Principal Engineer Jobs in the Isle of Wight

Principal Engineer
South East > Isle of Wight

The median Principal Engineer salary in the Isle of Wight is £70,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 231 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Isle of Wight 26.46% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 26.99% - -
Number of salaries quoted 184 0 0
10th Percentile £65,000 - -
25th Percentile £68,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £70,600 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.87% +7.14% +3.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Isle of Wight

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Isle of Wight. 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 the Isle of Wight with a recognized job title 856 12 13
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.05% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 618 12 3
10th Percentile £47,683 - £26,850
25th Percentile £60,000 £22,500 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £42,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -2.30% +12.99%
75th Percentile £70,600 £43,750 £46,750
90th Percentile - £53,875 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Isle of Wight

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in the Isle of Wight

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in the Isle of Wight

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in the Isle of Wight.

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in the Isle of Wight

Principal Engineer
Job Locations in the Isle of Wight

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the Isle of Wight region over the 6 months to 5 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cowes - 53 £70,600 - 4
Ryde - 32 £70,600 - 1
Sandown - 31 £70,600 - 1
Freshwater - 31 £70,600 - 1
Bembridge - 30 £70,600 - 1
East Cowes - 24 - -
Principal Engineer
South East

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Isle of Wight

For the 6 months to 5 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 Isle of Wight region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 193 (83.55%) BPSS Clearance
2 177 (76.62%) Systems Engineering
3 153 (66.23%) Electronics
4 137 (59.31%) Rational DOORS
5 135 (58.44%) Signal Processing
5 135 (58.44%) Test Planning
5 135 (58.44%) Algorithms
5 135 (58.44%) IBM
5 135 (58.44%) Technical Leadership
5 135 (58.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 68 (29.44%) Software Engineering
7 67 (29.00%) Degree
8 53 (22.94%) Chartered Engineer
8 53 (22.94%) Waterfall
9 52 (22.51%) Agile
10 50 (21.65%) UML
10 50 (21.65%) Computer Science
11 18 (7.79%) Decision-Making
11 18 (7.79%) Software Assurance
12 15 (6.49%) Mathematics
12 15 (6.49%) Physics
12 15 (6.49%) Coaching
13 14 (6.06%) Validation
13 14 (6.06%) Verification and Validation
14 9 (3.90%) Configuration Management
15 6 (2.60%) Ada 95
15 6 (2.60%) Problem-Solving
15 6 (2.60%) Ada
15 6 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 12207
16 3 (1.30%) Micro Focus

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Isle of Wight 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
1 137 (59.31%) Rational DOORS
General
1 153 (66.23%) Electronics
2 2 (0.87%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 135 (58.44%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (76.62%) Systems Engineering
2 135 (58.44%) Signal Processing
2 135 (58.44%) Technical Leadership
2 135 (58.44%) Test Planning
3 68 (29.44%) Software Engineering
4 53 (22.94%) Waterfall
5 52 (22.51%) Agile
6 50 (21.65%) Computer Science
6 50 (21.65%) UML
7 18 (7.79%) Decision-Making
7 18 (7.79%) Software Assurance
8 15 (6.49%) Coaching
8 15 (6.49%) Mathematics
8 15 (6.49%) Physics
9 14 (6.06%) Validation
9 14 (6.06%) Verification and Validation
10 9 (3.90%) Configuration Management
11 6 (2.60%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (1.30%) Release Management
12 3 (1.30%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.60%) Ada
1 6 (2.60%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 193 (83.55%) BPSS Clearance
2 67 (29.00%) Degree
3 53 (22.94%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (58.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 6 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 135 (58.44%) IBM
2 3 (1.30%) Micro Focus