Principal Consultant Jobs in the Thames Valley

Principal Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Principal Consultant salary in the Thames Valley is £63,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 226 252 268
Rank change year-on-year +26 +16 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Consultant 15 8 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.22% 0.13% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.15% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 15 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 - -
75th Percentile £70,250 - -
90th Percentile £83,500 - -
South East median annual salary £63,000 £72,500 -
% change year-on-year -13.10% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,341 5,501 6,708
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.87% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,512 3,210 4,185
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,954 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,438 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Principal Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Consultant in the Thames Valley

Principal Consultant
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Consultant in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Principal Consultant in the Thames Valley

Principal Consultant
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Consultant in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Consultant in the Thames Valley

Principal Consultant
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Consultant within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Berkshire +28 13 £50,000 - 2
Buckinghamshire - 2 £87,500 -
Principal Consultant
South East

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Principal Consultant in the job title.

1 13 (86.67%) Public Sector
2 12 (80.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 7 (46.67%) Mentoring
4 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (33.33%) Validation
5 5 (33.33%) Programme Management
5 5 (33.33%) Agile
5 5 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (33.33%) Requirements Management
5 5 (33.33%) Degree
5 5 (33.33%) Machine Learning
5 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (33.33%) Relational Database
5 5 (33.33%) Active Listening
5 5 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
5 5 (33.33%) DevSecOps
5 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 5 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
5 5 (33.33%) Project Management
6 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 1 (6.67%) Information Security
7 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) Relational Database
General
1 13 (86.67%) Public Sector
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 7 (46.67%) Mentoring
3 5 (33.33%) Active Listening
3 5 (33.33%) Agile
3 5 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 5 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 5 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 5 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 5 (33.33%) Project Management
3 5 (33.33%) Requirements Management
3 5 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 5 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 5 (33.33%) Validation
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.67%) Information Assurance
5 1 (6.67%) SIEM
5 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) CCSK
3 1 (6.67%) CISA
3 1 (6.67%) CISM
3 1 (6.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (6.67%) IASME
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Splunk