Principal Developer Jobs in London

Principal Developer
England > London

The median Principal Developer salary in London is £96,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 476 549 722
Rank change year-on-year +73 +173 -174
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Developer 22 76 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.093% 0.21% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.22% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 18 52 74
10th Percentile £63,750 £71,375 £71,625
25th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £110,625 £111,250 £106,875
90th Percentile £114,000 £114,625 £118,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £100,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,182 33,800 63,968
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 95.04% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 16,716 24,768 34,902
10th Percentile £38,477 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Principal Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Developer in London

Principal Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Principal Developer in London

Principal Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Developer in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Developer in London

Principal Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Central London +35 5 £100,000 -
Principal Developer
England

Principal Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 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 London region featuring Principal Developer in the job title.

1 13 (59.09%) C#
1 13 (59.09%) .NET
2 9 (40.91%) Azure
3 8 (36.36%) React
3 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 7 (31.82%) SQL
5 6 (27.27%) SQL Server
5 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
5 6 (27.27%) AWS
5 6 (27.27%) Power Platform
6 5 (22.73%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (22.73%) PaaS
6 5 (22.73%) TypeScript
6 5 (22.73%) DevOps
6 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
6 5 (22.73%) Java
6 5 (22.73%) Agile
6 5 (22.73%) CI/CD
6 5 (22.73%) Health Technology
7 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
7 4 (18.18%) Full Stack Development
7 4 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (18.18%) Degree
7 4 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (18.18%) Scrum
7 4 (18.18%) Analytics
7 4 (18.18%) Microservices
7 4 (18.18%) PowerShell
7 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (18.18%) Kubernetes

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

Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) Azure
2 6 (27.27%) AWS
2 6 (27.27%) Power Platform
3 5 (22.73%) PaaS
4 3 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (13.64%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (13.64%) GCP
4 3 (13.64%) IaaS
4 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (13.64%) SaaS
5 2 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (9.09%) Power Automate
5 2 (9.09%) PowerApps
6 1 (4.55%) Azure API Management
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Batch
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Storage
6 1 (4.55%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 4 (18.18%) Power BI
2 4 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (4.55%) Big Data
3 1 (4.55%) Data Lake
3 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (4.55%) OLTP
3 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.55%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Git
2 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.55%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 5 (22.73%) Health Technology
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Law
4 2 (9.09%) Finance
5 1 (4.55%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Marketing
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
5 1 (4.55%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (59.09%) .NET
2 8 (36.36%) React
3 3 (13.64%) .NET Core
3 3 (13.64%) AngularJS
3 3 (13.64%) GraphQL
3 3 (13.64%) Kafka
3 3 (13.64%) REST
4 2 (9.09%) CSS
4 2 (9.09%) HTML
4 2 (9.09%) RxJS
5 1 (4.55%) ARM Templates
5 1 (4.55%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (4.55%) JSON
5 1 (4.55%) MDX
5 1 (4.55%) RESTful
5 1 (4.55%) Spring
5 1 (4.55%) Web Services
5 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Agile
1 5 (22.73%) CI/CD
1 5 (22.73%) DevOps
1 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
1 5 (22.73%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (18.18%) Analytics
2 4 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (18.18%) Full Stack Development
2 4 (18.18%) Microservices
2 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (18.18%) Scrum
3 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
3 3 (13.64%) CRM
3 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (13.64%) Data Analysis
3 3 (13.64%) Data Management
3 3 (13.64%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (9.09%) Coaching
4 2 (9.09%) Software Engineering
4 2 (9.09%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) C#
2 7 (31.82%) SQL
3 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 5 (22.73%) Java
4 5 (22.73%) TypeScript
5 4 (18.18%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle
2 1 (4.55%) SAP