Principal Java Engineer Job Trends in the City of London

Principal Java Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Principal Java Engineer salary in the City of London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Java Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.078% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £72,000 - -
25th Percentile £82,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £100,000 - £100,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

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

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 3,673 1,939 3,052
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.30% 92.20% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,646 1,473 2,571
10th Percentile £43,375 £41,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -0.68% -2.67%
75th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +10.34% - -3.33%

Principal Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Principal Java Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Principal Java Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Principal Java Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Principal Java Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Principal Java Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Principal Java Engineer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Java Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Principal Java Engineer in the City of London

Principal Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 28 April 2026, Principal Java Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Principal Java Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Validation

Principal Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) C#