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 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 443 612 797
Rank change year-on-year +169 +185 -216
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Consultant 48 24 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.20% 0.073% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.077% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 45 22 36
10th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £53,750
25th Percentile £75,000 £77,813 £74,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £89,000 £86,375 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.04% -24.89% +8.24%
75th Percentile £100,000 £98,125 £140,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £120,000 -
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +5.88%

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 22,535 31,280 69,453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 95.12% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16,745 23,071 34,798
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,108 £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 £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +40 4 £100,000 +8.11% 6
Principal Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 20 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 17 (35.42%) Project Management
3 16 (33.33%) Degree
4 15 (31.25%) Azure
4 15 (31.25%) Python
5 14 (29.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (29.17%) Microsoft
6 13 (27.08%) SQL
6 13 (27.08%) Agile
6 13 (27.08%) Data Strategy
6 13 (27.08%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (22.92%) Presales
8 8 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (16.67%) Power Platform
8 8 (16.67%) Application Security
8 8 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (16.67%) Azure Certification
8 8 (16.67%) Cloud Security
8 8 (16.67%) AWS
8 8 (16.67%) PowerShell
8 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 8 (16.67%) PMP
8 8 (16.67%) PMI Certification
8 8 (16.67%) SharePoint
8 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (14.58%) Data Modelling
9 7 (14.58%) Salesforce
9 7 (14.58%) Resource Management
9 7 (14.58%) Predictive Analytics

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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (12.50%) Apache
2 6 (12.50%) Apache Spark
3 3 (6.25%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) SAP CO
1 1 (2.08%) SAP FI
1 1 (2.08%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (31.25%) Azure
2 8 (16.67%) AWS
2 8 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 8 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 6 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
3 6 (12.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (4.17%) SaaS
5 1 (2.08%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (2.08%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 7 (14.58%) Tableau
3 6 (12.50%) Big Data
4 3 (6.25%) GIS
General
1 20 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 13 (27.08%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.08%) Finance
3 1 (2.08%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.50%) PySpark
2 2 (4.17%) Web Services
3 1 (2.08%) CSS
3 1 (2.08%) HTML
3 1 (2.08%) HTML5
3 1 (2.08%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (2.08%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (4.17%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.08%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (35.42%) Project Management
2 13 (27.08%) Agile
2 13 (27.08%) Data Strategy
3 11 (22.92%) Presales
4 8 (16.67%) Application Security
4 8 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 7 (14.58%) Analytics
5 7 (14.58%) Business Strategy
5 7 (14.58%) Data Modelling
5 7 (14.58%) Decision-Making
5 7 (14.58%) Predictive Analytics
5 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (14.58%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (14.58%) Resource Management
5 7 (14.58%) Roadmaps
6 6 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (12.50%) Data Integration
6 6 (12.50%) ETL
6 6 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 15 (31.25%) Python
2 13 (27.08%) SQL
3 8 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 7 (14.58%) R
5 6 (12.50%) Kotlin
6 1 (2.08%) C#
6 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (33.33%) Degree
2 14 (29.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (16.67%) Azure Certification
3 8 (16.67%) PMI Certification
3 8 (16.67%) PMP
4 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.17%) CISM
4 2 (4.17%) CISSP
4 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) F5
2 7 (14.58%) Salesforce
3 6 (12.50%) Databricks
4 3 (6.25%) ESRI
5 2 (4.17%) Splunk
6 1 (2.08%) SAP
6 1 (2.08%) Zscaler