The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the County Antrim region. 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 17 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 County Antrim region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Engineer
Rank 42 - 24
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 3 0 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 1.215% - 6.633%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.422% - 6.989%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 7
Average salary - - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -
All Job Titles
County Antrim
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
211 176 186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 85.43% 84.21% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 135 91 80
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £20,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Principal Engineer
Northern Ireland

Principal Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim Principal Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend

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

County Antrim Principal Engineer Salary Trend

Principal Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Belfast - 3 - -
Principal Engineer
Northern Ireland

Principal Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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.

1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) Open Source
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) C++
2 4 (80.00%) UNIX
2 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) C
3 2 (40.00%) XML
3 2 (40.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (20.00%) JSON
4 1 (20.00%) Video on Demand
4 1 (20.00%) HTML5
4 1 (20.00%) CSS3
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (20.00%) jQuery
4 1 (20.00%) Android
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (20.00%) CSS
4 1 (20.00%) Servlets
4 1 (20.00%) Web Services
4 1 (20.00%) Ajax
4 1 (20.00%) XMPP
4 1 (20.00%) OO
4 1 (20.00%) Apache

Principal Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) Middleware
2 1 (20.00%) Ajax
2 1 (20.00%) XMPP
2 1 (20.00%) JSON
2 1 (20.00%) jQuery
2 1 (20.00%) HTML5
2 1 (20.00%) CSS3
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
2 1 (20.00%) Servlets
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Apache
1 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) PostgreSQL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Open Source
2 1 (20.00%) Video on Demand
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) UNIX
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Apple