IT Consultant
UK

The median IT Consultant salary in the UK is £47,500 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 746 853 1041
Rank change year-on-year +107 +188 -240
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Consultant 138 122 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 114 75 113
10th Percentile £26,250 £22,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,813 £26,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £73,125 £75,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £35,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.10% -24.74% -

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%

IT Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Consultant in the UK

IT Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Consultant in the UK

IT Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for IT Consultant in the UK

IT Consultant
Top 15 Job Locations

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 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 +112 117 £47,500 -9.52% 41
UK excluding London +24 93 £35,000 -2.10% 34
Work from Home +112 57 £50,000 -13.79% 17
London +87 34 £50,000 -13.79% 14
South East +20 22 £52,500 +54.41% 7
East of England +25 20 £35,000 +7.69%
North of England +46 18 £32,500 -24.42% 12
South West -11 12 £34,000 - 7
Midlands -3 11 £30,500 -28.24% 2
Yorkshire +84 9 £40,000 -6.98% 6
North West +7 9 £27,500 - 6
Scotland -85 9 £60,000 -14.29% 4
West Midlands +13 6 £30,500 -34.05% 1
East Midlands -14 5 £40,000 +6.67% 1
Wales - 1 £37,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 featuring IT Consultant in the job title.

1 45 (32.61%) Microsoft
2 40 (28.99%) Social Skills
3 36 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (25.36%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (19.57%) Active Directory
6 27 (19.57%) Degree
7 26 (18.84%) Windows
8 23 (16.67%) Asset Management
9 22 (15.94%) ERP
10 21 (15.22%) Project Management
11 20 (14.49%) Business Development
11 20 (14.49%) Windows Server
12 19 (13.77%) Cybersecurity
12 19 (13.77%) Wireless
13 18 (13.04%) Agile
13 18 (13.04%) VMware
14 17 (12.32%) VMware Infrastructure
15 16 (11.59%) Management Information System
16 15 (10.87%) Firewall
16 15 (10.87%) Computer Science
16 15 (10.87%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 15 (10.87%) IT Audit
17 14 (10.14%) Azure
17 14 (10.14%) CRM
18 13 (9.42%) Microsoft Exchange
18 13 (9.42%) Apple
18 13 (9.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 13 (9.42%) Google
18 13 (9.42%) Business Continuity

IT 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 13 (9.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.45%) Papyrus
Applications
1 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.72%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (5.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.90%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (2.90%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 35 (25.36%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (10.14%) Azure
3 12 (8.70%) Google Workspace
4 7 (5.07%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.62%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.90%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.72%) AWS
8 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.77%) Wireless
2 15 (10.87%) Firewall
3 12 (8.70%) DNS
4 11 (7.97%) Broadband
4 11 (7.97%) NAS
5 5 (3.62%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.90%) LAN
6 4 (2.90%) VPN
6 4 (2.90%) WAN
7 1 (0.72%) DHCP
7 1 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.72%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.72%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.07%) Big Data
1 7 (5.07%) Power BI
2 4 (2.90%) DB2
2 4 (2.90%) GIS
General
1 40 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 30 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (7.97%) Finance
3 11 (7.97%) Games
4 10 (7.25%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.62%) Japanese Language
5 5 (3.62%) Marketing
6 4 (2.90%) Automotive
6 4 (2.90%) Back Office
6 4 (2.90%) Brand Awareness
6 4 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.17%) Billing
7 3 (2.17%) Law
7 3 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.17%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.72%) Advertising
8 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.72%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.07%) REST
1 7 (5.07%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.59%) Management Information System
2 13 (9.42%) Onboarding
3 11 (7.97%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (5.80%) IoT
5 7 (5.07%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.90%) Augmented Reality
6 4 (2.90%) Blog
6 4 (2.90%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.90%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.90%) Raspberry Pi
6 4 (2.90%) Social Network
6 4 (2.90%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.72%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.72%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (18.84%) Windows
2 20 (14.49%) Windows Server
3 11 (7.97%) Mac OS
4 8 (5.80%) Linux
5 4 (2.90%) Android
5 4 (2.90%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.90%) Unix
6 3 (2.17%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 22 (15.94%) ERP
4 21 (15.22%) Project Management
5 20 (14.49%) Business Development
6 19 (13.77%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (13.04%) Agile
8 15 (10.87%) Computer Science
8 15 (10.87%) IT Audit
8 15 (10.87%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 14 (10.14%) CRM
10 13 (9.42%) Business Continuity
10 13 (9.42%) Data Protection
10 13 (9.42%) Decision-Making
10 13 (9.42%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (8.70%) Analytics
11 12 (8.70%) Cost Reduction
11 12 (8.70%) IT Asset Management
11 12 (8.70%) Software Licensing
12 11 (7.97%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.97%) Bash
1 11 (7.97%) SQL
2 4 (2.90%) Java
Qualifications
1 27 (19.57%) Degree
2 6 (4.35%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.90%) CISA
4 4 (2.90%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.72%) BICSI Certification
6 1 (0.72%) BICSI RCDD
6 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.72%) CCNA
6 1 (0.72%) CEH
6 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.72%) MCP
6 1 (0.72%) MCSA
6 1 (0.72%) MCSE
6 1 (0.72%) RIBA
6 1 (0.72%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.42%) Cyber Essentials
1 13 (9.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (7.97%) SOC 2
3 6 (4.35%) QA
4 5 (3.62%) GDPR
5 4 (2.90%) ITGC
5 4 (2.90%) PMO
5 4 (2.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.72%) NIST
System Software
1 27 (19.57%) Active Directory
2 17 (12.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (7.97%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.17%) Backup Exec
3 3 (2.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (32.61%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.04%) VMware
3 13 (9.42%) Apple
3 13 (9.42%) Google
4 12 (8.70%) SAP
5 11 (7.97%) Oracle
6 6 (4.35%) ServiceNow
7 5 (3.62%) Sage
8 3 (2.17%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.17%) Veritas
9 1 (0.72%) Aruba
9 1 (0.72%) Avaya
9 1 (0.72%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.72%) Cisco
9 1 (0.72%) HP
9 1 (0.72%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (0.72%) Palo Alto