Principal Software Engineer
South West > Dorset
The median Principal Software Engineer salary in Dorset is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 August 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
3 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
59 |
83 |
71 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+24 |
-12 |
+18 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer |
3 |
5 |
1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset |
0.58% |
0.47% |
0.18% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.60% |
0.50% |
0.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£75,900 |
£80,000 |
- |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-5.13% |
- |
- |
| South West median annual salary |
£87,950 |
£75,000 |
£90,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+17.27% |
-16.67% |
+2.86% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 |
502 |
1,004 |
432 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
96.54% |
94.99% |
78.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
260 |
578 |
362 |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,750 |
£30,350 |
£32,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£40,000 |
£38,313 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£47,500 |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-5.00% |
-4.76% |
+5.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£62,625 |
£60,000 |
£67,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£65,000 |
£77,500 |
| South West median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£54,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-7.41% |
+8.00% |
