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This section looks at the demand for the Principal Engineer role in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Principal Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Principal Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank257280
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching permanent IT job ads118
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.011 %0.142 %
Salaries quoted112
Average minimum salary£46,000£45,833
Average salary£46,000£50,208
% change on same period last year-8.38 %
Average maximum salary£46,000£54,583
UK excluding London average salary£45,923£43,915
% change on same period last year+4.57 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads940712639
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.062 %5.269 %
Salaries quoted797110299
Average minimum salary£38,106£39,740
Average salary£41,640£43,142
% change on same period last year-3.47 %
Average maximum salary£45,174£46,543
UK excluding London average salary£38,072£39,428
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Principal Engineer South EastPrincipal Engineer
South East

Principal Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Principal Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Principal Engineer Demand Trend

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Principal Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Principal Engineer Salary Trend

Principal Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Principal Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Principal Engineer in their job title.

17 (30.43 %)Degree
26 (26.09 %)Software Engineering
26 (26.09 %)Windows
35 (21.74 %)Oracle
35 (21.74 %)Education
35 (21.74 %)Configuration Management
35 (21.74 %)Oracle Application Server
44 (17.39 %)C++
44 (17.39 %)UNIX
53 (13.04 %)MCSD
53 (13.04 %).NET
53 (13.04 %)OOA/OOD
53 (13.04 %)MCSE
53 (13.04 %)ISDN
53 (13.04 %)PBX
53 (13.04 %)VoIP
53 (13.04 %)Cisco
53 (13.04 %)CCNP
53 (13.04 %)Cisco Certification
53 (13.04 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (13.04 %)RTP
53 (13.04 %)CCVP
53 (13.04 %)TDD
53 (13.04 %)IP Telephony
62 (8.696 %)3G
62 (8.696 %)UTRAN
62 (8.696 %)HTTP
62 (8.696 %)NFS
62 (8.696 %)OOD
62 (8.696 %)OO

Principal Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Principal Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Principal Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (13.04 %).NET
21 (4.348 %)J2EE
21 (4.348 %)Struts
21 (4.348 %)WebServices
21 (4.348 %)XML
21 (4.348 %)Middleware
21 (4.348 %)Hibernate
21 (4.348 %)Spring
21 (4.348 %)AJAX
21 (4.348 %)Velocity
21 (4.348 %)KML
21 (4.348 %)HTML
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (21.74 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (4.348 %)Apache
21 (4.348 %)CMS
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.348 %)FrameMaker
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (13.04 %)ISDN
13 (13.04 %)PBX
13 (13.04 %)VoIP
13 (13.04 %)RTP
13 (13.04 %)IP Telephony
22 (8.696 %)GSM
22 (8.696 %)3G
22 (8.696 %)UTRAN
22 (8.696 %)HTTP
31 (4.348 %)TCP/IP
31 (4.348 %)HTTPS
31 (4.348 %)Internet
31 (4.348 %)DVB
31 (4.348 %)2G
31 (4.348 %)WCDMA
31 (4.348 %)SMTP
31 (4.348 %)FTP
31 (4.348 %)UMTS
31 (4.348 %)CDMA
31 (4.348 %)GPRS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.348 %)Eclipse
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (21.74 %)Education
21 (4.348 %)Electronics
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.348 %)Device Driver
11 (4.348 %)Handset
11 (4.348 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 (4.348 %)Streaming Media
11 (4.348 %)IPTV
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (26.09 %)Windows
24 (17.39 %)UNIX
32 (8.696 %)Linux
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (26.09 %)Software Engineering
25 (21.74 %)Configuration Management
33 (13.04 %)TDD
33 (13.04 %)OOA/OOD
42 (8.696 %)OO
42 (8.696 %)OOD
51 (4.348 %)Pair Programming
51 (4.348 %)Content Management
51 (4.348 %)Network Design
51 (4.348 %)Business Development
51 (4.348 %)Resource Management
51 (4.348 %)System Testing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (17.39 %)C++
22 (8.696 %)Java
31 (4.348 %)C
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (30.43 %)Degree
23 (13.04 %)MCSD
23 (13.04 %)MCSE
23 (13.04 %)CCNP
23 (13.04 %)Cisco Certification
23 (13.04 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (13.04 %)CCVP
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (8.696 %)NFS
21 (4.348 %)Samba
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (21.74 %)Oracle
23 (13.04 %)Cisco
31 (4.348 %)CA
31 (4.348 %)Ericsson
31 (4.348 %)Nokia