Principal Consultant Jobs in the UK excluding London

Principal Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Principal Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 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 737 704 835
Rank change year-on-year -33 +131 -175
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Consultant 37 23 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.041% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.047% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 35 15 15
10th Percentile £50,000 - -
25th Percentile £55,250 £65,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% -10.60%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,000 £94,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,349 49,280 72,395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 88.83% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 52,720 29,285 42,723
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Principal Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Consultant in the UK excluding London

Principal Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Principal Consultant in the UK excluding London

Principal Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Consultant in the UK excluding London

Principal Consultant
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
South East -3 17 £62,500 -13.79% 9
North of England +20 8 £70,000 -24.32% 8
South West -21 7 £100,000 +17.65% 6
North West -12 5 £70,000 -17.65% 4
Yorkshire +70 3 £102,500 +2.50% 4
West Midlands -12 2 £65,000 -23.53% 1
East of England -13 2 £100,000 +42.86% 3
Midlands -31 2 £65,000 -18.75% 3
Scotland -59 1 £64,100 -
Principal Consultant
UK

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region featuring Principal Consultant in the job title.

1 17 (45.95%) Project Management
2 15 (40.54%) Public Sector
3 13 (35.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
5 8 (21.62%) Degree
5 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
5 8 (21.62%) Mentoring
6 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
6 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
7 6 (16.22%) Validation
7 6 (16.22%) Programme Management
7 6 (16.22%) Agile
7 6 (16.22%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
7 6 (16.22%) Knowledge Transfer
8 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (13.51%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 5 (13.51%) Active Listening
8 5 (13.51%) DevSecOps
8 5 (13.51%) Systems Engineering
8 5 (13.51%) Relational Database
8 5 (13.51%) Machine Learning
8 5 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (13.51%) Requirements Management
8 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (10.81%) NIST
10 3 (8.11%) NCSC
10 3 (8.11%) Information Assurance

Principal Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) AWS
1 2 (5.41%) Azure
1 2 (5.41%) SaaS
2 1 (2.70%) Anthos
2 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
2 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
1 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.70%) Power BI
General
1 15 (40.54%) Public Sector
2 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Military
4 1 (2.70%) Marketing
4 1 (2.70%) Social Housing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.70%) Blog
1 1 (2.70%) CESG
1 1 (2.70%) Cyberattack
1 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
1 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (2.70%) Housing Association
1 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Project Management
2 13 (35.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 8 (21.62%) Mentoring
4 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
5 6 (16.22%) Agile
5 6 (16.22%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (16.22%) Knowledge Transfer
5 6 (16.22%) Programme Management
5 6 (16.22%) Validation
6 5 (13.51%) Active Listening
6 5 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (13.51%) DevSecOps
6 5 (13.51%) Machine Learning
6 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (13.51%) Requirements Management
6 5 (13.51%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 5 (13.51%) Systems Engineering
7 3 (8.11%) Information Assurance
8 2 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (5.41%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.62%) Degree
2 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) CISM
3 3 (8.11%) CISSP
4 1 (2.70%) CASP
4 1 (2.70%) CCSK
4 1 (2.70%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (2.70%) CISA
4 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.70%) CRISC
4 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) GCFA
4 1 (2.70%) GCFE
4 1 (2.70%) GCIH
4 1 (2.70%) GREM
4 1 (2.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (10.81%) NIST
2 3 (8.11%) NCSC
3 2 (5.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (2.70%) GRC
4 1 (2.70%) IASME
4 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (2.70%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Splunk