Principal Software Engineer Job Trends in St Albans

Principal Software Engineer
Hertfordshire > St Albans

As of 5 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Software Engineer salary in St Albans.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in St Albans 1.72% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £100,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
St Albans

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in St Albans. 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 St Albans with a recognized job title 55 39 27
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 90.70% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 39 9 26
10th Percentile £28,000 £39,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +50.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £69,375 £95,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £96,000 -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.73% - +4.76%

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in St Albans

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Principal Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the St Albans region featuring Principal Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in St Albans by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation