Principal Software Engineer South East> Oxfordshire
The median Principal Software Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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 7 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
75
112
-
Rank change year-on-year
+37
-
-
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer
2
3
0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title
677
1,613
1,326
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title
88.04%
95.84%
84.78%
Number of salaries quoted
363
1,303
808
10th Percentile
£32,500
£29,000
£26,250
25th Percentile
£40,000
£36,250
£33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£55,000
£46,293
£50,000
Median % change year-on-year
+18.81%
-7.41%
-4.76%
75th Percentile
£67,500
£60,000
£65,000
90th Percentile
£80,000
£70,000
£80,000
South East median annual salary
£55,000
£50,000
£55,000
% change year-on-year
+10.00%
-9.09%
-
Principal Software Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire
Job postings that featured Principal Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.
Principal Software Engineer Salary Trend in Oxfordshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Software Engineer in Oxfordshire.
Principal Software Engineer Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire
Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Software Engineer in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.
Principal Software Engineer Skill Set Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire
For the 6 months to 7 May 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Principal Software Engineer in the job title.
Principal Software Engineer Skill Set Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:
