The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the South East 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 24 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Engineer
Rank 396 418 400
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 37 21 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.167% 0.088% 0.105%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.176% 0.093% 0.111%
Number of salaries quoted 18 13 20
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £54,125
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -12.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £41,050 £42,100 £44,750
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £54,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +4.39%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20978 22652 21667
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.79% 95.25% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17417 19544 18626
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Principal Engineer Salary Trend

Principal Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Principal Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire +21 20 £50,000 -
Oxfordshire - 7 £45,000 -
Surrey +8 4 £40,000 -15.78%
Buckinghamshire -9 1 £41,500 -17.00%
Kent - 1 - -
Principal Engineer
England

Principal Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 22 (38.60%) 3G
2 19 (33.33%) LTE
3 18 (31.58%) Degree
4 16 (28.07%) Validation
4 16 (28.07%) Capacity Management
5 15 (26.32%) C
5 15 (26.32%) Embedded C
6 13 (22.81%) Firmware
6 13 (22.81%) INAP
6 13 (22.81%) SIGTRAN
7 11 (19.30%) Project Management
8 10 (17.54%) Radio Access Network
9 9 (15.79%) Wireless
10 8 (14.04%) Electronics
11 7 (12.28%) Automotive
11 7 (12.28%) Assembly Language
12 6 (10.53%) Network Design
12 6 (10.53%) Nokia Siemens Networks
12 6 (10.53%) OFDM
12 6 (10.53%) MGW
12 6 (10.53%) UTRAN
12 6 (10.53%) Telecoms
12 6 (10.53%) WCDMA
12 6 (10.53%) 3GPP
12 6 (10.53%) UMTS
12 6 (10.53%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (8.772%) GSM
13 5 (8.772%) Web Services
13 5 (8.772%) Windows
13 5 (8.772%) Nokia

Principal Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 5 (8.772%) Web Services
2 2 (3.509%) Spring
2 2 (3.509%) JSON
2 2 (3.509%) Qt
2 2 (3.509%) RESTful
2 2 (3.509%) Hibernate
2 2 (3.509%) RSS
2 2 (3.509%) XML
2 2 (3.509%) MFC
2 2 (3.509%) XML Schema
3 1 (1.754%) .NET
3 1 (1.754%) J2EE
3 1 (1.754%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.509%) Amazon AWS
1 2 (3.509%) Amazon SQS
1 2 (3.509%) Amazon EMR
Applications
1 2 (3.509%) Simulink
1 2 (3.509%) MS Excel
1 2 (3.509%) MS Office
1 2 (3.509%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 22 (38.60%) 3G
2 19 (33.33%) LTE
3 13 (22.81%) INAP
3 13 (22.81%) SIGTRAN
4 10 (17.54%) Radio Access Network
5 9 (15.79%) Wireless
6 6 (10.53%) OFDM
6 6 (10.53%) MGW
6 6 (10.53%) UTRAN
6 6 (10.53%) WCDMA
6 6 (10.53%) 3GPP
6 6 (10.53%) UMTS
7 5 (8.772%) GSM
7 5 (8.772%) ISUP
8 3 (5.263%) Bluetooth
8 3 (5.263%) GPRS
8 3 (5.263%) ZigBee
9 2 (3.509%) BSS
9 2 (3.509%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (3.509%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.263%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.509%) Hadoop
2 2 (3.509%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.509%) NoSQL
2 2 (3.509%) Data Mining
2 2 (3.509%) Amazon DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (7.018%) ClearCase
2 3 (5.263%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (14.04%) Electronics
2 7 (12.28%) Automotive
3 6 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.018%) Military
4 4 (7.018%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.263%) Advertising
5 3 (5.263%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.509%) Finance
7 1 (1.754%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) Firmware
2 6 (10.53%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (8.772%) Computer Science
4 3 (5.263%) Open Source
5 2 (3.509%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 1 (1.754%) VHDL
6 1 (1.754%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.754%) Ontologies
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.772%) Windows
2 2 (3.509%) Android
2 2 (3.509%) Windows 7
2 2 (3.509%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.07%) Validation
1 16 (28.07%) Capacity Management
2 11 (19.30%) Project Management
3 6 (10.53%) Network Design
4 4 (7.018%) Signal Processing
5 3 (5.263%) UML
5 3 (5.263%) Digital Forensics
5 3 (5.263%) Test Management
5 3 (5.263%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (5.263%) Data Analysis
6 2 (3.509%) Automated Testing
6 2 (3.509%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (3.509%) Document Management
6 2 (3.509%) Image Processing
6 2 (3.509%) Requirements Management
6 2 (3.509%) Digital Signal Processing
6 2 (3.509%) Service Delivery
6 2 (3.509%) RDF
7 1 (1.754%) OOA/OOD
7 1 (1.754%) OO
Programming Languages
1 15 (26.32%) C
1 15 (26.32%) Embedded C
2 7 (12.28%) Assembly Language
3 4 (7.018%) MATLAB
3 4 (7.018%) C++
4 2 (3.509%) VC++
4 2 (3.509%) Embedded C++
5 1 (1.754%) C#
Qualifications
1 18 (31.58%) Degree
2 3 (5.263%) GIAC
2 3 (5.263%) CISSP
3 2 (3.509%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.509%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.509%) ISEB
4 1 (1.754%) HND
4 1 (1.754%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.509%) Dublin Core
1 2 (3.509%) DO-254
2 1 (1.754%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.754%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.509%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (10.53%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 5 (8.772%) Nokia
3 4 (7.018%) VMware
4 3 (5.263%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.509%) Mitel
5 2 (3.509%) Xilinx
5 2 (3.509%) Symbian
6 1 (1.754%) EMC
6 1 (1.754%) Actel
6 1 (1.754%) Mentor Graphics
Oxford, Oxfordshire
My client is looking to expand the team currently based at their site in Oxford by bringing on board a Principal Firmware Engineer to be focal point in...
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Salary: £40000 - £50000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
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Principal Voice CS Core Design Lead / Architect ideally who has managed small teams but is also a technical specialist in the Circuit Switched Core / CS Core particularly ideally...
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Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + £6k Car Allow + Bonus to 20%
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Randstad Technologies
Salary: £40000 - £45000.00 per annum + car allowance & bonus
Posted: 23 May 2013