Principal Systems Engineer Jobs in England

Principal Systems Engineer
UK > England

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in England is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 629 930 1072
Rank change year-on-year +301 +142 -268
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 217 17 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.018% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.020% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 106 10 45
10th Percentile £55,000 £40,875 -
25th Percentile £64,205 £41,250 £61,588
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% -10.37% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,500 £73,863
90th Percentile - £75,000 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +15.70% -10.37% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,507 84,319 127,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,203 53,445 75,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,799 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,761 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in England

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Principal Systems Engineer in England

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Systems Engineer in England

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
South West +39 69 £70,000 +47.37% 8
East of England +63 48 - - 5
Midlands +61 45 £80,000 - 5
South East +59 33 £80,000 +68.42% 14
East Midlands +14 26 £65,000 - 4
West Midlands - 19 £80,000 - 1
London +136 17 £70,000 +14.75% 8
North West - 5 £60,000 - 11
North of England - 5 £60,000 - 12
Principal Systems Engineer
UK

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Principal Systems 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 England region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 98 (45.16%) Systems Engineering
2 61 (28.11%) Degree
3 46 (21.20%) Security Cleared
4 40 (18.43%) Master's Degree
5 39 (17.97%) Chartered Engineer
5 39 (17.97%) Aerospace
6 38 (17.51%) EMC
6 38 (17.51%) Project Delivery
6 38 (17.51%) Customer Service
7 20 (9.22%) Manufacturing
8 17 (7.83%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (7.37%) Rational DOORS
10 13 (5.99%) Mathematics
10 13 (5.99%) Customer Requirements
11 11 (5.07%) Technical Leadership
11 11 (5.07%) Agile
11 11 (5.07%) UML
12 10 (4.61%) SC Cleared
12 10 (4.61%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 9 (4.15%) DV Cleared
13 9 (4.15%) SysML
13 9 (4.15%) V-Model
13 9 (4.15%) Firmware
14 8 (3.69%) Management Information System
14 8 (3.69%) Information Assurance
14 8 (3.69%) Line Management
14 8 (3.69%) Requirements Management
14 8 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (3.69%) Design for Manufacturing
15 6 (2.76%) QinetiQ

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

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.76%) IIS
1 6 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (2.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 16 (7.37%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.38%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 39 (17.97%) Aerospace
2 20 (9.22%) Manufacturing
3 6 (2.76%) Finance
3 6 (2.76%) Social Skills
4 5 (2.30%) Automotive
5 4 (1.84%) Electronics
6 3 (1.38%) Games
6 3 (1.38%) Military
6 3 (1.38%) Public Sector
7 2 (0.92%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.92%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.69%) Management Information System
2 6 (2.76%) IoT
3 2 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.76%) Linux
1 6 (2.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (45.16%) Systems Engineering
2 38 (17.51%) Customer Service
2 38 (17.51%) Project Delivery
3 17 (7.83%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (5.99%) Customer Requirements
4 13 (5.99%) Mathematics
5 11 (5.07%) Agile
5 11 (5.07%) Technical Leadership
5 11 (5.07%) UML
6 10 (4.61%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 9 (4.15%) SysML
7 9 (4.15%) V-Model
8 8 (3.69%) Design for Manufacturing
8 8 (3.69%) Information Assurance
8 8 (3.69%) Line Management
8 8 (3.69%) Requirements Management
9 6 (2.76%) Information Management
9 6 (2.76%) Mentoring
9 6 (2.76%) Security Monitoring
9 6 (2.76%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.76%) SQL
2 2 (0.92%) C#
Qualifications
1 61 (28.11%) Degree
2 46 (21.20%) Security Cleared
3 40 (18.43%) Master's Degree
4 39 (17.97%) Chartered Engineer
5 10 (4.61%) SC Cleared
6 9 (4.15%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 9 (4.15%) Firmware
2 6 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.76%) Forefront TMG
2 6 (2.76%) Hyper-V
2 6 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.76%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 6 (2.76%) SCOM
1 6 (2.76%) WSUS
2 2 (0.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (17.51%) EMC
2 6 (2.76%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.76%) QinetiQ
2 6 (2.76%) VMware