IT Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 656 673 751
Rank change year-on-year +17 +78 -116
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Consultant 114 60 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.12% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 95 24 56
10th Percentile £26,000 - £25,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £26,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £34,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -28.42% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £44,375 £63,125
90th Percentile £60,000 £67,125 £67,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Consultant in the UK excluding London

IT Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Consultant in the UK excluding London

IT Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Consultant in the UK excluding London

IT Consultant
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South West -3 26 £52,500 - 11
South East -2 23 £52,500 +54.41% 2
North of England +47 21 £31,500 +34.04% 10
East of England +14 20 £35,000 +7.69% 2
Midlands -4 14 £30,500 -28.24%
North West -2 11 £27,500 - 7
Yorkshire +65 10 £40,000 +70.21% 4
West Midlands -7 9 £30,500 -34.05%
Scotland -88 9 £60,000 -12.73% 3
East Midlands -11 5 £40,000 +6.67%
Wales - 1 £37,500 -
IT Consultant
UK

IT Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Consultant in the job title.

1 31 (27.19%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (26.32%) Microsoft
3 23 (20.18%) Degree
3 23 (20.18%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (15.79%) Social Skills
5 17 (14.91%) Project Management
6 16 (14.04%) Agile
7 15 (13.16%) Computer Science
8 13 (11.40%) Asset Management
8 13 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (11.40%) Cost Reduction
8 13 (11.40%) Decision-Making
8 13 (11.40%) Software Licensing
8 13 (11.40%) IT Asset Management
9 12 (10.53%) Analytics
9 12 (10.53%) Active Directory
9 12 (10.53%) Windows
10 11 (9.65%) SQL
10 11 (9.65%) ERP
10 11 (9.65%) Finance
10 11 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
10 11 (9.65%) Data Analytics
11 10 (8.77%) Migration
11 10 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
11 10 (8.77%) Azure
12 9 (7.89%) SAP
12 9 (7.89%) Windows Server
13 8 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (7.02%) IoT
13 8 (7.02%) DBS Check

IT Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.75%) Papyrus
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (6.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.51%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (3.51%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 23 (20.18%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (8.77%) Azure
3 7 (6.14%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.88%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.88%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.88%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.02%) Wireless
2 6 (5.26%) Firewall
3 5 (4.39%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.63%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.63%) VLAN
5 1 (0.88%) DHCP
5 1 (0.88%) DNS
5 1 (0.88%) LAN
5 1 (0.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.14%) Big Data
1 7 (6.14%) Power BI
2 4 (3.51%) DB2
General
1 18 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (9.65%) Finance
3 5 (4.39%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.51%) Automotive
4 4 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (3.51%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.63%) Law
6 1 (0.88%) Advertising
6 1 (0.88%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.14%) REST
1 7 (6.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.02%) IoT
2 7 (6.14%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (6.14%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.14%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.51%) Augmented Reality
3 4 (3.51%) Blog
3 4 (3.51%) Client/Server
3 4 (3.51%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.51%) Raspberry Pi
3 4 (3.51%) Virtual Reality
4 3 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.75%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.88%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.88%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.53%) Windows
2 9 (7.89%) Windows Server
3 8 (7.02%) Linux
4 4 (3.51%) Android
4 4 (3.51%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.51%) Unix
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (27.19%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (14.91%) Project Management
3 16 (14.04%) Agile
4 15 (13.16%) Computer Science
5 13 (11.40%) Asset Management
5 13 (11.40%) Cost Reduction
5 13 (11.40%) Decision-Making
5 13 (11.40%) IT Asset Management
5 13 (11.40%) Software Licensing
5 13 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (10.53%) Analytics
7 11 (9.65%) Data Analytics
7 11 (9.65%) ERP
8 10 (8.77%) Migration
9 8 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (6.14%) Big Data Analytics
10 7 (6.14%) Business Development
10 7 (6.14%) Information Retrieval
10 7 (6.14%) Mentoring
10 7 (6.14%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.65%) SQL
2 4 (3.51%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (20.18%) Degree
2 8 (7.02%) DBS Check
3 4 (3.51%) CISA
3 4 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.51%) Master's Degree
3 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.63%) CEH
4 3 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (2.63%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.63%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.88%) CCNA
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.88%) MCP
5 1 (0.88%) MCSA
5 1 (0.88%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.51%) GDPR
1 4 (3.51%) ITGC
1 4 (3.51%) PMO
1 4 (3.51%) QA
2 3 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.51%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.89%) SAP
3 8 (7.02%) Oracle
3 8 (7.02%) VMware
4 6 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.39%) Sage
6 2 (1.75%) Apple
6 2 (1.75%) Google
7 1 (0.88%) Aruba
7 1 (0.88%) Avaya
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco
7 1 (0.88%) HP