Principal Engineer Jobs in Dorset

Principal Engineer
South West > Dorset

The median Principal Engineer salary in Dorset is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 - 92
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 17 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 1.48% - 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% - 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £63,500
75th Percentile - - £65,250
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £73,250
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.22% +8.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 1,088 589 745
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.94% 84.26% 97.77%
Number of salaries quoted 650 376 593
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,094 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £73,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Dorset

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in Dorset

Principal Engineer
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Bournemouth - 9 £80,000 -
Dorchester - 5 - - 1
Principal Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Principal 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 Dorset region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Software Engineering
2 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (41.18%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (41.18%) Agile
5 6 (35.29%) Java
6 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
6 5 (29.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (29.41%) SDLC
6 5 (29.41%) Customer-Centricity
7 4 (23.53%) Swift
7 4 (23.53%) Kotlin
7 4 (23.53%) Android
7 4 (23.53%) Apple iOS
7 4 (23.53%) Mobile App
7 4 (23.53%) Mobile Application Development
7 4 (23.53%) iOS Development
7 4 (23.53%) DevOps
8 3 (17.65%) Change Management
8 3 (17.65%) Google
8 3 (17.65%) Looker
8 3 (17.65%) GDPR
8 3 (17.65%) Data Science
8 3 (17.65%) Data Engineering
8 3 (17.65%) BigQuery
8 3 (17.65%) GCP
8 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
8 3 (17.65%) Platform Engineering
8 3 (17.65%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (17.65%) Social Skills

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 (17.65%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) BigQuery
1 3 (17.65%) Looker
General
1 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Military
5 1 (5.88%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
1 1 (5.88%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.88%) AngularJS
1 1 (5.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (23.53%) Mobile App
3 2 (11.76%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Android
1 4 (23.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Software Engineering
2 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (41.18%) Agile
4 5 (29.41%) Customer-Centricity
4 5 (29.41%) SDLC
5 4 (23.53%) DevOps
5 4 (23.53%) iOS Development
5 4 (23.53%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (17.65%) Change Management
6 3 (17.65%) Data Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) Data Pipeline
6 3 (17.65%) Data Science
6 3 (17.65%) DataOps
6 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
6 3 (17.65%) Platform Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) Systems Engineering
7 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
7 2 (11.76%) Configuration Management
7 2 (11.76%) Line Management
7 2 (11.76%) UML
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) Java
2 4 (23.53%) Kotlin
2 4 (23.53%) Swift
3 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) GDPR
2 2 (11.76%) Def Stans
2 2 (11.76%) IEC 61508
2 2 (11.76%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Google