Principal Developer Jobs in Nottingham

Principal Developer
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Principal Developer salary in Nottingham is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 July 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 0.24% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £80,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Nottingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Nottingham. 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 Nottingham with a recognized job title 405 930 434
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.29% 97.38% 88.39%
Number of salaries quoted 250 660 320
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £32,375
25th Percentile £28,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £63,438 £65,413 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Principal Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Developer in Nottingham

Principal Developer
Salary Trend in Nottingham

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

Salary trend for Principal Developer in Nottingham

Principal Developer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham

For the 6 months to 18 July 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 Nottingham region featuring Principal Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery

Principal Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL