Principal Software Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Principal Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

As of 9 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Software Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 374 443 504
Rank change year-on-year +69 +61 -71
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer 22 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.017% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.018% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile - - £509
90th Percentile - - £526
UK median daily rate £600 £713 £513
% change year-on-year -15.79% +39.02% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 1 2
10th Percentile £60.37 - £49.63
25th Percentile - - £50.21
Median hourly rate £80.00 £70.00 £51.79
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +35.16% +2.11%
75th Percentile - - £52.75
90th Percentile - - £52.95
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £61.10 £51.79
% change year-on-year +30.94% +17.97% +2.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,944 22,126 29,093
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.32% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,551 15,489 20,369
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,258 1,140 1,432
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.72 £17.86 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £19.67
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% +115.78% +3.50%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £43.07
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Principal Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Principal Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Principal Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Principal Software Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Principal Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Principal Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Principal Software Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Principal Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Principal Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Principal Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Principal Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Principal Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Software Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England - 15 - - 8
South East +29 5 - - 9
North West - 2 - - 3
North of England - 2 - - 3
Principal Software Engineer
UK

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 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 UK excluding London region featuring Principal Software Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (31.82%) DV Cleared
2 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) C
3 5 (22.73%) Embedded C
3 5 (22.73%) Aerospace
4 2 (9.09%) Military

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 5 (22.73%) Aerospace
2 2 (9.09%) Military
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) C
1 5 (22.73%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) DV Cleared
1 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared