Principal Engineer Jobs
 
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 across the UK. 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 22 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 currently tracked.

Location
 3 months to
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Engineer
Rank 752 752 670
Rank change year-on-year
0 -82
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 112 148 200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.103% 0.121% 0.164%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.109% 0.127% 0.174%
Number of salaries quoted 81 117 149
Average salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £38,300 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +4.39%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 102708 116230 115193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 85414 99672 97379
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Principal Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Principal Engineer Salary Trend

Principal Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Principal Engineer over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

Principal Engineer Salary Histogram

Principal Engineer
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England -4 107 £55,000 +4.76%
London +36 36 £75,000 +15.38%
South East +22 35 £45,000 -7.69%
East of England -8 24 £50,000 -9.09%
Berkshire +21 19 £50,000 -
Cambridge +16 15 £50,000 -7.40%
Cambridgeshire +13 15 £50,000 -4.76%
Reading - 15 £50,000 -
City of London +26 13 £75,000 +36.36%
Oxford - 7 £45,000 -
Oxfordshire - 7 £45,000 -
South West -2 6 £55,000 +48.13%
Hertfordshire -7 5 £45,000 -21.73%
Surrey +17 4 £40,000 -15.78%
Essex +17 4 - -
Stevenage -2 4 £42,500 -26.08%
Brentwood - 4 - -
North East +7 3 - -
Tyne and Wear -1 3 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne -2 3 - -
North West -7 3 £34,500 -16.86%
Hammersmith - 3 £65,000 -
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
Cumbria - 3 £34,500 -
Belfast - 3 - -
Barrow-in-Furness - 3 £34,500 -
County Antrim - 3 - -
Bristol -10 2 £43,250 +16.49%
Slough +2 1 £50,000 -
Buckinghamshire -9 1 £41,500 -17.00%

Principal Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 60 (28.44%) Java
2 59 (27.96%) Agile Software Development
3 47 (22.27%) C++
4 46 (21.80%) Linux
5 45 (21.33%) Windows
5 45 (21.33%) Degree
6 41 (19.43%) C
7 39 (18.48%) C#
8 38 (18.01%) Computer Science
9 29 (13.74%) 3G
10 25 (11.85%) LTE
10 25 (11.85%) Wireless
11 22 (10.43%) Embedded C
12 21 (9.953%) Firmware
13 20 (9.479%) Middleware
13 20 (9.479%) Microsoft
14 19 (9.005%) Solaris
15 18 (8.531%) UML
15 18 (8.531%) UNIX
15 18 (8.531%) JMS
16 17 (8.057%) Bluetooth
16 17 (8.057%) Web Services
16 17 (8.057%) MATLAB
17 16 (7.583%) JavaScript
17 16 (7.583%) Validation
18 15 (7.109%) .NET
18 15 (7.109%) SOA
18 15 (7.109%) Project Management
18 15 (7.109%) Android
18 15 (7.109%) Capacity Management

Principal Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 20 (9.479%) Middleware
2 18 (8.531%) JMS
3 17 (8.057%) Web Services
4 15 (7.109%) .NET
5 12 (5.687%) CSS
6 9 (4.265%) HTML
6 9 (4.265%) XML
7 8 (3.791%) JSON
8 7 (3.318%) REST
9 5 (2.370%) Ajax
9 5 (2.370%) HTML5
10 4 (1.896%) LAMP
10 4 (1.896%) Hibernate
10 4 (1.896%) Spring
11 3 (1.422%) XHTML
11 3 (1.422%) RSS
11 3 (1.422%) XML Schema
11 3 (1.422%) Qt
11 3 (1.422%) RESTful
12 2 (0.948%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 6 (2.844%) Apache
2 4 (1.896%) MS Exchange
3 3 (1.422%) Amazon EMR
3 3 (1.422%) Amazon SQS
3 3 (1.422%) Amazon AWS
4 2 (0.948%) CMS
4 2 (0.948%) OpenCms
4 2 (0.948%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.474%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.474%) IIS
5 1 (0.474%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.474%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.474%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.474%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 5 (2.370%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.422%) MS Office
3 2 (0.948%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.474%) Simulink
4 1 (0.474%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.474%) Pro/ENGINEER
Business Applications
1 7 (3.318%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (13.74%) 3G
2 25 (11.85%) LTE
2 25 (11.85%) Wireless
3 17 (8.057%) Bluetooth
4 14 (6.635%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (5.687%) OFDM
5 12 (5.687%) INAP
5 12 (5.687%) WLAN
5 12 (5.687%) SIGTRAN
6 9 (4.265%) LDAP
6 9 (4.265%) LAN
6 9 (4.265%) Radio Access Network
7 8 (3.791%) WAN
8 7 (3.318%) GSM
8 7 (3.318%) SAN
9 6 (2.844%) MIMO
9 6 (2.844%) WiMAX
9 6 (2.844%) 802.11
9 6 (2.844%) UTRAN
9 6 (2.844%) WCDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.635%) MySQL
2 13 (6.161%) SQL Server
3 11 (5.213%) NoSQL
4 9 (4.265%) Informix
5 7 (3.318%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.318%) OLTP
5 7 (3.318%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (3.318%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (3.318%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 5 (2.370%) Data Mining
6 5 (2.370%) GIS
7 3 (1.422%) Amazon DynamoDB
7 3 (1.422%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.422%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.948%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.474%) Redis
9 1 (0.474%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 6 (2.844%) Rational Rhapsody
1 6 (2.844%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.896%) Selenium
2 4 (1.896%) ClearCase
2 4 (1.896%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.948%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.948%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (0.474%) JIRA
4 1 (0.474%) FitNesse
4 1 (0.474%) WATIR
4 1 (0.474%) Subversion
4 1 (0.474%) Capybara
4 1 (0.474%) Cobertura
4 1 (0.474%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.474%) Git (software)
General
1 13 (6.161%) Telecoms
2 12 (5.687%) Electronics
3 9 (4.265%) Automotive
4 7 (3.318%) Manufacturing
5 5 (2.370%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (2.370%) Games
5 5 (2.370%) Advertising
6 4 (1.896%) Finance
6 4 (1.896%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.422%) Military
8 2 (0.948%) Music
9 1 (0.474%) Marketing
9 1 (0.474%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 38 (18.01%) Computer Science
2 21 (9.953%) Firmware
3 13 (6.161%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.213%) Open Source
5 9 (4.265%) Mathematics
5 9 (4.265%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 8 (3.791%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (3.318%) Physics
7 7 (3.318%) Replication
7 7 (3.318%) Clustering
8 6 (2.844%) Ontologies
9 4 (1.896%) Semantic Web
9 4 (1.896%) SaaS
9 4 (1.896%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.896%) BBC
9 4 (1.896%) W3C
10 2 (0.948%) VHDL
10 2 (0.948%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.474%) iDTV
11 1 (0.474%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 46 (21.80%) Linux
2 45 (21.33%) Windows
3 19 (9.005%) Solaris
4 18 (8.531%) UNIX
5 15 (7.109%) Android
6 11 (5.213%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.422%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.422%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.474%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.474%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.474%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (27.96%) Agile Software Development
2 18 (8.531%) UML
3 16 (7.583%) Validation
4 15 (7.109%) SOA
4 15 (7.109%) Project Management
4 15 (7.109%) Capacity Management
5 13 (6.161%) Scrum
5 13 (6.161%) Software Engineering
5 13 (6.161%) Multithreading
6 12 (5.687%) Vulnerability Management
6 12 (5.687%) SIEM
6 12 (5.687%) OO
6 12 (5.687%) E-Commerce
6 12 (5.687%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (5.687%) Risk Management
7 10 (4.739%) Signal Processing
7 10 (4.739%) ITIL
8 8 (3.791%) Digital Signal Processing
8 8 (3.791%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (3.791%) Domain-Driven Design
Programming Languages
1 60 (28.44%) Java
2 47 (22.27%) C++
3 41 (19.43%) C
4 39 (18.48%) C#
5 22 (10.43%) Embedded C
6 17 (8.057%) MATLAB
7 16 (7.583%) JavaScript
8 13 (6.161%) SQL
9 10 (4.739%) Assembly Language
10 9 (4.265%) Embedded C++
11 8 (3.791%) PHP
12 7 (3.318%) T-SQL
12 7 (3.318%) Perl
12 7 (3.318%) Python
13 5 (2.370%) Ada
13 5 (2.370%) Ruby
14 4 (1.896%) ActionScript
15 2 (0.948%) VC++
16 1 (0.474%) Tcl
16 1 (0.474%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 45 (21.33%) Degree
2 11 (5.213%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.739%) PhD
4 5 (2.370%) ISEB
4 5 (2.370%) CISSP
4 5 (2.370%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.896%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.422%) CCNP
6 3 (1.422%) GIAC
7 2 (0.948%) CISM
7 2 (0.948%) CCNA
8 1 (0.474%) HND
8 1 (0.474%) CCDP
8 1 (0.474%) CCIE
8 1 (0.474%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.474%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.687%) QA
2 3 (1.422%) Dublin Core
3 2 (0.948%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.948%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.474%) DO-254
System Software
1 10 (4.739%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.844%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.422%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.422%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.474%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 1 (0.474%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (0.474%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 20 (9.479%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.161%) VMware
3 10 (4.739%) Oracle
4 9 (4.265%) Mitel
5 8 (3.791%) SAP
6 5 (2.370%) EMC
6 5 (2.370%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 4 (1.896%) Nokia
8 3 (1.422%) Symbian
8 3 (1.422%) Cisco
9 2 (0.948%) Xilinx
9 2 (0.948%) Juniper
9 2 (0.948%) HP
10 1 (0.474%) Sybase
10 1 (0.474%) Dell
10 1 (0.474%) Apple
10 1 (0.474%) Sun
10 1 (0.474%) Avaya
10 1 (0.474%) IBM
10 1 (0.474%) Symantec
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Principal Software Engineer - Windows OS
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Principal Electronic Engineer Cirencester £60,000
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Principal C++ Linux Python Software Engineer- Cambridge
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Principal Embedded Software Engineer (DSP,C++, C & RTOS)
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Principal Embedded Software Engineer (DSP,C++, C & RTOS)
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Principal Software Engineer
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Principal RF Engineer - Analogue, RF systems, RF circuit design
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Salary: to £65k
Posted: 20 May 2013
Principal Engineer, Analogue Design Automation
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Senior/Principal DSP Engineer
Hertfordshire, South East
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Senior/Principal DSP Engineer - Wireless RF
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum
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Principal Engineer, Digital Design
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Principal IC engineer - Swindon - £80,000
Swindon, South West
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Principal IC Engineer - Gloucester £70,000
Gloucestershire, South West
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Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + Pension, Bonus
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Posted: 16 May 2013
Principal Engineer (Design for Manufacturing) - DfM, Operations, BEOL
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Principal Engineer Analogue/RF IC Design
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Principal Digital Physical Design Engineer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Principal Verification Engineer- Hardware
Cambridge, East Anglia
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Principal Hardware Engineer (Wireless)
Brentwood, South East
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Principal Hardware Engineer (Wireless)
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Principal Engineer, Analogue/RF IC Design
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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