The Datum Report

Occupation 1258 · Managers, directors and senior officials

Directors in consultancy services

Directors in consultancy services plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the activities, resources and development of consultancies working in a variety of sectors, liaise with clients and promotes their business.

How people enter it

Relevant experience is required and depending on the field you may need a relevant technical qualification at degree level or a vocational qualification at levels 4 and 5. On-the-job training may be available, and some firms offer accelerated promotion for graduates. Professional qualifications are available.

What the work involves

Also called

Director (environmental consultancy) · Owner (design consultancy) · Owner (management consultancy)

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
1258 : Directors in consultancy services None None 2026-03 58,000.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1258 : Directors in consultancy services None None 2026-03 59,800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1258 : Directors in consultancy services None None 2026-03 64,500.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1258 : Directors in consultancy services None None 2026-03 600.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1258 : Directors in consultancy services None None 2026-03 4,700.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1258 : Directors in consultancy services None None 2026-03 65,100.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1258 : Directors in consultancy services None None 2026-03 1,800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

RegionMeasureHoursValuePeriod
East 1258 : Directors in consultancy services None 5,100.00 2026-03
East Midlands 1258 : Directors in consultancy services None 5,700.00 2026-03
London 1258 : Directors in consultancy services None 16,300.00 2026-03
North East 1258 : Directors in consultancy services None 1,100.00 2026-03
North West 1258 : Directors in consultancy services None 7,400.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 1258 : Directors in consultancy services None 600.00 2026-03
Scotland 1258 : Directors in consultancy services None 4,700.00 2026-03
South East 1258 : Directors in consultancy services None 8,600.00 2026-03
South West 1258 : Directors in consultancy services None 7,100.00 2026-03
Wales 1258 : Directors in consultancy services None 1,800.00 2026-03
West Midlands 1258 : Directors in consultancy services None 4,400.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 1258 : Directors in consultancy services None 2,300.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for directors in consultancy services vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

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