Principal Developer Jobs in Leeds

Principal Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Principal Developer salary in Leeds is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 172 206
Rank change year-on-year +50 +34 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Developer 11 10 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.49% 0.33% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.35% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile - £70,875 -
25th Percentile £76,250 £75,938 £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £83,500 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.19% -20.48% +68.00%
75th Percentile £83,125 £86,250 £112,500
90th Percentile £85,750 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £77,500 £83,500 £105,000
% change year-on-year -7.19% -20.48% +68.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Leeds with a recognized job title 2,167 2,886 3,679
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.01% 95.22% 97.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,568 1,734 2,556
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,044 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,936 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,315 £86,250 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Principal Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings that featured Principal Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Developer in Leeds

Principal Developer
Salary Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Developer in Leeds.

Salary trend for Principal Developer in Leeds

Principal Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Principal Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Leeds region featuring Principal Developer in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Oracle
2 4 (36.36%) Cloud Native
2 4 (36.36%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (36.36%) OCI
3 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 3 (27.27%) Azure
4 2 (18.18%) Software Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
4 2 (18.18%) .NET
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) Linux
4 2 (18.18%) C#
4 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) .NET Core
4 2 (18.18%) SignalR
4 2 (18.18%) DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) SystmOne
4 2 (18.18%) Blazor
4 2 (18.18%) Design Patterns
4 2 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (9.09%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (9.09%) User Experience
5 1 (9.09%) React
5 1 (9.09%) Front End Development
5 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 1 (9.09%) Python
5 1 (9.09%) UX Design
5 1 (9.09%) AWS

Principal Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) OCI
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
3 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
General
1 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) .NET Core
1 2 (18.18%) Blazor
1 2 (18.18%) SignalR
2 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
2 2 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (18.18%) Design Patterns
2 2 (18.18%) DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) Software Architecture
2 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
3 1 (9.09%) Front End Development
3 1 (9.09%) Full Stack Development
3 1 (9.09%) User Experience
3 1 (9.09%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C#
2 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.09%) Python
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft