Principal Software Engineer Jobs in East Cowes

Principal Software Engineer
Isle of Wight > East Cowes

The median Principal Software Engineer salary in East Cowes is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 July 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Cowes 2.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £68,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Cowes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East 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 East Cowes with a recognized job title 75 0 0
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% - -
Number of salaries quoted 27 0 0
10th Percentile £37,574 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 - -
75th Percentile £57,660 - -
90th Percentile £75,900 - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £68,000 £42,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +60.00% -20.56% +49.65%

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Cowes

For the 6 months to 28 July 2025, 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 East Cowes region featuring Principal Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Ada
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Ada 95

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

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Ada
1 2 (100.00%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207