Principal Consultant Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Principal Consultant
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Principal Consultant daily rate in Leeds is £723, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Consultant 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £713 - -
25th Percentile £714 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £723 - -
75th Percentile £733 - -
90th Percentile £736 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £723 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Leeds with a recognized job title 590 661 1,079
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.52% 91.81% 97.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 426 745
10th Percentile £305 £350 £344
25th Percentile £400 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £625
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 31 13
10th Percentile £25.05 £18.13 £12.00
25th Percentile £25.13 £19.50 £15.75
Median hourly rate £25.50 £24.18 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.46% +27.26% -11.63%
75th Percentile £26.13 £43.75 £21.31
90th Percentile £26.35 £48.75 £23.45
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £19.00
% change year-on-year +106.78% +27.26% -9.52%

Principal Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Consultant in Leeds

Principal Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Principal Consultant job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Principal Consultant job vacancies in Leeds

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Principal Consultant contract 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 contract job ads across the Leeds region featuring Principal Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle