2
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 8 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 West Midlands region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 115 (41.82%) Social Skills
2 103 (37.45%) Microsoft
3 65 (23.64%) Finance
4 59 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
6 48 (17.45%) Customer Service
6 48 (17.45%) SQL
7 46 (16.73%) Power Platform
8 43 (15.64%) Public Sector
9 40 (14.55%) SQL Server
10 38 (13.82%) Power BI
11 36 (13.09%) Migration
12 35 (12.73%) Project Management
12 35 (12.73%) Degree
13 34 (12.36%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (12.36%) Dynamics CRM
13 34 (12.36%) Security Cleared
13 34 (12.36%) CRM
14 32 (11.64%) Business Intelligence
15 29 (10.55%) Agile
16 28 (10.18%) Process Improvement
16 28 (10.18%) Presales
17 27 (9.82%) Requirements Gathering
18 25 (9.09%) Roadmaps
18 25 (9.09%) Azure
19 24 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
19 24 (8.73%) Project Delivery
20 23 (8.36%) Customer Requirements
20 23 (8.36%) SAP
21 22 (8.00%) Microsoft 365

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (6.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (6.18%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.09%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.36%) InDesign
5 1 (0.36%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 34 (12.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (5.09%) Dynamics NAV
3 12 (4.36%) NetSuite
4 7 (2.55%) SAP Business One
5 4 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.45%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (1.09%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.36%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.36%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 1 (0.36%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.36%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 55 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 46 (16.73%) Power Platform
3 25 (9.09%) Azure
4 22 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (7.64%) PowerApps
6 10 (3.64%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.27%) Power Automate
8 8 (2.91%) AWS
8 8 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.91%) SaaS
9 7 (2.55%) SuccessFactors
10 5 (1.82%) Azure Stack
10 5 (1.82%) IaaS
10 5 (1.82%) PaaS
11 4 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.45%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.09%) GCP
12 3 (1.09%) MailChimp
12 3 (1.09%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.91%) Unified Communications
2 7 (2.55%) DHCP
2 7 (2.55%) DNS
3 3 (1.09%) WAN
4 2 (0.73%) Intranet
5 1 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.36%) Firewall
5 1 (0.36%) Internet
5 1 (0.36%) Network Security
5 1 (0.36%) NGFW
5 1 (0.36%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (14.55%) SQL Server
2 38 (13.82%) Power BI
3 13 (4.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.09%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.73%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.36%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.18%) Git
General
1 115 (41.82%) Social Skills
2 65 (23.64%) Finance
3 43 (15.64%) Public Sector
4 34 (12.36%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (7.27%) Manufacturing
7 14 (5.09%) Marketing
7 14 (5.09%) Retail
8 12 (4.36%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (4.00%) Law
10 4 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.45%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.09%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.09%) Social Science
12 1 (0.36%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.36%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.36%) HTML
2 10 (3.64%) CSS
3 3 (1.09%) XML
4 2 (0.73%) .NET
4 2 (0.73%) JSON
4 2 (0.73%) React
4 2 (0.73%) Web Services
5 1 (0.36%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.36%) Node.js
5 1 (0.36%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.36%) SAP Smart Forms
5 1 (0.36%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.36%) Legacy Systems
1 12 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (4.00%) Low-Code
3 10 (3.64%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.64%) Virtual Team
4 8 (2.91%) NHS
4 8 (2.91%) Public Cloud
5 7 (2.55%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.18%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.45%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.73%) FMCG
8 2 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.73%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.36%) Blog
9 1 (0.36%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.36%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.36%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.36%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.91%) Windows
2 4 (1.45%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (17.45%) Customer Service
3 36 (13.09%) Migration
4 35 (12.73%) Project Management
5 34 (12.36%) CRM
6 32 (11.64%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (10.55%) Agile
8 28 (10.18%) Presales
8 28 (10.18%) Process Improvement
9 27 (9.82%) Requirements Gathering
10 25 (9.09%) Roadmaps
11 24 (8.73%) Project Delivery
12 23 (8.36%) Customer Requirements
13 21 (7.64%) ERP
14 20 (7.27%) DevOps
14 20 (7.27%) User Acceptance Testing
15 19 (6.91%) Data Migration
16 17 (6.18%) Decision-Making
17 16 (5.82%) Business Process Analysis
17 16 (5.82%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 48 (17.45%) SQL
2 20 (7.27%) JavaScript
3 14 (5.09%) C#
4 10 (3.64%) Java
5 5 (1.82%) Bicep
6 3 (1.09%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.09%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.36%) ABAP
7 1 (0.36%) Python
7 1 (0.36%) SAPscript
7 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (12.73%) Degree
2 34 (12.36%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.18%) MCSE
5 5 (1.82%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.45%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.09%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.09%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.73%) APMP
8 2 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.73%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.36%) CCIE
9 1 (0.36%) CCNP
9 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.36%) CISM
9 1 (0.36%) CISSP
9 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.18%) QA
2 5 (1.82%) NIST
3 3 (1.09%) GMP
3 3 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.09%) PMO
4 2 (0.73%) GRC
4 2 (0.73%) NCSC
5 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (2.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.82%) Terraform
2 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 103 (37.45%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.36%) SAP
3 9 (3.27%) Adobe
3 9 (3.27%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.91%) Apple
5 5 (1.82%) Qualtrics
6 4 (1.45%) Oracle
7 3 (1.09%) Adaptive Insights
7 3 (1.09%) Anaplan
7 3 (1.09%) Jedox
7 3 (1.09%) Tagetik
8 2 (0.73%) Google
9 1 (0.36%) Ariba
9 1 (0.36%) Aruba
9 1 (0.36%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.36%) Cisco
9 1 (0.36%) F5
9 1 (0.36%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.36%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.36%) Sage