Principal Developer Jobs in England

Principal Developer
UK > England

The median Principal Developer salary in England is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 762 780 944
Rank change year-on-year +18 +164 -179
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Developer 86 134 226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.094% 0.16% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 51 105 87
10th Percentile £50,000 £71,250 £67,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £100,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +11.11% +20.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £112,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £117,000 £110,000
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
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 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £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 2 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 2 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 +44 35 £65,000 -18.75% 5
North West -4 21 £57,000 -28.75% 4
London +55 18 £92,500 -7.50% 3
South West -17 15 £80,000 +6.67%
Yorkshire +64 14 £77,500 -6.06% 1
South East -32 14 £85,000 -19.05%
Midlands - 4 £80,000 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £80,000 -
Principal Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 (25.58%) Oracle
2 21 (24.42%) Azure
3 15 (17.44%) Linux
3 15 (17.44%) .NET
4 14 (16.28%) Microsoft
4 14 (16.28%) Oracle Linux
5 13 (15.12%) C#
5 13 (15.12%) Software Engineering
5 13 (15.12%) React
6 12 (13.95%) CI/CD
6 12 (13.95%) JavaScript
7 11 (12.79%) SQL Server
8 10 (11.63%) Analytics
9 9 (10.47%) Full Stack Development
9 9 (10.47%) Social Skills
9 9 (10.47%) AWS
9 9 (10.47%) Agile
9 9 (10.47%) SQL
10 8 (9.30%) Python
10 8 (9.30%) SaaS
10 8 (9.30%) Power Platform
11 7 (8.14%) Front End Development
11 7 (8.14%) .NET Core
11 7 (8.14%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (8.14%) TypeScript
11 7 (8.14%) DevOps
12 6 (6.98%) Scrum
12 6 (6.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (6.98%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (6.98%) PowerShell

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 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.33%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (2.33%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 21 (24.42%) Azure
2 9 (10.47%) AWS
3 8 (9.30%) Power Platform
3 8 (9.30%) SaaS
4 5 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (5.81%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (5.81%) IaaS
4 5 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.81%) PaaS
5 4 (4.65%) OCI
6 3 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (2.33%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.33%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.16%) Azure API Management
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Batch
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Storage
8 1 (1.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.33%) HTTP
1 2 (2.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.98%) Power BI
2 6 (6.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.16%) Big Data
3 1 (1.16%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.16%) OLTP
3 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.16%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Git
1 2 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.16%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.16%) Jasmine
2 1 (1.16%) Storybook
2 1 (1.16%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 9 (10.47%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.98%) Public Sector
3 3 (3.49%) Law
4 2 (2.33%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.16%) Automotive
5 1 (1.16%) Banking
5 1 (1.16%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.16%) Marketing
5 1 (1.16%) Retail
5 1 (1.16%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (17.44%) .NET
2 13 (15.12%) React
3 7 (8.14%) .NET Core
4 4 (4.65%) AngularJS
4 4 (4.65%) Web Services
5 3 (3.49%) HTML
5 3 (3.49%) JSON
5 3 (3.49%) XML
6 2 (2.33%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.33%) Blazor
6 2 (2.33%) Entity Framework
6 2 (2.33%) HTML5
6 2 (2.33%) JDBC
6 2 (2.33%) jQuery
6 2 (2.33%) Next.js
6 2 (2.33%) REST
6 2 (2.33%) SignalR
6 2 (2.33%) Swagger
6 2 (2.33%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 2 (2.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.65%) Cloud Native
2 2 (2.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (2.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.16%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.16%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.16%) Hackathon
3 1 (1.16%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 15 (17.44%) Linux
2 14 (16.28%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (1.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (15.12%) Software Engineering
2 12 (13.95%) CI/CD
3 10 (11.63%) Analytics
4 9 (10.47%) Agile
4 9 (10.47%) Full Stack Development
5 7 (8.14%) DevOps
5 7 (8.14%) Front End Development
5 7 (8.14%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (6.98%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (6.98%) Scrum
7 5 (5.81%) Computer Science
7 5 (5.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (5.81%) Data Analysis
7 5 (5.81%) Data Management
7 5 (5.81%) Test Automation
7 5 (5.81%) User Experience
7 5 (5.81%) UX Design
7 5 (5.81%) Web Development
8 4 (4.65%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.12%) C#
2 12 (13.95%) JavaScript
3 9 (10.47%) SQL
4 8 (9.30%) Python
5 7 (8.14%) TypeScript
6 6 (6.98%) PowerShell
7 5 (5.81%) Java
8 2 (2.33%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.16%) Go
9 1 (1.16%) Ruby
9 1 (1.16%) Scala
Qualifications
1 6 (6.98%) Degree
2 4 (4.65%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.16%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (4.65%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (25.58%) Oracle
2 14 (16.28%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.33%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.33%) Software AG
3 2 (2.33%) webMethods
4 1 (1.16%) SAP