Principal Consultant Jobs in England

Principal Consultant
UK > England

The median Principal Consultant salary in England is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 771 830 1042
Rank change year-on-year +59 +212 -249
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Consultant 81 49 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.086% 0.059% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.065% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 73 41 58
10th Percentile £50,000 £65,000 £53,750
25th Percentile £63,250 £73,750 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -2.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £130,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £120,000 £140,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 89,103 75,397 137,915
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 91.21% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 65,080 49,497 75,489
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Principal Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Consultant in England

Principal Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Principal Consultant in England

Principal Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Consultant in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Consultant in England

Principal Consultant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
London +88 46 £89,000 -3.78% 57
South East +7 17 £62,500 -13.79% 10
North of England +27 7 £70,000 -24.32% 9
South West -26 6 £100,000 +17.65% 6
North West -5 4 £70,000 -17.65% 5
Yorkshire +63 3 £102,500 +2.50% 4
West Midlands -11 2 £65,000 -23.53% 1
East of England -14 2 £100,000 +42.86% 4
Midlands -33 2 £65,000 -18.75% 3
Principal Consultant
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Principal Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 England region featuring Principal Consultant in the job title.

1 29 (35.80%) Project Management
2 23 (28.40%) Social Skills
3 22 (27.16%) Degree
4 19 (23.46%) Agile
4 19 (23.46%) Microsoft
4 19 (23.46%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (19.75%) Python
6 15 (18.52%) Azure
6 15 (18.52%) Public Sector
7 13 (16.05%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 13 (16.05%) Decision-Making
7 13 (16.05%) SQL
8 12 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (14.81%) Data Strategy
9 11 (13.58%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (12.35%) SC Cleared
10 10 (12.35%) Security Cleared
11 9 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
11 9 (11.11%) SQL Server
11 9 (11.11%) AWS
11 9 (11.11%) Presales
12 8 (9.88%) Analytics
12 8 (9.88%) Mentoring
12 8 (9.88%) Roadmaps
13 7 (8.64%) Business Strategy
13 7 (8.64%) Thought Leadership
13 7 (8.64%) Power Platform
13 7 (8.64%) Resource Management
13 7 (8.64%) Predictive Analytics

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (8.64%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.41%) Apache
2 6 (7.41%) Apache Spark
2 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.94%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.52%) Azure
2 9 (11.11%) AWS
3 7 (8.64%) Power Platform
4 6 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (7.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 6 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.94%) SaaS
6 1 (1.23%) Anthos
6 1 (1.23%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.47%) Cisco IPT
1 2 (2.47%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.23%) Firewall
2 1 (1.23%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.64%) Tableau
3 6 (7.41%) Big Data
4 5 (6.17%) Relational Database
5 4 (4.94%) GIS
6 1 (1.23%) Power BI
General
1 23 (28.40%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.46%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (18.52%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.47%) Publishing
5 1 (1.23%) Marketing
5 1 (1.23%) Military
5 1 (1.23%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.41%) PySpark
2 3 (3.70%) Web Services
3 2 (2.47%) CSS
3 2 (2.47%) HTML
3 2 (2.47%) HTML5
3 2 (2.47%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 2 (2.47%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.70%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.47%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.23%) Blog
3 1 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.23%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.23%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (35.80%) Project Management
2 19 (23.46%) Agile
3 13 (16.05%) Decision-Making
3 13 (16.05%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 12 (14.81%) Data Strategy
4 12 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (13.58%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (11.11%) Presales
6 9 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
7 8 (9.88%) Analytics
7 8 (9.88%) Mentoring
7 8 (9.88%) Roadmaps
8 7 (8.64%) Business Strategy
8 7 (8.64%) Data Modelling
8 7 (8.64%) ETL
8 7 (8.64%) Predictive Analytics
8 7 (8.64%) Resource Management
8 7 (8.64%) Thought Leadership
9 6 (7.41%) Application Security
9 6 (7.41%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.75%) Python
2 13 (16.05%) SQL
3 7 (8.64%) R
4 6 (7.41%) PowerShell
5 5 (6.17%) Kotlin
6 2 (2.47%) C#
6 2 (2.47%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (27.16%) Degree
2 12 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (12.35%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.35%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.41%) Azure Certification
4 6 (7.41%) PMI Certification
4 6 (7.41%) PMP
5 4 (4.94%) CISM
5 4 (4.94%) CISSP
6 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.23%) CASP
6 1 (1.23%) CCSK
6 1 (1.23%) CISA
6 1 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.23%) CRISC
6 1 (1.23%) GCFA
6 1 (1.23%) GCFE
6 1 (1.23%) GCIH
6 1 (1.23%) GREM
6 1 (1.23%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.94%) NIST
2 3 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.70%) NCSC
3 2 (2.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (1.23%) GRC
4 1 (1.23%) IASME
4 1 (1.23%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.64%) F5
2 7 (8.64%) Salesforce
3 6 (7.41%) Databricks
4 4 (4.94%) ESRI
5 3 (3.70%) Splunk
6 1 (1.23%) Zscaler
93 Principal Consultant jobs in England