Principal Engineer Job Trends in Wareham

Principal Engineer
Dorset > Wareham

The median Principal Engineer salary in Wareham is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
11 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wareham 11.54% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.54% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median annual salary £62,500 £61,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +1.63% -23.13% +18.52%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wareham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wareham. 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 Wareham with a recognized job title 52 1 12
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 6
10th Percentile - - £53,125
25th Percentile £27,707 £57,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.50% - -
75th Percentile £30,000 £62,500 -
90th Percentile £36,750 - -
Dorset median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - +5.26%

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wareham

For the 6 months to 11 March 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 Wareham region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
1 1 (16.67%) Competitor Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wareham 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
1 1 (16.67%) Competitor Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
Principal Engineer jobs