The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Principal Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Software Developer
Rank 215 214 203
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Developer 1 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.019% 0.018% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.019% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
Average salary £47,500 £46,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.15% +9.41%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+18.75% +14.28%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5105 5288 5532
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.61% 95.43% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4500 4567 4737
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Principal Software Developer
England

Principal Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Principal Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Principal Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

South West Principal Software Developer Salary Trend

Principal Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Software Developer within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Wiltshire +11 1 £47,500 +2.15%
Principal Software Developer
England

Principal Software Developer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Principal Software Developer 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 Developer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008

Principal Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Principal Software Developer 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
Swindon, Wiltshire
Linux. Apache. PHP/C/C++ MySQL... Good database knowledge and SQL skills on MySQL or Oracle... Participates in quality assurance... Principle Software Developer, Senior Software Developer, Team Leader,...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013