Principal Consultant Jobs in the South East

Principal Consultant
England > South East

The median Principal Consultant salary in the South East is £63,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 398 476
Rank change year-on-year +9 +78 -135
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Consultant 16 11 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.097% 0.072% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.080% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 16 3 0
10th Percentile - £59,750 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £63,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £72,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.10% - -
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,875 -
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,250 -
England median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -3.03% -8.33% +16.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 15,515 13,804 18,906
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.69% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,273 8,655 12,709
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Principal Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Principal Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Consultant in the South East

Principal Consultant
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Consultant in the South East.

Salary trend for Principal Consultant in the South East

Principal Consultant
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Consultant in the South East

Principal Consultant
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +17 15 £63,500 - 1
Berkshire +26 13 £50,000 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 2 £87,500 -
Surrey +16 1 £62,500 +4.17%
Principal Consultant
England

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Principal Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Principal Consultant in the job title.

1 13 (81.25%) Public Sector
2 12 (75.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 8 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 6 (37.50%) Decision-Making
4 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 6 (37.50%) Validation
4 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 6 (37.50%) Degree
5 5 (31.25%) Machine Learning
5 5 (31.25%) Project Management
5 5 (31.25%) Relational Database
5 5 (31.25%) Programme Management
5 5 (31.25%) Agile
5 5 (31.25%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (31.25%) Requirements Management
5 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (31.25%) Systems Engineering
5 5 (31.25%) DevSecOps
5 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (31.25%) Active Listening
5 5 (31.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 5 (31.25%) Knowledge Transfer
5 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
6 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (6.25%) Data Analytics
7 1 (6.25%) Analytics
7 1 (6.25%) Information Assurance

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) Relational Database
General
1 13 (81.25%) Public Sector
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 8 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 6 (37.50%) Validation
4 5 (31.25%) Active Listening
4 5 (31.25%) Agile
4 5 (31.25%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (31.25%) DevSecOps
4 5 (31.25%) Knowledge Transfer
4 5 (31.25%) Machine Learning
4 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (31.25%) Programme Management
4 5 (31.25%) Project Management
4 5 (31.25%) Requirements Management
4 5 (31.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 5 (31.25%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (6.25%) Coaching
6 1 (6.25%) Domain Models
6 1 (6.25%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
1 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) CCSK
2 1 (6.25%) CISA
2 1 (6.25%) CISM
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (6.25%) IASME
2 1 (6.25%) NIST
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Splunk