Principal Engineer Contracts in Essex

Principal Engineer
East of England > Essex

As of 29 April 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Engineer daily rate in Essex.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 20 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 8.89% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 9.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 0 0
10th Percentile £52.50 - -
25th Percentile £54.75 - -
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Essex

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Essex. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Essex with a recognized job title 214 224 370
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.11% 93.33% 93.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 135 230
10th Percentile £250 £161 £187
25th Percentile £350 £243 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £492
Median % change year-on-year - -8.44% +15.65%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £577
90th Percentile £600 £620 £631
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 16 41
10th Percentile £12.86 £20.40 £14.75
25th Percentile £16.65 £24.09 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.98 £43.32 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.32% +80.48% +9.36%
75th Percentile £80.00 £63.31 £35.20
90th Percentile - £69.51 £67.36
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.40 £15.50
% change year-on-year +21.47% +128.39% -8.55%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Essex

Principal Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in Essex.

Hourly rate trend for Principal Engineer in Essex

Principal Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Essex

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Principal Engineer in Essex over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Principal Engineer in Essex

Principal Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Basildon - 20 - - 1
Principal Engineer
East of England

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Principal Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the Essex region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (65.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 7 (35.00%) MATLAB
3 5 (25.00%) C
3 5 (25.00%) Embedded C
3 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (20.00%) Model Validation
4 4 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
4 4 (20.00%) Algorithms
4 4 (20.00%) Image Processing
4 4 (20.00%) Signal Processing
4 4 (20.00%) Clustering
5 3 (15.00%) PDM
5 3 (15.00%) Data Management
5 3 (15.00%) Physics
5 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (15.00%) Electronics
5 3 (15.00%) Military
5 3 (15.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (15.00%) Analogue Electronics
5 3 (15.00%) Keysight
6 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared

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

General
1 3 (15.00%) Electronics
1 3 (15.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (20.00%) Clustering
2 3 (15.00%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (20.00%) Image Processing
2 4 (20.00%) Model Validation
2 4 (20.00%) Signal Processing
2 4 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (15.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (15.00%) Data Management
3 3 (15.00%) PDM
3 3 (15.00%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) MATLAB
2 5 (25.00%) C
2 5 (25.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Keysight