Principal Software Engineer Jobs in Kent

Principal Software Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Principal Software Engineer salary in Kent is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 - 113
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer 10 0 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.84% - 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% - 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £67,500 - -
25th Percentile £73,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +21.43% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,152 583 1,555
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.05% 95.11% 97.37%
Number of salaries quoted 600 408 731
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.53% -2.11%
75th Percentile £64,000 £60,800 £61,888
90th Percentile £73,075 £72,150 £80,250
South East median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +8.91%

Principal Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Software Engineer in Kent

Principal Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Software Engineer in Kent.

Salary trend for Principal Software Engineer in Kent

Principal Software Engineer
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Software Engineer within the Kent region over the 6 months to 20 September 2024. 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
Rochester - 10 £75,000 - 2
Principal Software Engineer
South East

Principal Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, 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 Kent region featuring Principal Software Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Linux
1 10 (100.00%) UML
1 10 (100.00%) Python
1 10 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 10 (100.00%) C
1 10 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 10 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
1 10 (100.00%) Physics
1 10 (100.00%) Git
1 10 (100.00%) Electronics
1 10 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 10 (100.00%) Validation
1 10 (100.00%) Military
1 10 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 10 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
2 8 (80.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 8 (80.00%) Power Management
2 8 (80.00%) Agile
2 8 (80.00%) Subversion
2 8 (80.00%) Scrum
2 8 (80.00%) Wind River
2 8 (80.00%) Simulink
2 8 (80.00%) VxWorks
2 8 (80.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (30.00%) C++

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

Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 10 (100.00%) Git
2 8 (80.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 8 (80.00%) Subversion
General
1 10 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 10 (100.00%) Electronics
1 10 (100.00%) Military
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Linux
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (80.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Physics
1 10 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 10 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 10 (100.00%) UML
1 10 (100.00%) Validation
1 10 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
2 8 (80.00%) Agile
2 8 (80.00%) Configuration Management
2 8 (80.00%) Power Management
2 8 (80.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C
1 10 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (30.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Wind River