Principal Developer Jobs in South Wales

Principal Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median Principal Developer salary in South Wales is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 101 106
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Developer 7 8 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.49% 0.70% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.78% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £79,500 - -
25th Percentile £86,250 £43,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £44,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +102.25% - -
75th Percentile - £46,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £90,000 £44,500 -
% change year-on-year +102.25% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,307 1,026 1,396
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 89.45% 97.42%
Number of salaries quoted 864 584 868
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,000 £31,175
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,604 £45,476 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% -7.19% +8.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,988 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%

Principal Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Developer in South Wales

Principal Developer
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Principal Developer in South Wales

Principal Developer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 25 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
Cardiff +7 7 £90,000 +102.25% 2
Principal Developer
Wales

Principal Developer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 25 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 South Wales region featuring Principal Developer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Web Development
1 4 (57.14%) AngularJS
1 4 (57.14%) Front End Development
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) React

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

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) AngularJS
2 1 (14.29%) React
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Front End Development
1 4 (57.14%) Web Development
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle