Lead Consultant Jobs

Lead Consultant
UK

The median Lead Consultant salary in the UK is £85,000 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 767 614 1076
Rank change year-on-year -153 +462 -309
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Consultant 140 356 186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.38% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.41% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 107 258 127
10th Percentile £65,000 - £51,250
25th Percentile £71,250 - £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £95,000 - £90,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% - -

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Lead Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Consultant in the UK

Lead Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Lead Consultant in the UK

Lead Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Consultant over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Consultant in the UK

Lead Consultant
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Consultant within the UK 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
England -120 127 £87,500 +25.00% 29
UK excluding London -196 82 £85,000 +21.43% 13
London +91 39 £85,000 +21.43% 12
Work from Home -204 31 £82,500 +17.86% 17
South West -16 30 £91,500 +30.71% 8
North of England -57 20 £90,000 +28.57% 1
North West -55 19 £90,000 +28.57% 1
Midlands -17 15 £75,000 -11.76% 1
West Midlands -9 13 £75,000 -11.76% 1
South East -62 11 £70,000 - 1
Wales -2 6 £70,000 -
Yorkshire +25 1 - -
East Midlands -28 1 £60,000 +9.09%

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Lead 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 Lead Consultant in the job title.

1 44 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 29 (20.71%) Analytics
3 27 (19.29%) Power Platform
4 26 (18.57%) Mentoring
4 26 (18.57%) Security Cleared
4 26 (18.57%) Agile
5 25 (17.86%) Finance
6 23 (16.43%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (16.43%) Project Delivery
7 19 (13.57%) Azure
8 18 (12.86%) Coaching
8 18 (12.86%) Social Skills
9 17 (12.14%) Workday
9 17 (12.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (12.14%) Project Management
10 16 (11.43%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (11.43%) Presales
10 16 (11.43%) DevOps
10 16 (11.43%) Customer Engagement
10 16 (11.43%) Power Automate
11 15 (10.71%) SIEM
11 15 (10.71%) DV Cleared
11 15 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
11 15 (10.71%) Workday HCM
11 15 (10.71%) SAP
12 14 (10.00%) Incident Management
12 14 (10.00%) Data Analytics
12 14 (10.00%) User Experience
12 14 (10.00%) NIST
13 13 (9.29%) Tanium

Lead 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 5 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.43%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (10.71%) Workday HCM
2 11 (7.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (2.86%) SAP SD
5 3 (2.14%) SAP GRC
6 2 (1.43%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.71%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.71%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.71%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.71%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.71%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.71%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.71%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 27 (19.29%) Power Platform
2 19 (13.57%) Azure
3 16 (11.43%) Dynamics 365
3 16 (11.43%) Power Automate
4 8 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.57%) PowerApps
5 5 (3.57%) SaaS
5 5 (3.57%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (2.86%) OCI
7 3 (2.14%) IBM Cloud
7 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.43%) AWS
8 2 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.43%) GCP
8 2 (1.43%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.71%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.71%) IaaS
9 1 (0.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.29%) Network Security
2 5 (3.57%) TETRA
3 3 (2.14%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.14%) Power BI
2 9 (6.43%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.43%) Big Data
5 2 (1.43%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.43%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.71%) Ataccama
6 1 (0.71%) Metadata
6 1 (0.71%) QlikView
6 1 (0.71%) SAS EBI
6 1 (0.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.71%) ERwin
General
1 25 (17.86%) Finance
2 18 (12.86%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.29%) Retail
4 9 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.29%) Automotive
6 4 (2.86%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.86%) Marketing
7 3 (2.14%) Electronics
7 3 (2.14%) Law
7 3 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.43%) Billing
8 2 (1.43%) Legal
8 2 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.43%) Police
8 2 (1.43%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.71%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.71%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.71%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.29%) Elastic Stack
2 12 (8.57%) REST
3 3 (2.14%) CSS
3 3 (2.14%) HTML
3 3 (2.14%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (2.14%) XML
4 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (1.43%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.43%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.43%) SPFx
4 2 (1.43%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.71%) Node.js
5 1 (0.71%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 7 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.29%) Operational Technology
4 4 (2.86%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.14%) Blockchain
5 3 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.14%) IoT
5 3 (2.14%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.43%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (1.43%) PKI
7 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.71%) FMCG
7 1 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (20.71%) Analytics
2 26 (18.57%) Agile
2 26 (18.57%) Mentoring
3 23 (16.43%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (16.43%) Project Delivery
4 18 (12.86%) Coaching
5 17 (12.14%) Project Management
5 17 (12.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (11.43%) Customer Engagement
6 16 (11.43%) DevOps
6 16 (11.43%) Presales
7 15 (10.71%) SIEM
7 15 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
8 14 (10.00%) Data Analytics
8 14 (10.00%) Incident Management
8 14 (10.00%) User Experience
9 13 (9.29%) Requirements Workshops
9 13 (9.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (8.57%) Translating Business Requirements
10 12 (8.57%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.86%) JavaScript
1 4 (2.86%) Python
1 4 (2.86%) SQL
2 2 (1.43%) C#
2 2 (1.43%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.71%) Java
3 1 (0.71%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (18.57%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.71%) DV Cleared
3 11 (7.86%) Degree
4 10 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (3.57%) CISSP
6 5 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.86%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.14%) CISM
8 3 (2.14%) GIAC
9 2 (1.43%) APMP
9 2 (1.43%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (1.43%) CISMP
9 2 (1.43%) CREST Certified
9 2 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.71%) MCP
10 1 (0.71%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.00%) NIST
2 9 (6.43%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.71%) QA
4 4 (2.86%) GMP
5 2 (1.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.43%) ITGC
6 1 (0.71%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (9.29%) vSphere
2 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (7.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 44 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.14%) Workday
3 15 (10.71%) SAP
4 13 (9.29%) SolarWinds
4 13 (9.29%) Tanium
4 13 (9.29%) Tripwire
5 5 (3.57%) Oracle
5 5 (3.57%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.14%) IBM
6 3 (2.14%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.43%) Ariba
7 2 (1.43%) Concur
8 1 (0.71%) Ab Initio
8 1 (0.71%) Informatica
8 1 (0.71%) Veeam
8 1 (0.71%) VMware