Principal Developer Jobs in the North of England

Principal Developer
England > North of England

The median Principal Developer salary in the North of England is £86,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 306 306 409
Rank change year-on-year 0 +103 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Developer 24 3 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.17% 0.036% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.037% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 18 3 15
10th Percentile - - £56,400
25th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +11.11% -35.71%
75th Percentile £100,000 £78,750 £86,250
90th Percentile - £79,500 -
England median annual salary £100,000 £97,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +21.88% -23.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 13,492 8,143 16,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 96.83% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,826 5,619 9,932
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,750 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Principal Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Developer in the North of England

Principal Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Principal Developer in the North of England

Principal Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Developer in the North of England

Principal Developer
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 15 November 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 West -23 24 £86,250 +15.00% 7
Principal Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 November 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 North of England region featuring Principal Developer in the job title.

1 20 (83.33%) React
2 13 (54.17%) Azure
2 13 (54.17%) JavaScript
3 11 (45.83%) TypeScript
3 11 (45.83%) CI/CD
4 9 (37.50%) .NET
5 8 (33.33%) Agile
5 8 (33.33%) .NET Core
6 7 (29.17%) TDD
6 7 (29.17%) Software Engineering
6 7 (29.17%) DevOps
6 7 (29.17%) Docker
7 6 (25.00%) Front End Development
7 6 (25.00%) Node.js
7 6 (25.00%) Degree
8 5 (20.83%) .NET Framework
8 5 (20.83%) SQL
8 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
8 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (20.83%) Mobile App
8 5 (20.83%) Full-Stack Development
9 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
9 4 (16.67%) Azure Pipelines
9 4 (16.67%) Next.js
9 4 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (16.67%) Virtual Team Management
9 4 (16.67%) Virtual Team
9 4 (16.67%) Home Automation
9 4 (16.67%) Jenkins
9 4 (16.67%) REST

Principal Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (54.17%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (16.67%) Azure Pipelines
2 4 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (16.67%) GCP
2 4 (16.67%) SaaS
3 3 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (16.67%) MongoDB
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.50%) Hazelcast
2 3 (12.50%) Redis
3 1 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.17%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (83.33%) React
2 9 (37.50%) .NET
3 8 (33.33%) .NET Core
4 6 (25.00%) Node.js
5 5 (20.83%) .NET Framework
6 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET
6 4 (16.67%) Next.js
6 4 (16.67%) REST
7 3 (12.50%) CSS
7 3 (12.50%) HTML
7 3 (12.50%) React Native
8 2 (8.33%) WebSockets
9 1 (4.17%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Mobile App
2 4 (16.67%) Home Automation
2 4 (16.67%) IoT
2 4 (16.67%) Virtual Team
3 3 (12.50%) Cloud Native
4 2 (8.33%) Sports Betting
5 1 (4.17%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) CI/CD
2 8 (33.33%) Agile
3 7 (29.17%) DevOps
3 7 (29.17%) Software Engineering
3 7 (29.17%) TDD
4 6 (25.00%) Front End Development
5 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (20.83%) Full-Stack Development
6 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 4 (16.67%) MVC
6 4 (16.67%) Unit Testing
6 4 (16.67%) Virtual Team Management
7 3 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
7 3 (12.50%) Event-Driven
7 3 (12.50%) Low Latency
7 3 (12.50%) Microservices
7 3 (12.50%) Pair Programming
7 3 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
7 3 (12.50%) Scrum
7 3 (12.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) JavaScript
2 11 (45.83%) TypeScript
3 5 (20.83%) SQL
4 4 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Google
3 1 (4.17%) New Relic