The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Principal Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Developer
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Developer 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £60,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +23.07%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1725 1916 1556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.89% 95.42% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1371 1684 1327
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,100 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Principal Developer
North West

Principal Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Principal Developer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Principal Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Principal Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Principal Developer across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Principal Developer Salary Trend

Principal Developer
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Principal Developer 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 Developer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing

Principal Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Principal Developer 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft