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green ICT consultant

Green ICT consultants advise organisations on their green ICT strategy and its implementation in the most effective and efficient manner to allow the organisation to reach their short, mid, and long term ICT environmental objectives.

green ICT consultant green ICT consultants advise organisations on their green ICT strategy and its implementation in the most effective and efficient manner to allow the organisation to reach their short, mid, and long term ICT environmental objectives. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include sustainable technologies, green building standards, resource-efficient technologies, sustainability consulting, ICT environmental policies.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £60,288 a year for IT business analysts, architects and systems designers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

Middle half of full-time jobs: £45,860 to £81,932 a year

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2133). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only green ICT consultant, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹42,717 a month
Rural India
₹30,424 a month
All India
₹38,466 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

sustainable technologies green building standards resource-efficient technologies sustainability consulting ICT environmental policies ensure compliance with environmental legislation create project specifications provide ICT consulting advice optimise choice of ICT solution apply business acumen

Frequently asked questions

What does green ICT consultant do?

Green ICT consultants advise organisations on their green ICT strategy and its implementation in the most effective and efficient manner to allow the organisation to reach their short, mid, and long term ICT environmental objectives.

What skills does green ICT consultant need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include sustainable technologies, green building standards, resource-efficient technologies, sustainability consulting, ICT environmental policies, ensure compliance with environmental legislation. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace green ICT consultant?

Our AI-durability model gives green ICT consultant a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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