Principal Software Engineer Contracts in Richmond upon Thames

Principal Software Engineer
West London > Richmond upon Thames

The median Principal Software Engineer daily rate in Richmond upon Thames is £588 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Richmond upon Thames 16.22% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 17.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West London median daily rate £588 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Richmond upon Thames

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Richmond upon Thames. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Richmond upon Thames with a recognized job title 35 14 47
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 87.50% 95.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 10 45
10th Percentile £233 £411 £200
25th Percentile £450 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -25.00% +60.00%
75th Percentile £588 £475 £634
90th Percentile £625 £510 £638
West London median daily rate £463 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -15.91% +10.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.64 -
West London median hourly rate £30.16 £64.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -52.88% +197.67% -12.24%

Principal Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Richmond upon Thames

Job postings that featured Principal Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Richmond upon Thames.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Software Engineer in Richmond upon Thames

Principal Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Richmond upon Thames

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Principal Software Engineer in Richmond upon Thames.

Daily rate trend for Principal Software Engineer in Richmond upon Thames

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Richmond upon Thames

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Principal Software Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the Richmond upon Thames region featuring Principal Software Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) .NET Core
3 4 (66.67%) AWS
4 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (50.00%) CSS
4 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (50.00%) SQL
4 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
4 3 (50.00%) React
4 3 (50.00%) Data Governance
4 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
4 3 (50.00%) Analytics
4 3 (50.00%) TypeScript
4 3 (50.00%) LLM
5 2 (33.33%) Architectural Design
5 2 (33.33%) Java
5 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
6 1 (16.67%) Azure
6 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (16.67%) Coaching

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Richmond upon Thames 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) .NET Core
3 3 (50.00%) CSS
3 3 (50.00%) React
4 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (50.00%) LLM
2 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (33.33%) Architectural Design
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 3 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (33.33%) Java