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The median annual salary for a Principal Software Engineer was £85,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 27 November 2021. The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| Principal Software Engineer UK |
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6 months to
27 Nov 2021 |
Same period 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
| Rank |
674 |
678 |
868 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+4 |
+190 |
+194 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer |
415 |
48 |
202 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK |
0.32% |
0.088% |
0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.35% |
0.092% |
0.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
99 |
41 |
135 |
| 10th Percentile |
£58,500 |
£57,500 |
£47,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£67,500 |
£63,000 |
£52,459 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£85,000 |
£75,000 |
£65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+13.33% |
+15.38% |
+8.33% |
| 75th Percentile |
£100,000 |
£115,000 |
£102,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£115,000 |
£118,750 |
£140,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£75,000 |
£66,000 |
£60,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+13.64% |
+10.00% |
+4.35% |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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.
| All Permanent IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
117,572 |
52,020 |
129,638 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
91.28% |
95.11% |
95.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
81,625 |
43,795 |
105,112 |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,000 |
£32,250 |
£28,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
£42,500 |
£41,250 |
£37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£57,500 |
£55,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+4.55% |
+10.00% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£76,250 |
£72,500 |
£70,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£95,000 |
£87,500 |
£85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
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