Principal Developer Jobs in Gloucestershire

Principal Developer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Principal Developer salary in Gloucestershire is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - 119
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Developer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.19% - 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £77,500 - £77,500
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 501 1,721 1,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 96.74% 85.43%
Number of salaries quoted 299 1,252 484
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £82,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Principal Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings that featured Principal Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Developer in Gloucestershire

Principal Developer
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Developer in Gloucestershire.

Salary trend for Principal Developer in Gloucestershire

Principal Developer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Principal Developer 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Principal Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
1 1 (100.00%) Appian

Principal Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Appian
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA