Form: 11-K

Annual report of employee stock purchase, savings and similar plans

June 29, 2009

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-41343) of SEI Investments Company of our report dated JuneĀ 22, 2009 relating to the financial statements and related supplemental schedule of the SEI Capital Accumulation Plan, which appears in this Form 11-K.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, PA

JuneĀ 24, 2009