Principal Developer Jobs in the North of England

Principal Developer
England > North of England

The median Principal Developer salary in the North of England is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 355 409 436
Rank change year-on-year +54 +27 -91
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Developer 36 26 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.21% 0.15% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.17% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 18 20 14
10th Percentile £50,000 £67,125 £52,875
25th Percentile £51,250 £71,250 £69,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £86,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -7.78% +38.80%
75th Percentile £78,438 £86,250 £107,500
90th Percentile £79,125 £87,125 £112,500
England median annual salary £78,750 £100,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -21.25% +11.11% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 16,488 15,406 17,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.96% 89.33% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12,754 8,145 11,008
10th Percentile £27,075 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Principal Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Developer in the North of England

Principal Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Developer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Principal Developer in the North of England

Principal Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Developer in the North of England

Principal Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
North West +22 22 £57,000 -28.75% 2
Yorkshire +83 14 £77,500 -4.62%
Principal Developer
England

Principal Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 North of England region featuring Principal Developer in the job title.

1 12 (33.33%) Oracle
2 9 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 8 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 8 (22.22%) Linux
3 8 (22.22%) Oracle Linux
4 6 (16.67%) React
4 6 (16.67%) Azure
4 6 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 5 (13.89%) Front End Development
6 4 (11.11%) Cloud Native
6 4 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (11.11%) Analytics
6 4 (11.11%) .NET
6 4 (11.11%) Python
6 4 (11.11%) AWS
6 4 (11.11%) OCI
7 3 (8.33%) TDD
7 3 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
7 3 (8.33%) Unit Testing
7 3 (8.33%) Test Automation
7 3 (8.33%) SaaS
7 3 (8.33%) HTML
7 3 (8.33%) CSS
7 3 (8.33%) Web Services
7 3 (8.33%) TypeScript
8 2 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (5.56%) Redux
8 2 (5.56%) .NET Core
8 2 (5.56%) SignalR
8 2 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement

Principal Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (2.78%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) Azure
2 4 (11.11%) AWS
2 4 (11.11%) OCI
3 3 (8.33%) SaaS
4 2 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Cypress.io
1 1 (2.78%) Jasmine
1 1 (2.78%) Storybook
General
1 1 (2.78%) Automotive
1 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
1 1 (2.78%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.67%) React
2 4 (11.11%) .NET
3 3 (8.33%) CSS
3 3 (8.33%) HTML
3 3 (8.33%) Web Services
4 2 (5.56%) .NET Core
4 2 (5.56%) Blazor
4 2 (5.56%) Redux
4 2 (5.56%) Sass
4 2 (5.56%) SignalR
5 1 (2.78%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.78%) GraphQL
5 1 (2.78%) Jest
5 1 (2.78%) LESS
5 1 (2.78%) MobX
5 1 (2.78%) Next.js
5 1 (2.78%) Node.js
5 1 (2.78%) OOCSS
5 1 (2.78%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.78%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.78%) Distributed Applications
2 1 (2.78%) Hackathon
2 1 (2.78%) iPhone
2 1 (2.78%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.22%) Linux
1 8 (22.22%) Oracle Linux
2 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 5 (13.89%) Front End Development
4 4 (11.11%) Analytics
5 3 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (8.33%) TDD
5 3 (8.33%) Test Automation
5 3 (8.33%) Unit Testing
6 2 (5.56%) Agile
6 2 (5.56%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (5.56%) Design Patterns
6 2 (5.56%) DevOps
6 2 (5.56%) Software Architecture
7 1 (2.78%) API Development
7 1 (2.78%) BEM - Block Element Modifier
7 1 (2.78%) Cross-Browser Testing
7 1 (2.78%) Line Management
7 1 (2.78%) Mentoring
7 1 (2.78%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 4 (11.11%) Python
3 3 (8.33%) TypeScript
4 2 (5.56%) C#
5 1 (2.78%) Go
5 1 (2.78%) Scala
5 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft