Management Consulting Careers in Japan: What 589 Job Postings Ask For
Every figure on this page summarizes job postings tracked on AirTA. It describes what employers asked for in their postings, in aggregate, and is shown the same way to every reader. It is not a description of any individual’s career or prospects.
- 589
- 146
- 50%
- 44%
What Gets You In
1-2 years of experience
67
3-4 years of experience
98
5-9 years of experience
108
10+ years of experience
24
19%
32% day-to-day or above
CPA / USCPA (公認会計士) 9%
Tax accountant (税理士) 7%
PMP 6%
Project Management
41%
Data Analysis
31%
Stakeholder Management
20%
Excel
11%
589 postings
Levels by Experience
1–2 years
6%
22% day-to-day or above
CPA / USCPA (公認会計士) 13%
Tax accountant (税理士) 12%
67 postings
3–4 years
36%
25% day-to-day or above
CPA / USCPA (公認会計士) 12%
PMP 8%
Tax accountant (税理士) 8%
Project Management 55% (+16)
Stakeholder Management 27% (+12)
98 postings
5–9 years
19%
61% day-to-day or above
CPA / USCPA (公認会計士) 7%
Tax accountant (税理士) 6%
108 postings
10+ years
4%
59% day-to-day or above
PMP 21%
Stakeholder Management 33% (+17)
Data Analysis 33% (+13)
Project Management 42% (+11)
24 postings
Stated Pay
Median ¥9,000,000 · 262 postings state pay
¥6,800,000
25th to 75th percentile of stated salaries
¥12,700,000
Median ¥7,400,000 · 46 postings state pay
¥6,300,000
25th to 75th percentile of stated salaries
¥10,400,000
Median ¥9,400,000 · 56 postings state pay
¥7,500,000
25th to 75th percentile of stated salaries
¥16,000,000
Working Conditions
- 124 days
40 postings
- 25 h
53 postings
- 28%
- 22%
Fully remote
42
Hybrid
102
On-site
0
585 postings
What Comes Next
People management
21
Senior leadership
13
Specialist track
11
Project management
11
Employers naming each step, of 27 that name one
Levels by Job Title
Specialist track
Entry / new graduate
19
Junior / associate
9
Senior
45
Principal
11
Management track
Team lead
13
Manager
52
Director
14
Individual-contributor level
84 postings from 39 employers
Every figure below summarizes job postings tracked on AirTA at this level. It describes what employers asked for in their postings, not any individual.
These figures summarize other postings tracked on AirTA, not this role.
Management Consulting · individual-contributor level
median ¥8,000,000 · 37 postings
¥6,000,000
Typical advertised range (25th to 75th percentile)
¥12,800,000
English · 78 postings
Daily English
24%
Some English
28%
No English stated
47%
Japanese · 78 postings
Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
90%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
5%
Limited Working Proficiency (JLPT N3)
1%
No level stated
4%
5 years median (middle half 2 to 5.5)
over 55 postings stating a threshold
8% of postings (7)
CPA / USCPA (公認会計士) (7%)
Tax accountant (税理士) (7%)
Manager level
52 postings from 26 employers
Every figure below summarizes job postings tracked on AirTA at this level. It describes what employers asked for in their postings, not any individual.
These figures summarize other postings tracked on AirTA, not this role.
Management Consulting · manager level
median ¥14,000,000 · 19 postings
Too few stated salaries to publish a range
English · 51 postings
Daily English
14%
Some English
31%
No English stated
55%
Japanese · 51 postings
Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
88%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
6%
No level stated
6%
5 years median (middle half 3 to 8)
over 27 postings stating a threshold
33% of postings (17)
PMP (10%)
12 openings are titled as a candidate for this level
Who Is Hiring
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Management Consulting career ladder?
A level-by-level summary of what live Management Consulting job postings tracked on AirTA ask for. Levels come from job titles (manager, director, senior and so on) and, separately, from the years of experience a posting states. Every figure is a statistic over those postings, refreshed daily.
Where do the numbers come from?
From the job postings AirTA collects from employer career sites and applicant tracking systems. Years of experience, certifications and management experience are read from the posting text; the level is read from the title; pay is the salary the employer stated on the posting. Nothing is estimated for an individual.
Why is there no pay figure at some levels?
A pay band publishes only when at least 30 postings at that level state a salary, and a median only from 10. Senior-level pay is rarely published in Japan, so the honest answer at some levels is no figure rather than a figure borrowed from another level.
What does "candidate for" mean?
Some postings are titled 「マネージャー候補」 or "Manager Candidate": the employer states in the title that the opening is for someone who will grow into that level. The ladder counts those titles as the employer wrote them. It does not predict anyone’s promotion.
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