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 leading to 10 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 466 576 800
Rank change year-on-year +110 +224 -211
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Consultant 47 24 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.076% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.081% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 40 23 40
10th Percentile £72,500 £74,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £75,000 £79,375 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £89,000 £92,500 £107,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.78% -13.95% +2.38%
75th Percentile £100,000 £115,500 £132,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £120,000 £140,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -2.86%

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 23,255 29,806 71,257
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 94.99% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 17,131 22,408 34,801
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £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 £60,300 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.94% +0.50% +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 10 June 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 10 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
Central London +39 8 £100,000 +3.90% 3
Principal Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 London region featuring Principal Consultant in the job title.

1 17 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 16 (34.04%) Python
3 15 (31.91%) Degree
4 14 (29.79%) Project Management
5 13 (27.66%) Agile
5 13 (27.66%) SQL
5 13 (27.66%) Azure
5 13 (27.66%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (25.53%) Data Strategy
6 12 (25.53%) Microsoft
6 12 (25.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (21.28%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (19.15%) Presales
8 9 (19.15%) SQL Server
9 7 (14.89%) Resource Management
9 7 (14.89%) Predictive Analytics
9 7 (14.89%) AWS
9 7 (14.89%) R
9 7 (14.89%) F5
9 7 (14.89%) Tableau
9 7 (14.89%) Analytics
9 7 (14.89%) Salesforce
9 7 (14.89%) Data Modelling
9 7 (14.89%) Decision-Making
9 7 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (14.89%) Business Strategy
9 7 (14.89%) Roadmaps
10 6 (12.77%) Cloud Security
10 6 (12.77%) Azure Certification
10 6 (12.77%) Azure Synapse 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 6 (12.77%) Apache
1 6 (12.77%) Apache Spark
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (12.77%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.51%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.66%) Azure
2 7 (14.89%) AWS
3 6 (12.77%) Azure Data Factory
3 6 (12.77%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (12.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 6 (12.77%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (12.77%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.26%) SaaS
5 1 (2.13%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (2.13%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.15%) SQL Server
2 7 (14.89%) Tableau
3 6 (12.77%) Big Data
4 4 (8.51%) GIS
General
1 17 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 13 (27.66%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.26%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) PySpark
2 3 (6.38%) Web Services
3 2 (4.26%) CSS
3 2 (4.26%) HTML
3 2 (4.26%) HTML5
3 2 (4.26%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 2 (4.26%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) Project Management
2 13 (27.66%) Agile
3 12 (25.53%) Data Strategy
4 10 (21.28%) Requirements Gathering
5 9 (19.15%) Presales
6 7 (14.89%) Analytics
6 7 (14.89%) Business Strategy
6 7 (14.89%) Data Modelling
6 7 (14.89%) Decision-Making
6 7 (14.89%) Predictive Analytics
6 7 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (14.89%) Resource Management
6 7 (14.89%) Roadmaps
7 6 (12.77%) Application Security
7 6 (12.77%) CI/CD
7 6 (12.77%) Cloud Security
7 6 (12.77%) Continuous Integration
7 6 (12.77%) Data Integration
7 6 (12.77%) ETL
7 6 (12.77%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 16 (34.04%) Python
2 13 (27.66%) SQL
3 7 (14.89%) R
4 6 (12.77%) PowerShell
5 5 (10.64%) Kotlin
6 2 (4.26%) C#
6 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (31.91%) Degree
2 12 (25.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (12.77%) Azure Certification
3 6 (12.77%) PMI Certification
3 6 (12.77%) PMP
4 2 (4.26%) CISM
4 2 (4.26%) CISSP
4 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (25.53%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.89%) F5
2 7 (14.89%) Salesforce
3 6 (12.77%) Databricks
4 4 (8.51%) ESRI
5 2 (4.26%) Splunk
6 1 (2.13%) Zscaler