Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Principal Engineer role in IT jobs within the West Yorkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Principal Engineer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank172184
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads17
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.024 %0.121 %
Salaries quoted16
Average minimum salary£33,000£46,000
Average salary£39,000£46,000
% change on same period last year-15.21 %
Average maximum salary£45,000£46,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,439£45,628
% change on same period last year-6.98 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads41375763
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.767 %2.571 %
Salaries quoted35274889
Average minimum salary£30,952£30,688
Average salary£33,610£33,286
% change on same period last year+0.97 %
Average maximum salary£36,268£35,884
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,074
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Principal Engineer YorkshirePrincipal Engineer
Yorkshire

Principal Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Principal Engineer across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Yorkshire Principal Engineer Demand Trend

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Principal Engineer across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Principal Engineer Salary Trend

Principal Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsUp+231£39,000-15.21 %
Principal Engineer YorkshirePrincipal Engineer
Yorkshire

Principal Engineer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

13 (75.00 %)VMS
13 (75.00 %)Electric
13 (75.00 %)CCTV
21 (25.00 %)RTSP
21 (25.00 %)OpenTV
21 (25.00 %)C
21 (25.00 %)C++
21 (25.00 %)Linux
21 (25.00 %)OOP
21 (25.00 %)OO
21 (25.00 %)MPEG
21 (25.00 %)SNMP
21 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (25.00 %)Internet
21 (25.00 %)Middleware
21 (25.00 %)VxWorks
21 (25.00 %)DOCSIS
21 (25.00 %)DTV
21 (25.00 %)DVB
21 (25.00 %)RTP

Principal Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)Middleware
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)SNMP
11 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (25.00 %)Internet
11 (25.00 %)DOCSIS
11 (25.00 %)DVB
11 (25.00 %)RTP
11 (25.00 %)RTSP
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Electric
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (75.00 %)CCTV
21 (25.00 %)MPEG
21 (25.00 %)DTV
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)VMS
21 (25.00 %)VxWorks
21 (25.00 %)Linux
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)OOP
11 (25.00 %)OO
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)C
11 (25.00 %)C++
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)OpenTV