Principal Engineer Job Trends in Gosport

Principal Engineer
Hampshire > Gosport

The median Principal Engineer salary in Gosport is £58,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 8 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gosport 11.76% 3.70% -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.76% 5.88% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
% change year-on-year -1.75% -3.39% +18.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Gosport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gosport. 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 Gosport with a recognized job title 17 17 50
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 62.96% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14 9 27
10th Percentile £36,863 - £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £44,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -12.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,900 £46,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £68,500 £61,000 £64,100
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -1.96%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gosport

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Principal Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gosport.

Principal Engineer job vacancy trend in Gosport

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gosport

For the 6 months to 11 April 2026, Principal Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Gosport region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) CATIA
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) IBM
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (50.00%) SysML
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gosport by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) CATIA
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Acoustics
1 1 (50.00%) Augmented Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (50.00%) SysML
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM