Hi, Can anyone help me in locating some information on this industry's average turnover rate? I can find UK average but not for management consultancies. If it is on this site then I have missed it and would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction. Thank you in advance. Jane

Hiya Jane,A rule of thumb is that a typical consultant within an "up and out" environment would be expected to last about 2-3 years. In companies that don't have an "up or out" policy, the turnover rates would be lower - not sure by how much, but would expect 6 or 7 years possibly to be typical?Also, bear in mind how the "pyramid" model means that people have to move on in order to progress their careers... (not every analyst will become a senior consultant, and not ever senior consultant will become a partner, and so on... simply because there are fewer SCs than there are analysts and fewer partners than there are SCs etc)Hope that helps a little?

I've heard somewhere (but can't remember where!) that on average consultancy/prof services firms will effectively replace their organisation every 3 years.

Looking on my firm's site - >80% of people joined after me.... Something to think about eh in a firm of nearly 250,000 people...

Arby is so Accenture.

or potentially big 4? hmmmmm

How did you guess? I hid my tracks so well.... :) Yes, I'm Accenture...

You gave it up with the headcount. None of the Big 4 have up to 200k people.Accenture have 270k - ish.

[quote]You gave it up with the headcount. None of the Big 4 have up to 200k people.Accenture have 270k - ish.[/quote]Deloitte have 190k-ish (2012) :) I've heard that the average length someone stays at McKinsey is 3 years (including those staying for many years becoming partners).

Accenture has something on their website that shows how many of the population joined after you.However, this includes the full workforce - programmers in Bangalore, nurses in Manila, HR reps in Dublin.UK Consulting is a tiny proportion of the 250k.