Principal Developer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Principal Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Principal Developer salary in Work from Home is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 558 613 740
Rank change year-on-year +55 +127 -249
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Developer 31 48 102
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.092% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 16 34 62
10th Percentile £55,000 £70,375 £70,000
25th Percentile £69,375 £71,250 £75,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -11.11% +20.00%
75th Percentile £85,625 £107,500 £112,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £111,250 -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £100,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,404 39,812 66,667
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.96% 95.99% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,887 28,282 41,688
10th Percentile £33,127 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Principal Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Principal Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Principal Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Principal Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Principal Developer.

Principal Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Principal Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Principal Developer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Principal Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Principal Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Principal Developer in the job title.

1 6 (19.35%) JavaScript
1 6 (19.35%) Software Engineering
1 6 (19.35%) React
2 5 (16.13%) DevOps
2 5 (16.13%) Azure
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.90%) TypeScript
3 4 (12.90%) Analytics
3 4 (12.90%) C#
3 4 (12.90%) .NET
3 4 (12.90%) Web Services
3 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Design Patterns
4 3 (9.68%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (9.68%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (9.68%) User Experience
4 3 (9.68%) Front End Development
4 3 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.68%) Python
4 3 (9.68%) Java
4 3 (9.68%) Agile
4 3 (9.68%) UX Design
4 3 (9.68%) Test Automation
5 2 (6.45%) Retail
5 2 (6.45%) Docker
5 2 (6.45%) SignalR
5 2 (6.45%) AWS
5 2 (6.45%) Software Architecture
5 2 (6.45%) SQL

Principal Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (3.23%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.45%) AWS
3 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.23%) Azure API Management
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Batch
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Functions
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Storage
4 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.23%) Big Data
2 1 (3.23%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (3.23%) OLTP
2 1 (3.23%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.23%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Git
2 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.23%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Health Technology
2 2 (6.45%) Retail
3 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.23%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (19.35%) React
2 4 (12.90%) .NET
2 4 (12.90%) Web Services
3 2 (6.45%) .NET Core
3 2 (6.45%) Blazor
3 2 (6.45%) Next.js
3 2 (6.45%) SignalR
4 1 (3.23%) ARM Templates
4 1 (3.23%) CSS
4 1 (3.23%) JSON
4 1 (3.23%) MDX
4 1 (3.23%) RESTful
4 1 (3.23%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Algorithms
1 2 (6.45%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.23%) Distributed Applications
2 1 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.23%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (19.35%) Software Engineering
2 5 (16.13%) DevOps
3 4 (12.90%) Analytics
4 3 (9.68%) Agile
4 3 (9.68%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (9.68%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (9.68%) Design Patterns
4 3 (9.68%) Front End Development
4 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.68%) Test Automation
4 3 (9.68%) User Experience
4 3 (9.68%) UX Design
5 2 (6.45%) CI/CD
5 2 (6.45%) Clean Code
5 2 (6.45%) Code Quality
5 2 (6.45%) E-Commerce
5 2 (6.45%) Mentoring
5 2 (6.45%) Microservices
5 2 (6.45%) Software Architecture
6 1 (3.23%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) JavaScript
2 4 (12.90%) C#
2 4 (12.90%) TypeScript
3 3 (9.68%) Java
3 3 (9.68%) Python
4 2 (6.45%) SQL
5 1 (3.23%) Go
5 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.23%) Ruby
5 1 (3.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
1 1 (3.23%) Degree
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) Optimizely
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle
2 1 (3.23%) Sitecore