Principal Java Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Principal Java Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Principal Java Engineer salary in Manchester is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 - 240
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Java Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.046% - 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% - 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £75,000
75th Percentile £67,500 - £82,500
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £65,000 - £75,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,941 4,849 4,551
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.15% 94.50% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 3,739 2,670
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,000 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Principal Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Java Engineer in Manchester

Principal Java Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Java Engineer in Manchester.

Salary trend for Principal Java Engineer in Manchester

Principal Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, Principal Java 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 Manchester region featuring Principal Java Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) React Native
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Principal Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility