Principal Consultant Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Principal Consultant
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Principal Consultant salary in West Yorkshire is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 111 -
Rank change year-on-year +20 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Consultant 20 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 1.22% 0.055% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 0.057% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £81,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £77,500 - £100,000
% change year-on-year - - +42.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,517 1,758 2,010
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.84% 96.07% 97.53%
Number of salaries quoted 931 977 1,463
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,050 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -

Principal Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Principal Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Principal Consultant job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Principal Consultant
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Principal Consultant job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Principal Consultant job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Principal Consultant
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Consultant within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 November 2025. 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
Bradford - 18 £77,500 -
Leeds +6 2 - - 6
Principal Consultant
Yorkshire

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, Principal Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Principal Consultant in the job title.

1 18 (90.00%) SAP
2 15 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (60.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 7 (35.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (30.00%) Agile
5 6 (30.00%) Migration
5 6 (30.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 6 (30.00%) Performance Tuning
5 6 (30.00%) SAP Basis
5 6 (30.00%) SAP Fiori
5 6 (30.00%) SAPUI5
6 4 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 3 (15.00%) ABAP
7 3 (15.00%) Analytics
7 3 (15.00%) Ariba
7 3 (15.00%) Asset Management
7 3 (15.00%) Business Continuity
7 3 (15.00%) Business Strategy
7 3 (15.00%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (15.00%) Data Quality
7 3 (15.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (15.00%) GRC
7 3 (15.00%) High Availability
7 3 (15.00%) Inventory Management
7 3 (15.00%) Linux
7 3 (15.00%) Logistics
7 3 (15.00%) Mobile Development
7 3 (15.00%) Portfolio Management
7 3 (15.00%) Project Management

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 7 (35.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (15.00%) SAP CO
2 3 (15.00%) SAP FI
2 3 (15.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (15.00%) SAP GRC
2 3 (15.00%) SAP MDG
2 3 (15.00%) SAP MM
2 3 (15.00%) SAP PS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (15.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (30.00%) SAP Basis
1 6 (30.00%) SAP Fiori
1 6 (30.00%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (20.00%) Public Cloud
3 3 (15.00%) Private Cloud
3 3 (15.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
1 3 (15.00%) SUSE
1 3 (15.00%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
1 3 (15.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (60.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 6 (30.00%) Agile
3 6 (30.00%) Migration
3 6 (30.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 6 (30.00%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (15.00%) Analytics
5 3 (15.00%) Business Strategy
5 3 (15.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (15.00%) High Availability
5 3 (15.00%) Inventory Management
5 3 (15.00%) Mobile Development
5 3 (15.00%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (15.00%) Supply Chain Planning
5 3 (15.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 3 (15.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (15.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 18 (90.00%) SAP
2 3 (15.00%) Ariba