Salary for Senior-level / Expert Consultant during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Consultant during 2025 is USD 151,400

✏️ This salary info is based on 176 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Consultant salary lies between USD 107,663 and USD 198,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Consultant
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
176
Top 10%
$ 228,712
Top 25%
$ 198,000
Median
$ 151,400
Bottom 25%
$ 107,663
Bottom 10%
$ 78,945

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Consultant roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Consultant job listings are Cloud, Compliance and CISSP. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 451 jobs Compliance | 322 jobs CISSP | 292 jobs Risk management | 225 jobs Computer Science | 209 jobs Strategy | 201 jobs NIST | 201 jobs Governance | 200 jobs CISM | 199 jobs Azure | 169 jobs Risk assessment | 167 jobs Audits | 165 jobs Incident response | 164 jobs CISA | 164 jobs AWS | 158 jobs ISO 27001 | 157 jobs Privacy | 142 jobs Monitoring | 139 jobs C | 135 jobs Vulnerabilities | 134 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Consultant roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Consultant job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 472 jobs Health care | 216 jobs Team events | 184 jobs Flex hours | 183 jobs Competitive pay | 155 jobs Medical leave | 139 jobs Salary bonus | 129 jobs Equity / stock options | 117 jobs Insurance | 101 jobs Startup environment | 93 jobs Flex vacation | 83 jobs Parental leave | 65 jobs Conferences | 61 jobs Wellness | 34 jobs 401(k) matching | 31 jobs Transparency | 22 jobs Travel | 14 jobs Flexible spending account | 14 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 6 jobs Fertility benefits | 6 jobs

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