Principal Consultant Jobs in London

Principal Consultant
England > London

The median Principal Consultant salary in London is £89,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 445 632 778
Rank change year-on-year +187 +146 -244
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Consultant 51 20 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.054% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.057% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 45 15 34
10th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £53,750
25th Percentile £75,000 £76,875 £64,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £89,000 £85,000 £96,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% -11.69% -1.28%
75th Percentile £106,250 £92,500 £130,000
90th Percentile £115,000 - £140,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -3.03% -8.33% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,027 34,996 62,096
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 95.06% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 16,644 25,517 35,134
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,375 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +9.09%

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 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Consultant in London

Principal Consultant
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Consultant within the London region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Central London +53 2 £100,000 +8.11%
Principal Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 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 London region featuring Principal Consultant in the job title.

1 21 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 17 (33.33%) Project Management
3 15 (29.41%) Degree
3 15 (29.41%) Data Strategy
4 14 (27.45%) Azure
4 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
4 14 (27.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (27.45%) Python
5 13 (25.49%) SQL
5 13 (25.49%) Agile
5 13 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (19.61%) Presales
6 10 (19.61%) AWS
7 8 (15.69%) PowerShell
7 8 (15.69%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (15.69%) SharePoint
7 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (15.69%) PMP
7 8 (15.69%) PMI Certification
7 8 (15.69%) Kotlin
7 8 (15.69%) Power Platform
7 8 (15.69%) Requirements Gathering
7 8 (15.69%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (15.69%) Application Security
7 8 (15.69%) Azure Certification
7 8 (15.69%) Cloud Security
8 7 (13.73%) Business Strategy
8 7 (13.73%) Decision-Making
8 7 (13.73%) Problem-Solving

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 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (15.69%) SharePoint
2 6 (11.76%) Apache
2 6 (11.76%) Apache Spark
3 2 (3.92%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 6 (11.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (9.80%) SAP CO
2 5 (9.80%) SAP FI
2 5 (9.80%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.96%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 14 (27.45%) Azure
2 10 (19.61%) AWS
3 8 (15.69%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (15.69%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (15.69%) Power Platform
4 6 (11.76%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (11.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (3.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.73%) SQL Server
1 7 (13.73%) Tableau
2 6 (11.76%) Big Data
3 2 (3.92%) GIS
General
1 21 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.80%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.76%) PySpark
2 1 (1.96%) SAP TM
2 1 (1.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.96%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (33.33%) Project Management
2 15 (29.41%) Data Strategy
3 13 (25.49%) Agile
4 10 (19.61%) Presales
5 8 (15.69%) Application Security
5 8 (15.69%) Cloud Security
5 8 (15.69%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (13.73%) Analytics
6 7 (13.73%) Business Strategy
6 7 (13.73%) Data Modelling
6 7 (13.73%) Decision-Making
6 7 (13.73%) Predictive Analytics
6 7 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (13.73%) Resource Management
7 6 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
7 6 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (11.76%) Data Integration
7 6 (11.76%) ETL
7 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (11.76%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 14 (27.45%) Python
2 13 (25.49%) SQL
3 8 (15.69%) Kotlin
3 8 (15.69%) PowerShell
4 7 (13.73%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (29.41%) Degree
2 14 (27.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (15.69%) Azure Certification
3 8 (15.69%) PMI Certification
3 8 (15.69%) PMP
4 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.92%) CISM
5 2 (3.92%) CISSP
5 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.73%) F5
2 7 (13.73%) Salesforce
3 6 (11.76%) Databricks
3 6 (11.76%) SAP
4 2 (3.92%) ESRI
4 2 (3.92%) Splunk