Consultant Jobs in the North of England

Consultant
England > North of England

The median Consultant salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 96 134
Rank change year-on-year +13 +38 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 526 599 497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.79% 3.71% 2.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.93% 4.16% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 358 334 204
10th Percentile £25,675 £42,500 £32,950
25th Percentile £38,750 £57,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £76,563
90th Percentile £85,525 £80,000 £87,125
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
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 17,953 14,401 17,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 89.25% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,711 7,947 10,940
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,627 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in the North of England

Consultant
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Consultant in the North of England.

Salary trend for Consultant in the North of England

Consultant
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Consultant in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Consultant in the North of England

Consultant
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West -7 302 £57,500 -17.86% 187
Yorkshire +37 166 £50,000 -28.57% 77
North East +38 58 £57,500 +4.55% 12
Consultant
England

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 North of England region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 157 (29.85%) Microsoft
2 118 (22.43%) Finance
3 116 (22.05%) Social Skills
4 94 (17.87%) Azure
5 85 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (10.65%) Degree
7 54 (10.27%) Dynamics 365
8 52 (9.89%) Roadmaps
9 51 (9.70%) SQL
10 50 (9.51%) Power Platform
11 47 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
12 45 (8.56%) Public Sector
13 43 (8.17%) Agile
14 42 (7.98%) Customer Service
15 41 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
16 38 (7.22%) Windows
17 37 (7.03%) Business Intelligence
18 36 (6.84%) Artificial Intelligence
18 36 (6.84%) Cybersecurity
19 35 (6.65%) Power BI
20 34 (6.46%) Actionable Insight
20 34 (6.46%) DevOps
20 34 (6.46%) Project Management
21 33 (6.27%) ERP
21 33 (6.27%) AWS
22 32 (6.08%) SaaS
22 32 (6.08%) Presales
22 32 (6.08%) Data Warehouse
22 32 (6.08%) SAP
22 32 (6.08%) Service Delivery

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 17 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.85%) Apache
3 2 (0.38%) IIS
4 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.19%) InDesign
3 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.19%) Sketch
3 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (3.23%) Dynamics NAV
3 16 (3.04%) Sage 200
4 12 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (1.90%) SAP Business One
6 9 (1.71%) Sage X3
7 6 (1.14%) Infor M3
8 5 (0.95%) SAP MDG
8 5 (0.95%) SAP WM
9 4 (0.76%) Exchequer
9 4 (0.76%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.76%) Sage 50
9 4 (0.76%) SAP MDM
9 4 (0.76%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.76%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.76%) SAP Retail
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle Applications
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle Manufacturing
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 94 (17.87%) Azure
2 54 (10.27%) Dynamics 365
3 50 (9.51%) Power Platform
4 47 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (6.27%) AWS
6 32 (6.08%) SaaS
7 19 (3.61%) Amazon S3
8 13 (2.47%) Power Automate
9 12 (2.28%) Entra ID
10 10 (1.90%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.95%) GCP
12 4 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.76%) FinancialForce
12 4 (0.76%) Intacct
13 2 (0.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 2 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.38%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.18%) Firewall
2 17 (3.23%) VPN
3 15 (2.85%) Internet
3 15 (2.85%) IPsec
3 15 (2.85%) SNMP
4 11 (2.09%) WAN
5 10 (1.90%) Unified Communications
6 7 (1.33%) LAN
7 4 (0.76%) DHCP
7 4 (0.76%) DNS
7 4 (0.76%) WLAN
8 3 (0.57%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.38%) MPLS
9 2 (0.38%) NAS
9 2 (0.38%) Network Security
9 2 (0.38%) SAN
9 2 (0.38%) SSL
9 2 (0.38%) VoIP
9 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.65%) Power BI
2 32 (6.08%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (5.32%) SQL Server
4 17 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (2.85%) Data Lake
5 15 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (2.85%) MongoDB
6 12 (2.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.95%) Tableau
9 3 (0.57%) QlikView
10 2 (0.38%) Big Data
11 1 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.19%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.19%) EDRMS
11 1 (0.19%) Metadata
11 1 (0.19%) Power Query
11 1 (0.19%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.19%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 4 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 118 (22.43%) Finance
2 116 (22.05%) Social Skills
3 45 (8.56%) Public Sector
4 41 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.94%) Law
5 26 (4.94%) Retail
6 25 (4.75%) Marketing
7 24 (4.56%) Manufacturing
8 20 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.14%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.76%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.38%) Electronics
13 2 (0.38%) Games
13 2 (0.38%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.19%) Advertising
14 1 (0.19%) Legal
14 1 (0.19%) Local Government
14 1 (0.19%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.61%) EDI
2 15 (2.85%) RabbitMQ
2 15 (2.85%) YAML
3 5 (0.95%) SAP ALE
4 3 (0.57%) .NET
5 2 (0.38%) Web Services
6 1 (0.19%) ADO
6 1 (0.19%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.19%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.19%) Middleware
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.19%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.13%) Data Centre
1 27 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (2.09%) Low-Code
3 8 (1.52%) Public Cloud
4 6 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (0.95%) Management Information System
5 5 (0.95%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.57%) IoT
7 2 (0.38%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.38%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.38%) FMCG
7 2 (0.38%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.19%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.19%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.19%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.22%) Windows
2 22 (4.18%) Linux
3 15 (2.85%) Data ONTAP
4 3 (0.57%) Unix
4 3 (0.57%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.57%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (9.89%) Roadmaps
3 43 (8.17%) Agile
4 42 (7.98%) Customer Service
5 37 (7.03%) Business Intelligence
6 36 (6.84%) Artificial Intelligence
6 36 (6.84%) Cybersecurity
7 34 (6.46%) Actionable Insight
7 34 (6.46%) DevOps
7 34 (6.46%) Project Management
8 33 (6.27%) ERP
9 32 (6.08%) Migration
9 32 (6.08%) Presales
9 32 (6.08%) Service Delivery
10 31 (5.89%) Data Architecture
11 27 (5.13%) Strategic Roadmap
12 26 (4.94%) CRM
13 23 (4.37%) Analytics
13 23 (4.37%) Information Security
14 19 (3.61%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 51 (9.70%) SQL
2 28 (5.32%) Python
3 10 (1.90%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.71%) Bash
5 3 (0.57%) Java
6 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.19%) ABAP
7 1 (0.19%) C#
7 1 (0.19%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 56 (10.65%) Degree
2 18 (3.42%) Security Cleared
3 16 (3.04%) AWS Certification
4 12 (2.28%) Azure Certification
5 9 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (0.76%) CISSP
7 3 (0.57%) CCIE
7 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.38%) CCDP
8 2 (0.38%) CCNP
8 2 (0.38%) CISM
8 2 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.38%) GCFA
8 2 (0.38%) GCIH
8 2 (0.38%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.19%) GCIA
9 1 (0.19%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 11 (2.09%) GDPR
5 9 (1.71%) NIST
6 7 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.95%) COBIT
7 5 (0.95%) QA
8 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.38%) GRC
9 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.19%) NCSC
9 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (4.37%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.85%) Docker
4 5 (0.95%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (4.75%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.23%) vCenter Server
3 15 (2.85%) Ansible
3 15 (2.85%) Prometheus
4 12 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.76%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.38%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 157 (29.85%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.08%) SAP
3 28 (5.32%) Oracle
4 23 (4.37%) Sage
5 22 (4.18%) VMware
6 17 (3.23%) NetApp
7 16 (3.04%) Palo Alto
8 15 (2.85%) Red Hat
8 15 (2.85%) SolidFire
9 12 (2.28%) Apple
10 9 (1.71%) Adobe
11 7 (1.33%) Infor
12 5 (0.95%) IFS
13 4 (0.76%) Cisco
13 4 (0.76%) CODA
13 4 (0.76%) JDA
13 4 (0.76%) Sun
13 4 (0.76%) Xero
14 3 (0.57%) Ariba
14 3 (0.57%) IBM