Business Consultant
UK

The median Business Consultant salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 790 847 1080
Rank change year-on-year +57 +233 -240
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Consultant 94 128 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.094% 0.13% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.14% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 42 77 112
10th Percentile £33,250 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +2.13%
75th Percentile £67,813 £75,000 £78,125
90th Percentile £79,500 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £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%

Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Consultant in the UK

Business Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Consultant in the UK

Business Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Consultant over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Consultant in the UK

Business Consultant
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +75 85 £60,000 +4.35% 50
UK excluding London +41 70 £57,500 -4.17% 32
Work from Home +97 36 £57,500 +9.52% 35
London +64 18 £65,000 +13.04% 16
South West -8 18 £39,750 -40.00% 2
Midlands +1 17 £57,500 -11.54% 6
North of England +46 15 £57,500 +4.55% 14
South East +26 15 £35,000 -53.33% 4
West Midlands +20 11 £57,500 +9.52% 4
North West +4 8 £65,000 +8.33% 13
Yorkshire +88 7 £47,500 +50.79% 1
East Midlands -17 6 £60,000 -7.69% 2
Scotland -64 2 - - 2
East of England - 1 £72,500 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Wales - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Business 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 Business Consultant in the job title.

1 34 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 33 (35.11%) Finance
3 24 (25.53%) Microsoft
3 24 (25.53%) Business Development
4 21 (22.34%) Security Cleared
4 21 (22.34%) Agile
4 21 (22.34%) Degree
5 19 (20.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (20.21%) Public Sector
6 18 (19.15%) DevOps
6 18 (19.15%) Presales
7 16 (17.02%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (15.96%) Actionable Insight
8 15 (15.96%) SQL
9 14 (14.89%) Power BI
9 14 (14.89%) Power Platform
10 11 (11.70%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (11.70%) Retail
10 11 (11.70%) Analytics
11 10 (10.64%) DV Cleared
11 10 (10.64%) Economics
11 10 (10.64%) SQL Server
11 10 (10.64%) IT Strategy
11 10 (10.64%) Customer Service
12 9 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
12 9 (9.57%) ERP
12 9 (9.57%) Project Management
12 9 (9.57%) Artificial Intelligence
13 8 (8.51%) Azure

Business 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 1 (1.06%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (6.38%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (2.13%) SAP Business One
3 1 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.06%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.06%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (1.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 16 (17.02%) Dynamics 365
2 14 (14.89%) Power Platform
3 8 (8.51%) Azure
4 6 (6.38%) PowerApps
5 5 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (5.32%) SaaS
6 2 (2.13%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.06%) Firewall
1 1 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (14.89%) Power BI
2 10 (10.64%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.26%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (4.26%) GIS
3 4 (4.26%) OLAP
3 4 (4.26%) OLAP Cube
3 4 (4.26%) Oracle OLAP
3 4 (4.26%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.13%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (2.13%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.06%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Hudson
General
1 34 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 33 (35.11%) Finance
3 19 (20.21%) Public Sector
4 11 (11.70%) Retail
5 9 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (8.51%) Manufacturing
7 6 (6.38%) Law
7 6 (6.38%) Telecoms
8 5 (5.32%) Aerospace
8 5 (5.32%) Banking
8 5 (5.32%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (4.26%) Back Office
9 4 (4.26%) Retail Finance
10 3 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.06%) Automotive
11 1 (1.06%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.06%) Marketing
11 1 (1.06%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.26%) Credit Risk
3 3 (3.19%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.19%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.13%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.06%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.06%) FMCG
5 1 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.06%) PKI
5 1 (1.06%) PlayStation
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.32%) Windows
1 5 (5.32%) Windows Server
2 4 (4.26%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (25.53%) Business Development
2 21 (22.34%) Agile
3 19 (20.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (19.15%) DevOps
4 18 (19.15%) Presales
5 15 (15.96%) Actionable Insight
5 15 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (11.70%) Analytics
6 11 (11.70%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (10.64%) Customer Service
7 10 (10.64%) Economics
7 10 (10.64%) IT Strategy
8 9 (9.57%) Artificial Intelligence
8 9 (9.57%) ERP
8 9 (9.57%) Project Management
9 8 (8.51%) Machine Learning
10 7 (7.45%) Workshop Facilitation
11 6 (6.38%) Business Analysis
11 6 (6.38%) Collaborative Working
12 5 (5.32%) Remote Sensing
Programming Languages
1 15 (15.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (22.34%) Degree
1 21 (22.34%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.64%) DV Cleared
3 6 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.19%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.13%) APMP
5 2 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.06%) APMG
6 1 (1.06%) CISM
6 1 (1.06%) CISSP
6 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.19%) Accessibility
1 3 (3.19%) PMO
2 1 (1.06%) GDPR
Vendors
1 24 (25.53%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.38%) SAP
3 5 (5.32%) Oracle
4 4 (4.26%) Cognos
4 4 (4.26%) IBM
5 2 (2.13%) ServiceNow