ICT research consultant
ICT research consultants perform targeted ICT research and provide a final report to the client. They also use ICT tools to design questionnaires for surveys, analyse the results, write reports, present the results and make recommendations based on the research findings.
ICT research consultant iCT research consultants perform targeted ICT research and provide a final report to the client. 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 digital data processing, innovation processes, scientific research methodology, draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation, create prototype of user experience solutions.
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 ICT research consultant, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
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
Knowledge you'll build
- Computers and Electronics
- Mathematics
- Engineering and Technology
- English Language
- Administration and Management
- Design
- Telecommunications
- Physics
What you'd actually do
- Analyze problems to develop solutions involving computer hardware and software.
- Apply theoretical expertise and innovation to create or apply new technology, such as adapting principles for applying computers to new uses.
- Assign or schedule tasks to meet work priorities and goals.
- Meet with managers, vendors, and others to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
- Design computers and the software that runs them.
- Conduct logical analyses of business, scientific, engineering, and other technical problems, formulating mathematical models of problems for solution by computers.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does ICT research consultant do?
ICT research consultants perform targeted ICT research and provide a final report to the client. They also use ICT tools to design questionnaires for surveys, analyse the results, write reports, present the results and make recommendations based on the research findings.
What skills does ICT research consultant need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include digital data processing, innovation processes, scientific research methodology, draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation, create prototype of user experience solutions, manage research data. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace ICT research consultant?
Our AI-durability model gives ICT research 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.