The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Stevenage 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 17 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 Stevenage region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Engineer
Rank 31 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 4 15 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 2.685% 7.353% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.878% 7.538% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 0
Average salary £42,500 £57,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.08% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -
All Job Titles
Stevenage
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
139 199 156
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 93.29% 97.55% 84.32%
Number of salaries quoted 51 182 149
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £28,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,000 £50,000 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Principal Engineer
Hertfordshire

Principal Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Principal Engineer Salary Trend

Principal Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Principal Engineer across the Stevenage region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Stevenage Principal Engineer Salary Histogram

Principal Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 (83.33%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (50.00%) Requirements Management
3 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) SysML
3 3 (50.00%) Ada
3 3 (50.00%) C
3 3 (50.00%) UML
3 3 (50.00%) OO
3 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (50.00%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Wireless
4 2 (33.33%) OOD
5 1 (16.67%) LAN
5 1 (16.67%) ISEB
5 1 (16.67%) Smartphone
5 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
5 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Qt
5 1 (16.67%) Multithreading
5 1 (16.67%) Electronics
5 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (16.67%) Python
5 1 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (16.67%) PHP

Principal Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 (16.67%) Qt
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (50.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (16.67%) Electronics
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) UML
1 3 (50.00%) OO
1 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (50.00%) SysML
1 3 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) OOD
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C++
2 3 (50.00%) C
2 3 (50.00%) Ada
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) PHP
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) ISEB
4 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
You will have the opportunity to work on market leading wireless, cellular and connectivity standards (WLAN, 80211AC, LTE, LTE-Advanced, and HSPA+) on our client's innovative and...
Connectus
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013