Principal Engineer Jobs in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Principal Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the East of England region.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Engineer
Rank 238 231 179
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 24 39 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.289% 0.445% 0.981%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.303% 0.460% 1.036%
Number of salaries quoted 20 30 88
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +30.95%
90% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £42,500 £38,200
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,250
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +4.97%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 7915 8479 8883
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.40% 96.70% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 6895 7100 7595
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Principal Engineer
England

Principal Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Principal Engineer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England Principal Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Principal Engineer across the East of England region.

East of England Principal Engineer Salary Trend

Principal Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Principal Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East of England Principal Engineer Salary Histogram

Principal Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire +14 15 £50,000 -4.76%
Hertfordshire -4 5 £45,000 -21.73%
Essex +30 4 - -
Principal Engineer
England

Principal Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Principal Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Principal Engineer in their job title.

1 30 (81.08%) C++
2 19 (51.35%) Windows
2 19 (51.35%) Linux
3 18 (48.65%) Solaris
3 18 (48.65%) Java
3 18 (48.65%) JMS
3 18 (48.65%) Middleware
3 18 (48.65%) Agile Software Development
4 14 (37.84%) C
5 11 (29.73%) Bluetooth
5 11 (29.73%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (29.73%) Degree
6 7 (18.92%) MATLAB
6 7 (18.92%) Wireless
6 7 (18.92%) Firmware
7 6 (16.22%) WLAN
7 6 (16.22%) Embedded C
7 6 (16.22%) Embedded C++
8 5 (13.51%) Manufacturing
9 4 (10.81%) EMC
9 4 (10.81%) Broadband
9 4 (10.81%) DVB
10 3 (8.108%) Configuration Management
10 3 (8.108%) Ada
10 3 (8.108%) UML
10 3 (8.108%) OO
10 3 (8.108%) Software Engineering
10 3 (8.108%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (8.108%) Security Cleared
10 3 (8.108%) SysML

Principal Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Principal Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Principal Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (48.65%) JMS
1 18 (48.65%) Middleware
2 1 (2.703%) DOM
2 1 (2.703%) HTML
2 1 (2.703%) WebKit
2 1 (2.703%) Qt
Communications & Networking
1 11 (29.73%) Bluetooth
1 11 (29.73%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (18.92%) Wireless
3 6 (16.22%) WLAN
4 4 (10.81%) Broadband
4 4 (10.81%) DVB
5 1 (2.703%) LAN
5 1 (2.703%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 3 (8.108%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (8.108%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 5 (13.51%) Manufacturing
2 2 (5.405%) Electronics
3 1 (2.703%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.703%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Firmware
2 2 (5.405%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.703%) ASIC
3 1 (2.703%) VHDL
3 1 (2.703%) Verilog
3 1 (2.703%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (2.703%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.703%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.703%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 19 (51.35%) Windows
1 19 (51.35%) Linux
2 18 (48.65%) Solaris
3 1 (2.703%) Mac OS X
3 1 (2.703%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (8.108%) Configuration Management
2 3 (8.108%) UML
2 3 (8.108%) OO
2 3 (8.108%) Software Engineering
2 3 (8.108%) SysML
2 3 (8.108%) Requirements Management
2 3 (8.108%) Test Strategy
3 2 (5.405%) OOD
4 1 (2.703%) Software Testing
4 1 (2.703%) Multithreading
4 1 (2.703%) Electronic Design Automation
Programming Languages
1 30 (81.08%) C++
2 18 (48.65%) Java
3 14 (37.84%) C
4 7 (18.92%) MATLAB
5 6 (16.22%) Embedded C
5 6 (16.22%) Embedded C++
6 3 (8.108%) Ada
7 2 (5.405%) Python
7 2 (5.405%) Perl
8 1 (2.703%) Tcl
8 1 (2.703%) PHP
8 1 (2.703%) SQL
8 1 (2.703%) C#
8 1 (2.703%) JavaScript
8 1 (2.703%) Objective-C
8 1 (2.703%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) Degree
2 3 (8.108%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.405%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.703%) ISEB
4 1 (2.703%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) EMC
Principal C++ Linux Python Software Engineer- Cambridge
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Main Responsibilities: To demonstrate Software Engineering excellence. Continuously improving the code base Providing input into the estimation process Review designs and architecture Input into the technical strategy of...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £55000 per annum + Good benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Principal RF Engineer - Analogue, RF systems, RF circuit design
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
From high volume short-range consumer wireless products, through to professional high-performance systems such as air-traffic-control radios and satellite phone systems. Main purpose of the...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £65k
Posted: 20 May 2013
Principal Engineer, Analogue Design Automation
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: Experience in programming in TCl, Skill, Perl/Python or similar in a Linux environment... Degree in physics, computer science, electronics engineering or other relevant scientific degree... Keywords:...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Senior/Principal DSP Engineer
Hertfordshire, South East
You will have the opportunity to work on market leading wireless, cellular and connectivity standards (WLAN, 80211AC, LTE, LTE-Advanced, HSPA+) on the company's innovative and technically...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: Competitive upon experience
Posted: 21 May 2013
Senior/Principal DSP Engineer - Wireless RF
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
You will have the opportunity to work on market leading wireless, cellular and connectivity standards (WLAN, 80211AC, LTE, LTE-Advanced, and HSPA+) on our client's innovative and...
Connectus
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Principal Engineer, Digital Design
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Degree (or equivalent qualification) in maths/science/electronics... Experience of FPGA design for ASIC emulation... Experience on Protocols e.g.WLAN/BT... Keywords: Principal, Engineer, Digital, Design, RTL,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Principal Engineer (Design for Manufacturing) - DfM, Operations, Advanced Packaging, BEOL, Cambridge, to £65k + Benefits + Relocation
Cambridge, East Anglia
Specific responsibilities will include: IP protection; alternative sourcing capabilities; liaise with key suppliers and engineering groups; assist in tape-out activities; troubleshoot packaging issues as they arise; manage...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £65k + Benefits + Relocation
Posted: 16 May 2013
Principal Engineer (Design for Manufacturing) - DfM, Operations, BEOL
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: - Strong academic background including an advanced degree (Masters of PhD) in a science or engineering discipline... - Industry proven experience of packaging technologies for electronic component design including...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £65k + Benefits + Relocation
Posted: 16 May 2013
Principal Engineer Analogue/RF IC Design
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Job Description: The role of a Principal Engineer, Analogue Design is to act as a key contributor to the design, implementation and verification of our client’s range...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Principal Digital Physical Design Engineer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
It will also involve the writing, structuring and management of scripts in a variety of languages such as TCL, Perl and Makefiles... Requirements: Suitable candidates for the role...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Principal Verification Engineer- Hardware
Cambridge, East Anglia
Location: CambridgeSalary: £35k - £55kSkills: Verification, Media processing, SystemVerilogOur client, a world-renowned electronics company, is seeking an exceptional Principal Verification Engineer to join their Media Processing division, who...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £90000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Principal Hardware Engineer (Wireless)
Brentwood, South East
You will be accountable for hardware solutions at consultant level having extensive knowledge of DVB-S/C/T frontends, LNB's, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and antenna design; as...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Bonus & bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Principal Hardware Engineer (Wireless)
Brentwood, South East
You will be accountable for hardware solutions at consultant level having extensive knowledge of DVB-S/C/T frontends, LNB's, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and antenna design; as...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Bonus & bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Principal Engineer, Analogue/RF IC Design
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Job Description: Participate in the design of part of our clients next-generation embedded power supply management and audio systems from system level through cell and transistor level...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
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