Management consultant: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Management consultants and business analysts (SOC 2431)
About £43,155 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +4.9% on last year
£4,684 a month About £3,596 a month after tax 208 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £42,631 in 2021 to £56,203 in 2026 (+32%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £25,509 | £32,107 | £42,631 | £58,115 | x |
| 2022 | £25,468 | £33,104 | £43,633 | £58,664 | x |
| 2023 | £27,865 | £36,224 | £48,383 | £63,510 | £79,680 |
| 2024 | £27,008 | £36,000 | £50,303 | £69,355 | £90,716 |
| 2025 | £29,881 | £40,158 | £53,598 | £71,048 | £93,748 |
| 2026 | £32,628 | £42,734 | £56,203 | £74,277 | £99,560 |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £56,203 a year and half earn more. That is 37% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £42,734 and £74,277; the middle 80% between £32,628 and £99,560.
Ranked by median, it is number 41 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£66,163) is well above the median: a minority in this job earn much more than most.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,596 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,457 in Scotland.
The median for men is £59,053 and for women £51,492, a gap of 13% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £32,628 | £2,719 |
| 20th | £39,645 | £3,304 |
| 25th (P25) | £42,734 | £3,561 |
| 30th | £45,334 | £3,778 |
| 40th | £50,244 | £4,187 |
| Median (50th) | £56,203 | £4,684 |
| 60th | £62,122 | £5,177 |
| 70th | £70,383 | £5,865 |
| 75th (P75) | £74,277 | £6,190 |
| 80th | £80,771 | £6,731 |
| 90th (P90) | £99,560 | £8,297 |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £59,053 | £71,323 | 134 |
| Women | £51,492 | £56,904 | 75 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £43,155 | £3,596 |
| Scotland | £41,481 | £3,457 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £56,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 62 job titles to SOC 2431 Management consultants and business analysts. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- AI adoption lead
- AI implementation consultant
- AI implementation lead
- AI risk analyst
- AI strategist
- AI value realisation analyst
- BI consultant
- Business adviser
- Business analyst
- Business architect
- Business change analyst
- Business change consultant
- Business coach
- Business consultant
- Business continuity manager
- Business improvement manager
- Business intelligence analyst
- Business intelligence consultant
- Business intelligence executive
- Business intelligence manager
- Business process analyst
- Business process consultant
- Business reporting analyst
- Catastrophe analyst
- Clinical effectiveness facilitator
- Clinical governance facilitator
- Commercial analyst
- Consultant
- Continuous improvement manager
- Digital business analyst
- Energy analyst
- Ethical trade coordinator
- Ethical trading coordinator
- Financial modeller
- Financial risk analyst
- Head of business management
- Human factors consultant
- Innovation consultant
- Insurance risk surveyor
- Management adviser
- Management consultancy team leader
- Management consultant
- Management development adviser
- Management services adviser
- Management services consultant
- Management services controller
- Management services officer
- Managing consultant
- Modeller
- Organisational consultant
- Organisational development consultant
- Project management consultant
- Quality coach
- Quant developer
- Quantitative developer
- Reporting analyst
- Risk analyst
- Risk consultant
- Strategy consultant
- Team leader
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.