Principal Software Engineer Jobs in Yeovil

Principal Software Engineer
Somerset > Yeovil

The median Principal Software Engineer salary in Yeovil is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yeovil 2.94% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
Somerset median annual salary £75,900 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yeovil

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yeovil. 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 Yeovil with a recognized job title 96 115 20
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 99.14% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 30 89 10
10th Percentile £37,574 £27,200 £31,450
25th Percentile - £30,000 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.24% -26.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,500 £55,938
90th Percentile £75,900 £60,000 £57,663
Somerset median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% +5.56%

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yeovil

For the 6 months to 4 August 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 Yeovil region featuring Principal Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) Ada
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (100.00%) Ada 95

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yeovil 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Ada
1 3 (100.00%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207