Principal Consultant Jobs in London

Principal Consultant
England > London

The median Principal Consultant salary in London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 469 577
Rank change year-on-year +84 +108 +217
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Consultant 9 47 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.071% 0.19% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.20% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 7 41 23
10th Percentile £81,000 £72,500 £74,250
25th Percentile £86,250 £75,000 £79,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £89,000 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -3.78% -15.91%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £115,500
90th Percentile £106,500 £112,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,532 23,160 30,060
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 94.52% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,946 17,072 22,541
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +0.42%

Principal Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Consultant in London

Principal Consultant
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Principal Consultant in London

Principal Consultant
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Consultant in London over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Principal Consultant in London

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 8 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 London region featuring Principal Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
1 4 (44.44%) Business Development
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) IT Strategy
1 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
2 3 (33.33%) Value Proposition
2 3 (33.33%) Customer Value Proposition
2 3 (33.33%) Workforce Productivity
2 3 (33.33%) Project Roadmap
2 3 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Licensing
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) Line Management
2 3 (33.33%) Software Licensing
2 3 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (33.33%) Strategic Management
2 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 3 (33.33%) Change Management
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
2 3 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Terraform

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (11.11%) Matillion
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 1 (11.11%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Licensing
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Business Development
1 4 (44.44%) IT Strategy
1 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
2 3 (33.33%) Change Management
2 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Customer Value Proposition
2 3 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (33.33%) Line Management
2 3 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (33.33%) Project Roadmap
2 3 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 3 (33.33%) Software Licensing
2 3 (33.33%) Strategic Management
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) Value Proposition
2 3 (33.33%) Workforce Productivity
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C
1 1 (11.11%) C#
1 1 (11.11%) Go
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Ansible
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft