Principal Developer Jobs in Northern Ireland

Principal Developer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Principal Developer salary in Northern Ireland is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Developer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.20% - 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £105,000
75th Percentile - - £112,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £95,000 £105,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +31.25% -23.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 491 592 932
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.00% 97.69% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 241 259 456
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,800 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.60% +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £56,525 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.79% - +4.35%

Principal Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Developer in Northern Ireland

Principal Developer
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Principal Developer in Northern Ireland

Principal Developer
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Developer within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
County Antrim - 1 £90,000 -
Principal Developer
UK

Principal Developer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Principal Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

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

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript