The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Software 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 Software Engineer 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 Stevenage region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Software Engineer
Rank 32 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer 3 14 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 2.041% 7.000% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.190% 7.179% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 0
Average salary £40,000 £57,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.43% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +13.09%
All Job Titles
Stevenage
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
137 195 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 93.20% 97.50% 81.50%
Number of salaries quoted 49 177 157
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 £32,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £50,000 £58,300
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Principal Software Engineer
Hertfordshire

Principal Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Principal Software Engineer Salary Trend

Principal Software Engineer
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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