Principal Software Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough
The median Principal Software Engineer salary in Farnborough is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
28 |
- |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Farnborough |
1.23% |
- |
- |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.29% |
- |
- |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£75,900 |
- |
- |
| Hampshire median annual salary |
£75,900 |
£70,000 |
- |
| % change year-on-year |
+8.43% |
- |
- |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title |
155 |
158 |
219 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
95.09% |
90.80% |
95.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
82 |
125 |
176 |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,200 |
£27,500 |
£26,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
£42,188 |
£41,250 |
£40,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,160 |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+0.29% |
- |
-12.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£79,250 |
£72,500 |
£75,313 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,000 |
£86,500 |
£85,000 |
| Hampshire median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-4.76% |
- |
