The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 18 June 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Engineer
Rank 141 136 133
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 5 15 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.208% 0.594% 1.341%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.222% 0.618% 1.434%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 45
Average salary £45,000 £57,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.73% +49.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £55,000 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £57,500 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2254 2427 3417
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 93.88% 96.08% 93.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1781 1968 2774
Average salary £42,500 £42,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.19% +1.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Principal Engineer
East of England

Principal Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Principal Engineer Salary Trend

Principal Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Principal Engineer across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Hertfordshire Principal Engineer Salary Histogram

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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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
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Stevenage -9 4 £42,500 -26.08% 1
Principal Engineer
East of England

Principal Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (71.43%) C++
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 3 (42.86%) Configuration Management
3 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (42.86%) Test Strategy
3 3 (42.86%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 3 (42.86%) SysML
3 3 (42.86%) Requirements Management
3 3 (42.86%) Ada
3 3 (42.86%) C
3 3 (42.86%) UML
3 3 (42.86%) OO
4 2 (28.57%) OOD
4 2 (28.57%) Wireless
4 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
5 1 (14.29%) Qt
5 1 (14.29%) C-shell
5 1 (14.29%) VHDL
5 1 (14.29%) Verilog
5 1 (14.29%) Electronic Design Automation
5 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
5 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
5 1 (14.29%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Electronics
5 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing

Principal Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 1 (14.29%) Qt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) LAN
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (42.86%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (14.29%) Electronics
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) ASIC
1 1 (14.29%) VHDL
1 1 (14.29%) Verilog
1 1 (14.29%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) UML
1 3 (42.86%) OO
1 3 (42.86%) Configuration Management
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
1 3 (42.86%) SysML
1 3 (42.86%) Requirements Management
1 3 (42.86%) Test Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) OOD
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Electronic Design Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) C
2 3 (42.86%) Ada
3 1 (14.29%) Tcl
3 1 (14.29%) C-shell
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) Perl
3 1 (14.29%) PHP
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) ISEB
4 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
You will design and develop software for test and measurement applications covering all stages of product lifecycle through to delivery, working on technical challenging world leading wireless standards (...
Connectus
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013