Principal Software Engineer Jobs in Bristol

Principal Software Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Principal Software Engineer salary in Bristol is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 172 179
Rank change year-on-year +20 +7 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer 10 1 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.32% 0.038% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.041% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 19
10th Percentile £62,900 - £49,750
25th Percentile £63,500 £57,500 £70,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -25.71% +40.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £86,000 - -
South West median annual salary £75,000 £79,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.06% -7.06% +36.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 3,010 2,450 3,219
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.97% 92.77% 97.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,250 1,531 2,211
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,510 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,810 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +8.85% +14.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,051 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Principal Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured Principal Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Software Engineer in Bristol

Principal Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Software Engineer in Bristol.

Salary trend for Principal Software Engineer in Bristol

Principal Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Software Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Software Engineer in Bristol

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Principal Software Engineer 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 Bristol region featuring Principal Software Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 4 (40.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
3 4 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 3 (30.00%) AWS
4 3 (30.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (10.00%) C
5 1 (10.00%) Linux
5 1 (10.00%) OO
5 1 (10.00%) Python
5 1 (10.00%) Bluetooth
5 1 (10.00%) Neural Network
5 1 (10.00%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (10.00%) OFDM
5 1 (10.00%) ZigBee
5 1 (10.00%) Vue
5 1 (10.00%) SFIA
5 1 (10.00%) Concurrent Programming
5 1 (10.00%) Qt

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (30.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (10.00%) OFDM
1 1 (10.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (10.00%) ZigBee
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Flutter
1 1 (10.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (10.00%) Qt
1 1 (10.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 4 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
3 1 (10.00%) Coaching
3 1 (10.00%) Co-Creation
3 1 (10.00%) Concurrent Programming
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (10.00%) Functional Programming
3 1 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Natural Language Processing
3 1 (10.00%) Neural Network
3 1 (10.00%) OO
3 1 (10.00%) SFIA
3 1 (10.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (10.00%) C
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree