Management consultant salary in the UK
ONS data for April 2025 · Page updated
Management consultants and business analysts earn well above the UK median, with a long upper tail at strategy firms. Pay is usually set by grade, with bonus making up a growing share at more senior levels.
- Median full-time pay
- £53,295
- 25th percentile
- £40,202
- 75th percentile
- £70,977
- Change on a year earlier
- +5.9%
How pay is spread
Line: 10th to 90th percentile. Bar: the middle half of earners (25th to 75th). Mark and label: median. Where ONS doesn't publish the 90th percentile, the line stops at the highest published point.
| Full-time annual pay | Management consultant | All UK jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | £29,980 | £23,990 |
| 25th percentile | £40,202 | £29,262 |
| Median | £53,295 | £39,039 |
| 75th percentile | £70,977 | £54,009 |
| 90th percentile | £93,362 | £76,903 |
| Mean | £59,929 | £48,512 |
ONS classifies this role as “Management consultants and business analysts” (SOC 2020 code 2431). Figures cover full-time employees across the whole UK, at every level of seniority, so a senior role in London or at a large employer will usually sit above the median. Pay by region for individual occupations isn't published reliably at city level.
What management consultants can negotiate
Grade first. Like tech levels, consulting grades set the band. If you're joining from industry or another firm, make sure your experience maps to the right grade before negotiating within it.
Sign-on bonuses are common. Firms often pay sign-on bonuses, especially to experienced hires leaving a bonus behind. Ask for one to cover any bonus you'll forfeit.
Promotion timing. Ask how long people typically spend at the grade and when your first promotion review would be. A faster route to the next grade can be worth more than a higher starting salary.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025 (provisional), Table 14.7a (occupation, SOC 2020). Gross annual pay for full-time employee jobs, April 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See how we use this data.