Consultant
UK

The median Consultant salary in the UK is £60,000 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 72 90 121
Rank change year-on-year +18 +31 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 3,538 3,714 4,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.57% 3.66% 3.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.77% 4.00% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,633 2,249 3,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £42,555 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% +4.55%

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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the UK

Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Consultant in the UK

Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Consultant in the UK

Consultant
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK 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
England +28 3,036 £60,000 -11.11% 1,317
UK excluding London +47 2,129 £50,000 -23.08% 782
Work from Home +20 1,489 £57,500 -17.86% 700
London +30 1,053 £70,000 - 546
South East +51 470 £50,000 -24.53% 170
North of England +17 465 £55,000 -21.43% 210
South West +60 387 £57,500 -11.54% 134
Midlands +59 379 £47,500 -24.30% 128
North West -6 277 £57,500 -14.81% 139
West Midlands +69 275 £50,000 -20.63% 93
East of England +22 179 £47,500 -24.00% 52
Scotland -41 135 £46,250 -33.93% 65
Yorkshire +36 130 £50,000 -28.57% 55
East Midlands +27 101 £37,500 -42.31% 35
Wales +45 83 £47,500 -32.14% 17
North East +44 58 £57,500 +4.55% 17
Northern Ireland +35 32 £30,000 -51.61% 15

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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 featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 1,116 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 918 (25.95%) Microsoft
3 769 (21.74%) Finance
4 546 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
5 511 (14.44%) Security Cleared
6 492 (13.91%) Degree
7 477 (13.48%) Azure
8 394 (11.14%) Agile
9 392 (11.08%) Project Management
10 376 (10.63%) Cybersecurity
11 367 (10.37%) SQL
12 350 (9.89%) Power Platform
13 348 (9.84%) Roadmaps
14 331 (9.36%) Presales
15 324 (9.16%) Dynamics 365
16 323 (9.13%) Public Sector
17 314 (8.88%) SAP
18 302 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
19 287 (8.11%) Migration
20 277 (7.83%) Customer Service
21 276 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
22 254 (7.18%) Business Intelligence
23 246 (6.95%) Windows
24 233 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
25 232 (6.56%) Power BI
26 230 (6.50%) Mentoring
27 226 (6.39%) SC Cleared
28 224 (6.33%) Retail
28 224 (6.33%) SQL Server
29 221 (6.25%) AWS

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
1 172 (4.86%) SharePoint
2 127 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 62 (1.75%) Apache
4 43 (1.22%) IIS
5 22 (0.62%) Confluence
6 12 (0.34%) SAS
7 11 (0.31%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.17%) Appian
8 6 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.14%) CMS
9 5 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.085%) Drupal
10 3 (0.085%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.057%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.057%) nginx
11 2 (0.057%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.057%) Papyrus
12 1 (0.028%) JOnAS
12 1 (0.028%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 131 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 14 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.23%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.20%) Revit
9 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.085%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.057%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.057%) InDesign
11 2 (0.057%) Windchill
12 1 (0.028%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.028%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.028%) InVision
12 1 (0.028%) Sketch
12 1 (0.028%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 137 (3.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 115 (3.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 54 (1.53%) Workday HCM
4 42 (1.19%) SAP FI
5 38 (1.07%) NetSuite
6 37 (1.05%) SAP CO
6 37 (1.05%) SAP FI/CO
7 35 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
8 27 (0.76%) SAP SD
9 26 (0.73%) SAP Business One
10 25 (0.71%) SAP SCM
11 23 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
11 23 (0.65%) SAP MM
12 21 (0.59%) SAP PP
13 19 (0.54%) Sage 200
14 18 (0.51%) Endur
14 18 (0.51%) SAP EWM
15 17 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
15 17 (0.48%) SAP HR
16 16 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 477 (13.48%) Azure
2 350 (9.89%) Power Platform
3 324 (9.16%) Dynamics 365
4 276 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
5 221 (6.25%) AWS
6 153 (4.32%) SaaS
7 97 (2.74%) Power Automate
8 88 (2.49%) Entra ID
9 74 (2.09%) PowerApps
10 66 (1.87%) Amazon S3
11 52 (1.47%) IaaS
11 52 (1.47%) PaaS
12 49 (1.38%) OCI
13 48 (1.36%) GCP
13 48 (1.36%) OneDrive
14 47 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
15 35 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
16 31 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
17 26 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
18 23 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 161 (4.55%) Firewall
2 91 (2.57%) VPN
3 83 (2.35%) Network Security
4 76 (2.15%) Internet
5 75 (2.12%) WAN
6 61 (1.72%) LAN
7 56 (1.58%) IPsec
7 56 (1.58%) SNMP
8 53 (1.50%) DNS
9 51 (1.44%) Wireless
10 38 (1.07%) TCP/IP
11 32 (0.90%) DHCP
12 28 (0.79%) Unified Communications
13 22 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
14 17 (0.48%) SAN
15 15 (0.42%) NAS
15 15 (0.42%) SD-WAN
16 13 (0.37%) Broadband
16 13 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
17 11 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (6.56%) Power BI
2 224 (6.33%) SQL Server
3 130 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
4 106 (3.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 61 (1.72%) Data Lake
6 57 (1.61%) MongoDB
7 56 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
8 36 (1.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 30 (0.85%) Relational Database
10 28 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (0.71%) Big Data
11 25 (0.71%) Tableau
12 24 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
13 21 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
14 15 (0.42%) Oracle Database
15 14 (0.40%) GIS
15 14 (0.40%) Power Query
16 13 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
17 12 (0.34%) Metadata
18 11 (0.31%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 39 (1.10%) JIRA
2 21 (0.59%) Git
3 19 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.37%) Axure RP
4 13 (0.37%) Balsamiq
5 11 (0.31%) Robot Framework
6 9 (0.25%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.20%) GitLab
7 7 (0.20%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.17%) Hudson
8 6 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.11%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.11%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.11%) PowerBuilder
10 4 (0.11%) Subversion
11 3 (0.085%) Metasploit
11 3 (0.085%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.085%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.057%) LoadRunner
General
1 1,116 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 769 (21.74%) Finance
3 323 (9.13%) Public Sector
4 302 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
5 224 (6.33%) Retail
6 217 (6.13%) Marketing
7 194 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
8 191 (5.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 146 (4.13%) Law
10 140 (3.96%) Manufacturing
11 81 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
12 74 (2.09%) Telecoms
13 56 (1.58%) Military
14 53 (1.50%) Aerospace
15 50 (1.41%) Automotive
16 47 (1.33%) Banking
17 34 (0.96%) Legal
18 25 (0.71%) Games
19 22 (0.62%) Electronics
20 21 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (3.00%) HTML
2 58 (1.64%) RabbitMQ
3 54 (1.53%) YAML
4 48 (1.36%) XML
5 46 (1.30%) CSS
6 42 (1.19%) Web Services
7 33 (0.93%) .NET
7 33 (0.93%) REST
8 25 (0.71%) EDI
8 25 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
8 25 (0.71%) JSON
9 23 (0.65%) AngularJS
10 22 (0.62%) SOAP
11 13 (0.37%) Node.js
12 12 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
13 11 (0.31%) LDAP
14 10 (0.28%) ARM Templates
15 9 (0.25%) PySpark
16 8 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
16 8 (0.23%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 233 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
2 166 (4.69%) Data Centre
3 130 (3.67%) Management Information System
4 76 (2.15%) Driving Licence
5 74 (2.09%) IoT
6 70 (1.98%) Onboarding
7 56 (1.58%) Operational Technology
7 56 (1.58%) Public Cloud
8 37 (1.05%) Product Ownership
9 35 (0.99%) Low-Code
10 34 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
10 34 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
11 28 (0.79%) Cloud Native
12 26 (0.73%) FMCG
13 25 (0.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 24 (0.68%) Client/Server
15 23 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
16 22 (0.62%) Blog
17 21 (0.59%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 246 (6.95%) Windows
2 155 (4.38%) Linux
3 106 (3.00%) Windows Server
4 54 (1.53%) Data ONTAP
5 30 (0.85%) Windows 10
6 27 (0.76%) Unix
7 25 (0.71%) Android
8 23 (0.65%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.34%) Mac OS
10 8 (0.23%) AIX
10 8 (0.23%) Solaris
11 7 (0.20%) VMS
11 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.11%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.085%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.057%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.057%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.057%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 546 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
2 394 (11.14%) Agile
3 392 (11.08%) Project Management
4 376 (10.63%) Cybersecurity
5 348 (9.84%) Roadmaps
6 331 (9.36%) Presales
7 287 (8.11%) Migration
8 277 (7.83%) Customer Service
9 254 (7.18%) Business Intelligence
10 230 (6.50%) Mentoring
11 218 (6.16%) CRM
12 212 (5.99%) ERP
13 211 (5.96%) Analytics
14 206 (5.82%) Artificial Intelligence
14 206 (5.82%) Project Delivery
15 188 (5.31%) DevOps
16 186 (5.26%) Actionable Insight
17 183 (5.17%) Requirements Gathering
17 183 (5.17%) Stakeholder Management
18 170 (4.80%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 367 (10.37%) SQL
2 187 (5.29%) Python
3 122 (3.45%) JavaScript
4 75 (2.12%) PowerShell
5 59 (1.67%) C#
6 57 (1.61%) Java
7 39 (1.10%) Bash
8 24 (0.68%) T-SQL
9 20 (0.57%) Bicep
9 20 (0.57%) C
10 18 (0.51%) R
11 17 (0.48%) PL/SQL
12 14 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 13 (0.37%) TypeScript
14 11 (0.31%) C++
15 10 (0.28%) Go
15 10 (0.28%) Ruby
16 9 (0.25%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.20%) VB.NET
18 6 (0.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 511 (14.44%) Security Cleared
2 492 (13.91%) Degree
3 226 (6.39%) SC Cleared
4 120 (3.39%) DV Cleared
5 112 (3.17%) CISSP
6 92 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 86 (2.43%) CISM
8 68 (1.92%) Azure Certification
9 62 (1.75%) AWS Certification
10 60 (1.70%) CRISC
11 59 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
12 51 (1.44%) CESG Certified Professional
13 45 (1.27%) DBS Check
14 41 (1.16%) Master's Degree
15 39 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
16 35 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
17 27 (0.76%) CISMP
18 23 (0.65%) PMI Certification
19 22 (0.62%) CREST Certified
20 20 (0.57%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (4.07%) NIST
2 115 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
4 47 (1.33%) GDPR
4 47 (1.33%) JSP 440
4 47 (1.33%) QA
5 43 (1.22%) NCSC
6 40 (1.13%) GRC
7 39 (1.10%) Data Quality
8 38 (1.07%) NIST 800
9 33 (0.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 24 (0.68%) Accessibility
10 24 (0.68%) RMADS
11 23 (0.65%) PMO
12 21 (0.59%) PCI DSS
13 19 (0.54%) GMP
14 13 (0.37%) SOC 2
14 13 (0.37%) WCAG
15 12 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 11 (0.31%) COBIT
System Software
1 153 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 111 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (1.78%) Docker
4 33 (0.93%) Hyper-V
4 33 (0.93%) vSphere
5 16 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.25%) Firmware
8 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.057%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.057%) XenApp
11 1 (0.028%) KVM
11 1 (0.028%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.028%) OpenDJ
11 1 (0.028%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 117 (3.31%) Kubernetes
2 89 (2.52%) Ansible
3 74 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 62 (1.75%) vCenter Server
5 54 (1.53%) Prometheus
6 53 (1.50%) Terraform
7 17 (0.48%) Puppet
7 17 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (0.31%) SCCM
9 7 (0.20%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.20%) HP UCMDB
10 6 (0.17%) Backup Exec
10 6 (0.17%) VxRail
11 4 (0.11%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.085%) Nessus
12 3 (0.085%) Nmap
13 2 (0.057%) Aspera SmartTrack
13 2 (0.057%) Nagios
13 2 (0.057%) Netcool
13 2 (0.057%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 918 (25.95%) Microsoft
2 314 (8.88%) SAP
3 201 (5.68%) Oracle
4 146 (4.13%) VMware
5 112 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 84 (2.37%) Palo Alto
7 70 (1.98%) Red Hat
8 66 (1.87%) Cisco
9 64 (1.81%) Sage
9 64 (1.81%) Workday
10 57 (1.61%) Adobe
11 56 (1.58%) NetApp
12 54 (1.53%) SolidFire
13 52 (1.47%) Salesforce
14 40 (1.13%) Apple
15 37 (1.05%) Fortinet
16 35 (0.99%) Google
17 28 (0.79%) SolarWinds
18 26 (0.73%) Databricks
19 24 (0.68%) Tanium