Principal Developer Jobs in England

Principal Developer
UK > England

The median Principal Developer salary in England is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 June 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
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 772 763 967
Rank change year-on-year -9 +204 -181
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Developer 87 132 222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.092% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 51 103 84
10th Percentile £50,000 £71,250 £66,625
25th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £100,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £88,750 £113,750 £105,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £117,250 £109,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £100,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 89,619 75,210 137,772
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 91.22% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 65,535 49,495 75,192
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,300 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% +0.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Principal Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Developer in England

Principal Developer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Principal Developer in England

Principal Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Developer in England over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Developer in England

Principal Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
North of England +28 34 £65,000 -18.75% 6
North West -7 21 £57,000 -28.75% 5
London +36 18 £100,000 -
South West -14 15 £80,000 +6.67%
South East -36 15 £85,000 -19.05%
Yorkshire +73 13 £81,250 -1.52% 1
Midlands - 5 £80,000 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £80,000 -
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Principal Developer
UK

Principal Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 June 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 England region featuring Principal Developer in the job title.

1 22 (25.29%) Oracle
2 21 (24.14%) Azure
3 16 (18.39%) .NET
4 15 (17.24%) Linux
5 14 (16.09%) C#
5 14 (16.09%) Microsoft
5 14 (16.09%) Software Engineering
5 14 (16.09%) Oracle Linux
6 13 (14.94%) JavaScript
6 13 (14.94%) React
7 12 (13.79%) CI/CD
7 12 (13.79%) SQL Server
8 11 (12.64%) SQL
8 11 (12.64%) Analytics
9 10 (11.49%) AWS
9 10 (11.49%) Agile
10 9 (10.34%) Full Stack Development
10 9 (10.34%) Power Platform
10 9 (10.34%) Python
10 9 (10.34%) SaaS
11 8 (9.20%) Degree
11 8 (9.20%) Social Skills
12 7 (8.05%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (8.05%) Front End Development
12 7 (8.05%) Power BI
12 7 (8.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (8.05%) PowerShell
12 7 (8.05%) TypeScript
12 7 (8.05%) DevOps

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

Business Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.30%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.15%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 21 (24.14%) Azure
2 10 (11.49%) AWS
3 9 (10.34%) Power Platform
3 9 (10.34%) SaaS
4 6 (6.90%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (6.90%) IaaS
4 6 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.90%) PaaS
5 4 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (4.60%) OCI
6 3 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (2.30%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.30%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.15%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.15%) Azure Storage
8 1 (1.15%) GCP
8 1 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.30%) HTTP
1 2 (2.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.79%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.05%) Power BI
2 7 (8.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.15%) Big Data
3 1 (1.15%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.15%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.15%) OLTP
3 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.15%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Git
2 2 (2.30%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.15%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.15%) Jasmine
3 1 (1.15%) Storybook
3 1 (1.15%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 8 (9.20%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.90%) Public Sector
3 3 (3.45%) Law
4 2 (2.30%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.15%) Automotive
5 1 (1.15%) Banking
5 1 (1.15%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.15%) Marketing
5 1 (1.15%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (18.39%) .NET
2 13 (14.94%) React
3 6 (6.90%) .NET Core
4 4 (4.60%) HTML
4 4 (4.60%) Web Services
5 3 (3.45%) AngularJS
5 3 (3.45%) JSON
5 3 (3.45%) XML
6 2 (2.30%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.30%) CSS
6 2 (2.30%) Entity Framework
6 2 (2.30%) HTML5
6 2 (2.30%) JDBC
6 2 (2.30%) Jest
6 2 (2.30%) jQuery
6 2 (2.30%) Next.js
6 2 (2.30%) REST
6 2 (2.30%) Swagger
6 2 (2.30%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 2 (2.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.60%) Cloud Native
2 2 (2.30%) Algorithms
2 2 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (2.30%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.15%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.15%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.15%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 15 (17.24%) Linux
2 14 (16.09%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (1.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (16.09%) Software Engineering
2 12 (13.79%) CI/CD
3 11 (12.64%) Analytics
4 10 (11.49%) Agile
5 9 (10.34%) Full Stack Development
6 7 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (8.05%) DevOps
6 7 (8.05%) Front End Development
6 7 (8.05%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (6.90%) Computer Science
7 6 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (6.90%) Data Analysis
7 6 (6.90%) Data Management
7 6 (6.90%) Scrum
7 6 (6.90%) User Experience
7 6 (6.90%) UX Design
7 6 (6.90%) Web Development
8 4 (4.60%) Microservices
8 4 (4.60%) TDD
8 4 (4.60%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 14 (16.09%) C#
2 13 (14.94%) JavaScript
3 11 (12.64%) SQL
4 9 (10.34%) Python
5 7 (8.05%) PowerShell
5 7 (8.05%) TypeScript
6 4 (4.60%) Java
7 2 (2.30%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.15%) Go
8 1 (1.15%) PHP
8 1 (1.15%) Ruby
8 1 (1.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 8 (9.20%) Degree
2 4 (4.60%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.15%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (4.60%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (25.29%) Oracle
2 14 (16.09%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.30%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.30%) Software AG
3 2 (2.30%) webMethods