Principal Consultant Jobs in the City of London

Principal Consultant
Central London > City of London

The median Principal Consultant salary in the City of London is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 June 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 165 219
Rank change year-on-year +26 +54 +79
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Consultant 1 9 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.051% 0.27% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.28% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 9
10th Percentile - £55,000 -
25th Percentile £91,250 £68,125 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £103,750 £95,000 £120,000
90th Percentile - £98,000 -
Central London median annual salary £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,830 3,206 4,239
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 96.02% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,400 2,471 3,512
10th Percentile £41,213 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,744
% change year-on-year - -3.00% +3.10%

Principal Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Consultant in the City of London

Principal Consultant
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Consultant in the City of London.

Salary trend for Principal Consultant in the City of London

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Principal Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team Management
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree