Principal Software Engineer Jobs in Belfast

Principal Software Engineer
County Antrim > Belfast

As of 3 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Software Engineer salary in Belfast.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 94
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 1.60% - 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% - 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
County Antrim median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Belfast with a recognized job title 173 486 706
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 95.48% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 46 247 397
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £31,700
25th Percentile £48,125 £36,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,276 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.97% +14.55% +5.26%
75th Percentile £85,000 £69,275 £62,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £68,000
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +11.11%

Principal Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Software Engineer in Belfast

Principal Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Software Engineer in Belfast.

Salary trend for Principal Software Engineer in Belfast

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Principal Software Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the Belfast region featuring Principal Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) PhD
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) IPv6
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Reverse Proxy
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) HTML5
1 3 (100.00%) Business Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Node.js
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) WebRTC
1 3 (100.00%) Sass
1 3 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 3 (100.00%) User Stories
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) IPv6
1 3 (100.00%) Reverse Proxy
General
1 3 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) HTML5
1 3 (100.00%) Node.js
1 3 (100.00%) Sass
1 3 (100.00%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Business Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 3 (100.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Veracode