The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Principal Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Consultant
Rank 738 680 596
Rank change year-on-year
-58 -84
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Consultant 103 187 262
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.102% 0.165% 0.222%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.108% 0.174% 0.236%
Number of salaries quoted 86 177 221
Average salary £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
10% offered a salary of more than £87,500 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -13.33%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95490 107493 111049
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.41% 94.82% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 80297 92843 94497
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,925 £27,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Principal Consultant
UK

Principal Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Principal Consultant across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Principal Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Principal Consultant
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Principal Consultant across the England region.

England Principal Consultant Salary Trend

Principal Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Principal Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Principal Consultant Salary Histogram

Principal Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Consultant within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -12 65 £70,000 -6.66%
South East -1 24 £70,000 +7.69%
East of England +1 7 £85,000 +36.00%
West Midlands - 3 £70,000 -
North West +4 2 £67,500 +8.00%
East Midlands - 2 £62,500 -
Principal Consultant
UK

Principal Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Principal Consultant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Principal Consultant in their job title.

1 66 (27.97%) SAP
2 58 (24.58%) Finance
3 53 (22.46%) Business Intelligence
4 38 (16.10%) Cisco
5 37 (15.68%) Project Management
6 35 (14.83%) VMware
7 32 (13.56%) Microsoft
8 29 (12.29%) VMware Infrastructure
8 29 (12.29%) F5
9 27 (11.44%) HP
9 27 (11.44%) Juniper
9 27 (11.44%) Oracle
10 25 (10.59%) Telecoms
11 24 (10.17%) MS Excel
11 24 (10.17%) Data Modelling
12 23 (9.746%) SAP BW
12 23 (9.746%) Data Warehouse
12 23 (9.746%) Retail
12 23 (9.746%) Blue Coat
13 21 (8.898%) Broadband
13 21 (8.898%) SAP BI
13 21 (8.898%) Network Security
14 20 (8.475%) Change Control
14 20 (8.475%) Technical Architecture
15 19 (8.051%) Cisco Certification
16 18 (7.627%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (7.627%) Programme Management
16 18 (7.627%) Cisco Nexus
17 17 (7.203%) Service Delivery
17 17 (7.203%) Citrix

Principal Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Principal Consultant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Principal Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (5.085%) .NET
2 9 (3.814%) XMPP
3 8 (3.390%) Web Services
3 8 (3.390%) XML
4 3 (1.271%) MDX
4 3 (1.271%) Application Packaging
5 2 (0.847%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.847%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.847%) CGI
5 2 (0.847%) Middleware
5 2 (0.847%) SAP XI
6 1 (0.424%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.424%) COM
Application Platforms
1 16 (6.780%) Lync
2 7 (2.966%) IIS
2 7 (2.966%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.695%) SAS
4 2 (0.847%) Apache
4 2 (0.847%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.847%) Documentum
5 1 (0.424%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 24 (10.17%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.424%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 14 (5.932%) SAP BPC
2 12 (5.085%) SAP FI
2 12 (5.085%) SAP CO
2 12 (5.085%) SAP FI/CO
3 9 (3.814%) SAP Retail
4 8 (3.390%) Oracle Financials
4 8 (3.390%) HFM
4 8 (3.390%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 6 (2.542%) Oracle EBS R12
6 5 (2.119%) SAP CRM
6 5 (2.119%) SAP FI-CA
7 4 (1.695%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (1.271%) Oracle iRecruitment
8 3 (1.271%) Oracle Payroll
8 3 (1.271%) Hyperion Planning
9 2 (0.847%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.847%) SAP PP
9 2 (0.847%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.424%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.424%) Applix TM1
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.898%) Broadband
1 21 (8.898%) Network Security
2 18 (7.627%) Cisco Nexus
3 15 (6.356%) Wireless
4 13 (5.508%) IPv6
5 11 (4.661%) BSS
5 11 (4.661%) WLAN
5 11 (4.661%) LAN
5 11 (4.661%) Unified Communications
6 9 (3.814%) Firewall
7 8 (3.390%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (3.390%) Cisco PIX
7 8 (3.390%) VPN
7 8 (3.390%) Internet
8 6 (2.542%) SSL
9 5 (2.119%) IP Telephony
9 5 (2.119%) IPsec
9 5 (2.119%) MPLS
9 5 (2.119%) OSPF
9 5 (2.119%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.746%) SAP BW
1 23 (9.746%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (8.898%) SAP BI
3 13 (5.508%) BusinessObjects
3 13 (5.508%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.966%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (2.966%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (2.966%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (2.542%) Oracle BI EE
5 6 (2.542%) SAP Data Services
5 6 (2.542%) BODI
6 5 (2.119%) DB2
6 5 (2.119%) Data Mining
6 5 (2.119%) SAP HANA
7 4 (1.695%) QlikView
7 4 (1.695%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.695%) DataStage
7 4 (1.695%) Oracle OWB
7 4 (1.695%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 3 (1.271%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 4 (1.695%) Talend Open Studio
2 1 (0.424%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.424%) ERwin
2 1 (0.424%) Rational Robot
General
1 58 (24.58%) Finance
2 25 (10.59%) Telecoms
3 23 (9.746%) Retail
4 10 (4.237%) Banking
5 8 (3.390%) Multimedia
5 8 (3.390%) Games
6 7 (2.966%) Retail Banking
7 6 (2.542%) Marketing
8 5 (2.119%) Billing
8 5 (2.119%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.271%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.847%) Advertising
10 2 (0.847%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.424%) Music
11 1 (0.424%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.424%) Publishing
11 1 (0.424%) Front Office
11 1 (0.424%) Back Office
11 1 (0.424%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.661%) Digital Media
2 8 (3.390%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (2.542%) Online Games
4 5 (2.119%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.271%) FMCG
6 2 (0.847%) Taxonomies
6 2 (0.847%) Social Network
6 2 (0.847%) Mobile Payment
6 2 (0.847%) Open Source
6 2 (0.847%) Oracle Exalogic
7 1 (0.424%) PKI
7 1 (0.424%) Social Media
7 1 (0.424%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.424%) Blog
7 1 (0.424%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.542%) Windows
2 5 (2.119%) Linux
3 2 (0.847%) UNIX
3 2 (0.847%) Debian
4 1 (0.424%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.424%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.424%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (22.46%) Business Intelligence
2 37 (15.68%) Project Management
3 24 (10.17%) Data Modelling
4 20 (8.475%) Change Control
4 20 (8.475%) Technical Architecture
5 18 (7.627%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (7.627%) Programme Management
6 17 (7.203%) Service Delivery
7 16 (6.780%) Load Balancing
8 15 (6.356%) Six Sigma
9 14 (5.932%) Lean Six Sigma
9 14 (5.932%) Analytics
10 13 (5.508%) Change Management
10 13 (5.508%) ERP
10 13 (5.508%) CRM
11 11 (4.661%) Network Planning
11 11 (4.661%) Network Architecture
12 10 (4.237%) Test Management
12 10 (4.237%) PRINCE2
13 9 (3.814%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.203%) C
2 13 (5.508%) C#
3 8 (3.390%) XPath
3 8 (3.390%) Scala
3 8 (3.390%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.695%) SQL
5 2 (0.847%) Perl
5 2 (0.847%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.847%) C++
Qualifications
1 19 (8.051%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (6.356%) Degree
3 11 (4.661%) MCITP
3 11 (4.661%) MCTS
4 10 (4.237%) CCIE
5 9 (3.814%) CCNP
6 7 (2.966%) PMP
6 7 (2.966%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.542%) ISEB
7 6 (2.542%) ISEB Practitioner
8 5 (2.119%) CIMA
8 5 (2.119%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (2.119%) ACCA
8 5 (2.119%) CCIA
9 4 (1.695%) CCEE
9 4 (1.695%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (1.695%) CCEA
9 4 (1.695%) CCA
10 3 (1.271%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.271%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.542%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.271%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.847%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.847%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.424%) QA
System Software
1 29 (12.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.119%) XenApp
2 5 (2.119%) XenDesktop
3 4 (1.695%) XenServer
3 4 (1.695%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (1.271%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.847%) FreeRADIUS
6 1 (0.424%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.424%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.695%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (0.847%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.424%) HP SiteScope
3 1 (0.424%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.424%) SCCM
Vendors
1 66 (27.97%) SAP
2 38 (16.10%) Cisco
3 35 (14.83%) VMware
4 32 (13.56%) Microsoft
5 29 (12.29%) F5
6 27 (11.44%) HP
6 27 (11.44%) Juniper
6 27 (11.44%) Oracle
7 23 (9.746%) Blue Coat
8 17 (7.203%) Citrix
8 17 (7.203%) Business Objects
9 13 (5.508%) Hyperion
10 11 (4.661%) Brocade
11 9 (3.814%) Cognos
11 9 (3.814%) Polycom
12 8 (3.390%) CheckPoint
13 7 (2.966%) Computacenter
13 7 (2.966%) Sybase
14 6 (2.542%) Fortinet
14 6 (2.542%) Twitter
London
Extensive experience of Cisco and Juniper security solutions (CCIE level of expertise in security and routing/switching). *Checkpoint experience an advantage... *CCIE or similar high level appropriate Cisco/...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £55000 - £75000 per annum + + Car & Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Extensive experience of Cisco and Juniper security solutions (CCIE level of expertise in security and routing/switching). *Checkpoint experience an advantage... *CCIE or similar high level appropriate Cisco/...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £55000 - £75000 per annum + + Car & Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Extensive experience of Cisco and Juniper security solutions (CCIE level of expertise in security and routing/switching). *Checkpoint experience an advantage... *CCIE or similar high level appropriate Cisco/...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £55000 - £75000 per annum + + Car & Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Berkshire
A dynamic UK Consultancy is looking for a Senior Business Analytics Consultant with extensive experience in advising on and leading BI solutions in corporate environments over a number...
KDR
Salary: £65000 - £90000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
My client, a Microsoft Gold Partner operating in the Manufacturing and Distribution sector, are looking for a Dynamics AX Principal Consultant to join their practice and lead the...
Cognitive Group
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + bonus + car allowance + package
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
You will get to head up high profile programmes and work on large scale change management and business transformation projects with top banking clients... Indepth insight into one...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £75,000 to £95,000 per annum + Bonus + Market-Leading Package
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Principal Consultant, Technical Architect, Network Architect, Data CentreEurope's leading Independent provider of IT Infrastructure services are looking for a strong Data centre Technical Architect.We are looking...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £60000 - £80000.00 per annum + Car, Pension
Posted: 27 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Qlikview, Cognos, Business Objects, Tableau, Talend, SAS, Microstrategy) Data Warehousing. (Oracle, DB2, Teradata. Sybase, SQL Server, Netezza etc) ETL. (Informatica, Ab Initio, DataStage, OWB, ODI, Talend etc) Data...
KDR
Salary: £65000 - £85000 per annum + bonus / benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Experience with Lync is the essential aspect... Cisco and Microsoft pre-sales, design and delivery experience Excellent communication skills; both written and oral... Experience of working within a...
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Principal Consultant - Unified Communications & Collaboration... *Cisco and Microsoft pre-sales, design and delivery experience *Excellent communication skills; both written and oral... *Experience of working within a number of...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Juniper Elite Partner... Sophos Gold Partner... Vendor experience - Cisco, Checkpoint, Juniper, Citrix, RSA, Symantec, Fortinet General experience - Routing and Switching, Load Balancing, Application Acceleration, Wireless LAN, Data Centre,...
ComputaCenter
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013