Principal Software Engineer Job Trends in Ryde

Principal Software Engineer
Isle of Wight > Ryde

The median Principal Software Engineer salary in Ryde is £68,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Ryde 15.38% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 16.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £68,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Ryde

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Ryde. 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 Ryde with a recognized job title 12 0 0
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% - -
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £38,500 - -
25th Percentile £54,770 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile £85,700 - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +7.48% +30.49%

Principal Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Ryde

Salary distribution trend for Principal Software Engineer job vacancies in Ryde.

Salary distribution trend for Principal Software Engineer job vacancies in Ryde

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ryde

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, Principal Software 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 Ryde region featuring Principal Software Engineer in the job title.

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

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ryde 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:

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