Principal Engineer Jobs in Cowes

Principal Engineer
Isle of Wight > Cowes

The median Principal Engineer salary in Cowes is £70,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

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

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 56 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cowes 22.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 22.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 36 0 0
10th Percentile £65,000 - -
25th Percentile £68,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £70,600 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cowes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cowes. 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 Cowes with a recognized job title 247 5 0
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.63% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 146 5 0
10th Percentile £47,683 - -
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £42,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.88% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £43,750 -
90th Percentile £70,600 - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £65,000 £42,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year +52.94% -2.30% +12.99%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cowes

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Cowes

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in Cowes

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

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in Cowes

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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 Cowes region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (82.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 45 (80.36%) Systems Engineering
3 34 (60.71%) Electronics
4 26 (46.43%) Rational DOORS
5 25 (44.64%) Signal Processing
5 25 (44.64%) Test Planning
5 25 (44.64%) Algorithms
5 25 (44.64%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 25 (44.64%) IBM
5 25 (44.64%) Technical Leadership
6 19 (33.93%) Software Engineering
7 17 (30.36%) Degree
8 11 (19.64%) Agile
9 10 (17.86%) UML
9 10 (17.86%) Computer Science
9 10 (17.86%) Chartered Engineer
9 10 (17.86%) Waterfall
10 9 (16.07%) Decision-Making
10 9 (16.07%) Software Assurance
11 7 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
11 7 (12.50%) Validation
12 6 (10.71%) Mathematics
12 6 (10.71%) Physics
12 6 (10.71%) Coaching
13 3 (5.36%) Ada 95
13 3 (5.36%) Problem-Solving
13 3 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 12207
13 3 (5.36%) Ada
13 3 (5.36%) Configuration Management
14 1 (1.79%) Requirements Management

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

Development Applications
1 26 (46.43%) Rational DOORS
General
1 34 (60.71%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 25 (44.64%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (80.36%) Systems Engineering
2 25 (44.64%) Signal Processing
2 25 (44.64%) Technical Leadership
2 25 (44.64%) Test Planning
3 19 (33.93%) Software Engineering
4 11 (19.64%) Agile
5 10 (17.86%) Computer Science
5 10 (17.86%) UML
5 10 (17.86%) Waterfall
6 9 (16.07%) Decision-Making
6 9 (16.07%) Software Assurance
7 7 (12.50%) Validation
7 7 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
8 6 (10.71%) Coaching
8 6 (10.71%) Mathematics
8 6 (10.71%) Physics
9 3 (5.36%) Configuration Management
9 3 (5.36%) Problem-Solving
10 1 (1.79%) Requirements Gathering
10 1 (1.79%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.36%) Ada
1 3 (5.36%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 46 (82.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 17 (30.36%) Degree
3 10 (17.86%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (44.64%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 25 (44.64%) IBM