Principal Developer Jobs in Manchester

Principal Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Principal Developer salary in Manchester is £57,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 229 246
Rank change year-on-year +31 +17 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Developer 16 15 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.31% 0.30% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.32% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 12 15 14
10th Percentile - £66,750 £57,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £71,250 £69,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £80,000 £86,750
Median % change year-on-year -28.75% -7.78% +23.93%
75th Percentile £75,625 £85,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £78,625 £91,500 £112,500
North West median annual salary £57,000 £80,000 £86,750
% change year-on-year -28.75% -7.78% +23.93%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,836 4,616 5,488
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 91.77% 97.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,745 2,696 3,707
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Principal Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Developer in Manchester

Principal Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Principal Developer in Manchester

Principal Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Developer in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 Manchester region featuring Principal Developer in the job title.

1 9 (56.25%) Software Engineering
2 7 (43.75%) JavaScript
3 4 (25.00%) Analytics
3 4 (25.00%) React
3 4 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 3 (18.75%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (18.75%) AWS
4 3 (18.75%) HTML
4 3 (18.75%) CSS
4 3 (18.75%) Web Services
4 3 (18.75%) Python
4 3 (18.75%) Unit Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Linux
5 2 (12.50%) Oracle
5 2 (12.50%) SaaS
5 2 (12.50%) TDD
5 2 (12.50%) Azure
5 2 (12.50%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (12.50%) Sass
5 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 2 (12.50%) Redux
6 1 (6.25%) A/B Testing
6 1 (6.25%) Jest
6 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (6.25%) Architectural Design
6 1 (6.25%) MobX
6 1 (6.25%) Storybook
6 1 (6.25%) Social Skills

Principal Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
1 1 (6.25%) Jasmine
1 1 (6.25%) Storybook
General
1 1 (6.25%) Automotive
1 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) React
2 3 (18.75%) CSS
2 3 (18.75%) HTML
2 3 (18.75%) Web Services
3 2 (12.50%) Redux
3 2 (12.50%) Sass
4 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
4 1 (6.25%) GraphQL
4 1 (6.25%) Jest
4 1 (6.25%) LESS
4 1 (6.25%) MobX
4 1 (6.25%) Node.js
4 1 (6.25%) OOCSS
4 1 (6.25%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
1 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
1 1 (6.25%) Distributed Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Hackathon
1 1 (6.25%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Software Engineering
2 4 (25.00%) Analytics
2 4 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 3 (18.75%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (18.75%) Unit Testing
4 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 2 (12.50%) TDD
5 1 (6.25%) A/B Testing
5 1 (6.25%) Agile
5 1 (6.25%) API Development
5 1 (6.25%) Architectural Design
5 1 (6.25%) BEM - Block Element Modifier
5 1 (6.25%) Code Quality
5 1 (6.25%) Cross-Browser Testing
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (6.25%) Line Management
5 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.25%) Web Development
5 1 (6.25%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) JavaScript
2 3 (18.75%) Python
3 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
4 1 (6.25%) Go
4 1 (6.25%) Scala
4 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle