Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Bid Consultant salary, United Kingdom
Advertised base salaries from Bid Consultant adverts in United Kingdom.
Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Advertised base salaries from Bid Consultant adverts in United Kingdom.
Bid Consultant salary, United Kingdom
£48,000
median advertised base salary
Half of these advertised salaries fall within £45,000–£51,500.
21 adverts20 employersFairUpdated 24 Oct 2026Adverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Average (mean)
£49,414
Range
£35,000–£82,000
Adverts stating pay
22%
21 of 95 adverts · Low data
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Every step here involves an experience group marked Low data, so none is called the biggest. The steps are in the table below.
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View BidMaster™More adverts land in £45,000–£50,000 than in any other band: 43% of the 21 we hold.
Median advertised base salary £48,000
Adverts per £5,000 band
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Every sector figure here is marked Low data, with too few adverts or employers to compare sectors, so they are listed by number of adverts.
| Sector | Median | Adverts | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy & utilities | £47,500 (£47,500)3 advertsLow data | 3 | Low data |
| Business consulting | £45,000 (£45,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
| Construction | £51,500 (£51,500)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
| Defence & aerospace | £48,000 (£48,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
| Healthcare & life sciences | £42,038 (£42,038)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
| IT & software | £45,803 (£45,803)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
| Manufacturing & industrial | £82,000 (£82,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
Based on the 9 of 21 adverts whose sector we know, from the employer's LinkedIn industry or the advert itself. Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
United Kingdom ranks 10th of the 34 countries with salary figures in GBP for this role, based on 21 adverts. South Africa has the highest available advertised median, based on 3 adverts.
Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
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International RecruitmentFlexible working is named most often, in 60% of the 48 adverts that discuss benefits.
Based on 48 adverts that discuss benefits, from 95 permanent-role adverts for Bid Consultant in United Kingdom. AI groups the benefit wording and can miss or misclassify it. How AI reads benefits →
Day rate
£500 /day
median advertised day rate
3 adverts3 employersLow dataAdverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Day rates are advertised per day. We do not convert them to annual salaries.
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Not enough complete history: 1 of 2 complete months has 6 or more advertised salaries.
Oct 2026 so far: £52,500 from 2 adverts. The month is not complete, so it is not used in the trend. Low data.
3 months so far
How many adverts say what they pay. 21 of the 95 permanent adverts behind the figures on this page state a usable salary (22%, Low data): 11 in a structured field and 10 found only in the advert text. Contract and part-time adverts are not counted here; contract day rates have their own line. AI reads salaries found only in advert text and can misread them. How we read and count salaries →
Estimated posting dates. 9 of the 21 adverts behind the figures above reached us with no posting date on them, so we recorded the day we collected them instead. They count in every window on this page and are left out of the monthly series. How we date an advert →
| Band | Lower quarter | Median | Upper quarter | Adverts | Confidence | Change to next group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | £36,000 | £36,000 | £36,000 | 1 | Low data | +£11,500 (+32%) |
| 2–5 years | £44,259 | £47,500 | £51,875 | 4 | Low data | +£4,000 (+8%) |
| 5–10 years | £47,500 | £51,500 | £60,000 | 9 | Indicative | No step |
| 10+ years | No figure | No figure | No figure | 1 | No figure | No step |
| Not stated | £44,750 | £48,000 | £48,000 | 7 | Indicative | No step |
| Band | Adverts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| £35,000–£40,000 | 3 | 14% |
| £40,000–£45,000 | 2 | 10% |
| £45,000–£50,000 | 9 | 43% |
| £50,000–£55,000 | 2 | 10% |
| £55,000–£60,000 | 2 | 10% |
| £60,000–£65,000 | 2 | 10% |
| £65,000–£70,000 | 0 | 0% |
| £70,000–£75,000 | 0 | 0% |
| £75,000–£80,000 | 0 | 0% |
| £80,000–£85,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Sector | Median | Local | 95% interval | Adverts | Employers | Confidence | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy & utilities | £47,500 | £47,500 | Not available | 3 | 2 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Business consulting | £45,000 | £45,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Construction | £51,500 | £51,500 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Defence & aerospace | £48,000 | £48,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Healthcare & life sciences | £42,038 | £42,038 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| IT & software | £45,803 | £45,803 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Manufacturing & industrial | £82,000 | £82,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Country | Median | Local | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | £90,300 | $120,000 | 3 |
| Denmark | £68,600 | DKK600,000 | 1 |
| Switzerland | £65,700 | €76,842 | 2 |
| Australia | £64,100 | A$122,287 | 1 |
| United States | £64,000 | $85,000 | 452 |
| Japan | £52,700 | $70,000 | 1 |
| Netherlands | £52,100 | €60,993 | 38 |
| Sweden | £51,800 | €60,637 | 2 |
| New Zealand | £51,700 | NZ$121,677 | 2 |
| United Kingdom | £48,000 | £48,000 | 21 |
| Vietnam | £47,900 | C$90,200 | 1 |
| Austria | £47,000 | €55,000 | 6 |
| United Arab Emirates | £46,700 | AED228,000 | 4 |
| Canada | £45,100 | C$85,000 | 120 |
| Portugal | £45,000 | €52,700 | 1 |
| Türkiye | £45,000 | €52,700 | 1 |
| Germany | £41,000 | €48,000 | 27 |
| Finland | £41,000 | €48,000 | 1 |
| France | £40,900 | €47,848 | 7 |
| Spain | £36,900 | €43,125 | 13 |
| Greece | £33,000 | €38,650 | 2 |
| Italy | £31,400 | €36,750 | 200 |
| Qatar | £31,000 | QAR150,000 | 1 |
| Poland | £24,500 | zł125,325 | 10 |
| Colombia | £21,700 | COP96,000,000 | 1 |
| Czechia | £21,000 | Kč600,000 | 1 |
| Brazil | £17,900 | R$123,511 | 3 |
| Mexico | £15,600 | MX$375,000 | 6 |
| Ukraine | £11,500 | €13,500 | 1 |
| Romania | £9,710 | lei60,000 | 1 |
| Philippines | £5,220 | ₱435,000 | 12 |
| India | £3,610 | ₹460,000 | 34 |
| Pakistan | £3,260 | PKR1,200,000 | 4 |
| Nigeria | £1,600 | ₦2,820,000 | 1 |
| Bangladesh | Shown in local currency only | ৳540,000 | 1 |
| Georgia | Shown in local currency only | ₾21,600 | 1 |
| Benefit | Share | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Flexible working | 60% | 48 |
| Retirement & pension | 44% | 48 |
| Health & medical | 42% | 48 |
| Paid leave | 40% | 48 |
| Wellbeing & lifestyle | 38% | 48 |
| Learning & development | 33% | 48 |
| Bonus & incentive | 31% | 48 |
| Vehicle & commuting | 27% | 48 |
| Allowances & stipends | 19% | 48 |
| Life & disability insurance | 19% | 48 |
| Equity & ownership | 10% | 48 |
| Family & care leave | 8% | 48 |
| Relocation & mobility | 4% | 48 |
| Month | Median | Lower quarter | Upper quarter | Adverts | Low data | Used in trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | £66,750 | £59,125 | £74,375 | 2 | yes | no, fewer than 6 advertised salaries |
| Sept 2026 | £47,500 | £44,862 | £51,875 | 8 | no | no, not enough complete months for a trend yet |
| Oct 2026 | £52,500 | £48,750 | £56,250 | 2 | yes | no, month incomplete |
| Market | Rate | Likely range (95%) | In salary field | From text | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid Consultant in United Kingdom | 22% | 15%–31% | 11 | 10 | 95 |
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