The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Software 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 Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Software Engineer
Rank 139 128 137
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer 3 17 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.123% 0.671% 0.878%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.131% 0.697% 0.940%
Number of salaries quoted 3 17 30
Average salary £40,000 £57,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.43% +49.35%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +13.09%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2294 2439 3192
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 93.82% 96.29% 93.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1869 1978 2595
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £59,500 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Principal Software Engineer
East of England

Principal Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Principal Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Principal Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Principal Software Engineer Salary Trend

Principal Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Software Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Stevenage -4 3 £40,000 -30.43%
Principal Software Engineer
East of England

Principal Software Engineer
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Principal Software 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 Software Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) C++
3 2 (50.00%) C
3 2 (50.00%) UML
3 2 (50.00%) OO
3 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 2 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (50.00%) Requirements Management
3 2 (50.00%) Ada
3 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) SysML
3 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (25.00%) OOD
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) ISEB
4 1 (25.00%) Qt
4 1 (25.00%) Electronics
4 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) PHP
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) Windows

Principal Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Principal Software 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 Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) Qt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (50.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) UML
1 2 (50.00%) OO
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) SysML
1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) Ada
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) PHP
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (25.00%) ISEB