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The median contractor rate for a Principal Developer was £525 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 2 April 2020. The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Principal Developer UK |
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6 months to
2 Apr 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
679 |
859 |
892 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+180 |
+33 |
-53 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Principal Developer |
17 |
23 |
11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK |
0.027% |
0.024% |
0.011% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.029% |
0.025% |
0.011% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
15 |
9 |
6 |
| Median daily rate |
£525 |
£475 |
£550 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+10.53% |
-13.64% |
-8.33% |
| 10th Percentile |
£440 |
£425 |
£494 |
| 90th Percentile |
£588 |
£565 |
£686 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£625 |
- |
£513 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Median hourly rate |
- |
- |
- |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
- |
- |
- |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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.
| All Contract IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
58,014 |
91,276 |
96,527 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
93.80% |
94.68% |
94.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
36,877 |
60,451 |
63,602 |
| Median daily rate |
£460 |
£463 |
£450 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-0.54% |
+2.78% |
+5.88% |
| 10th Percentile |
£228 |
£273 |
£263 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£650 |
£631 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£425 |
£405 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.94% |
+1.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2,477 |
2,821 |
2,915 |
| Median hourly rate |
£20.00 |
£18.70 |
£18.60 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+6.95% |
+0.54% |
+0.54% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.85 |
£11.04 |
£11.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£52.25 |
£50.00 |
£48.00 |
| Median hourly rate |
£18.90 |
£17.50 |
£17.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+8.00% |
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Principal Developer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Principal Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Principal Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Principal Developer.
Principal Developer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Principal Developer over the 6 months to 2 April 2020.
Principal Developer
Top 6 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 April 2020. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Principal Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 2 April 2020, Principal Developer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Principal Developer in the job title.
Principal Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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