Principal Software Engineer Jobs in County Antrim

Principal Software Engineer
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

As of 6 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 County Antrim.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - 98
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 1.04% - 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% - 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
County Antrim

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in County Antrim. 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 County Antrim with a recognized job title 177 605 768
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.71% 95.58% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 47 291 432
10th Percentile £29,150 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £36,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +9.29%
75th Percentile £82,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £97,000 £87,500 £67,350
Northern Ireland median annual salary £50,000 £54,408 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.10% +8.82% +12.36%

Principal Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Software Engineer in County Antrim

Principal Software Engineer
Salary Trend in County Antrim

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

Salary trend for Principal Software Engineer in County Antrim

Principal Software Engineer
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Software Engineer within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 6 May 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast - 2 - - 1
Principal Software Engineer
Northern Ireland

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 County Antrim region featuring Principal Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) PhD
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) IPv6
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5
1 2 (100.00%) Business Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) WebRTC
1 2 (100.00%) Sass
1 2 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPv6
1 2 (100.00%) Reverse Proxy
General
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Sass
1 2 (100.00%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Business Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Veracode