Principal Consultant Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Principal Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Principal Consultant daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £620, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 June 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
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 334 462
Rank change year-on-year +32 +128 +158
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Consultant 8 7 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.082% 0.048% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.051% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £566 - £601
25th Percentile £608 - £602
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £610 £606
Median % change year-on-year +1.64% +0.62% -3.00%
75th Percentile £661 £880 £614
90th Percentile £671 £1,042 £617
UK median daily rate £620 £630 £613
% change year-on-year -1.59% +2.86% +2.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,188 13,764 22,615
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 93.66% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,180 9,264 16,030
10th Percentile £325 £325 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £635 £631 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 567 534
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.13 £22.50 £24.73
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -14.00% +25.79%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.03% -14.77% +76.00%

Principal Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Principal Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Principal Consultant trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Principal Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Principal Consultant.

Principal Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 23 June 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Principal Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) SAP
2 5 (62.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) ERP
5 2 (25.00%) Logistics
5 2 (25.00%) SaaS
5 2 (25.00%) PaaS
5 2 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) High Availability
5 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Tech Ops
5 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (25.00%) Observability
5 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (12.50%) Accounts Payable
6 1 (12.50%) Accounts Receivable
6 1 (12.50%) IDoc
6 1 (12.50%) EDI
6 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 1 (12.50%) Offensive Security
6 1 (12.50%) SIEM
6 1 (12.50%) SAP HANA
6 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (62.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (12.50%) SAP MM
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (12.50%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) PaaS
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Database
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle ODI
1 1 (12.50%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) LSMW
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) BAPI
1 1 (12.50%) EDI
1 1 (12.50%) IDoc
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (12.50%) SAP ALE
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ERP
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (25.00%) High Availability
2 2 (25.00%) Logistics
2 2 (25.00%) Observability
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (25.00%) Tech Ops
3 1 (12.50%) Accounts Payable
3 1 (12.50%) Accounts Receivable
3 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Offensive Security
3 1 (12.50%) Order to Cash
3 1 (12.50%) OWASP
3 1 (12.50%) Record to Report
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (12.50%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) ABAP
1 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CREST Certified
2 1 (12.50%) GIAC
2 1 (12.50%) SANS
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle