Principal Software Engineer Jobs in Hampshire

Principal Software Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Principal Software Engineer salary in Hampshire is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 - 215
Rank change year-on-year - - -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer 5 0 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.12% - 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £54,975
25th Percentile - - £56,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £63,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.64%
75th Percentile £81,250 - £69,313
90th Percentile £92,500 - £70,925
South East median annual salary £75,000 £83,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.45% +24.07% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 3,784 2,686 5,075
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 94.48% 97.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,960 2,001 3,611
10th Percentile £26,975 £28,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Principal Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Software Engineer in Hampshire

Principal Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Principal Software Engineer in Hampshire

Principal Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Software Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Software Engineer in Hampshire

Principal Software Engineer
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Software Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Southampton - 4 £73,750 -
Fareham - 1 £70,000 -
Principal Software Engineer
South East

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 9 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 Hampshire region featuring Principal Software Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (60.00%) C
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) Signal Processing
3 2 (40.00%) C++
4 1 (20.00%) Perl
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) Python
4 1 (20.00%) Intel
4 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
4 1 (20.00%) Tcl
4 1 (20.00%) Firmware
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Bash
4 1 (20.00%) Ruby
4 1 (20.00%) 5G
4 1 (20.00%) SIMD
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) 5G
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Signal Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
3 1 (20.00%) Bash
3 1 (20.00%) Perl
3 1 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Ruby
3 1 (20.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Intel