Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Principal Systems 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 Systems Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 Principal Systems Engineer
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank664707932
Rank change year-on-year
Up+43Up+225
Matching permanent IT job ads23021
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.003 %0.030 %0.010 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.003 %0.032 %0.011 %
Salaries quoted21515
Average salary£60,000£40,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.14 %-10.00 %
UK excluding London average salary£60,000£40,500£45,000
% change year-on-year
+48.14 %-10.00 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7351394340190321
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.36 %93.34 %94.18 %
Salaries quoted6085779289154271
Average salary£40,000£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.890 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

Principal Systems Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Principal Systems Engineer Demand Trend

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer within the UK.

Principal Systems Engineer Salary Trend

Principal Systems Engineer
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+472£60,000+48.14 %
South WestUp+302£60,000+41.17 %
DevonNew entry-2£60,000-

Principal Systems Engineer
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Principal Systems 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 Systems Engineer in their job title.

14 (57.14 %)Wireless
23 (42.86 %)Military
23 (42.86 %)MATLAB
32 (28.57 %)GSM
32 (28.57 %)3G
32 (28.57 %)Validation
32 (28.57 %)Requirements Analysis
32 (28.57 %)Business Development
41 (14.29 %)Degree
41 (14.29 %)Risk Analysis
41 (14.29 %)Security Cleared
41 (14.29 %)Image Processing
41 (14.29 %)ASIC
41 (14.29 %)C
41 (14.29 %)Broadband
41 (14.29 %)Project Management
41 (14.29 %)Management Information System
41 (14.29 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
41 (14.29 %)Electronics
41 (14.29 %)Telecoms
41 (14.29 %)Government
41 (14.29 %)Health

Principal Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Principal Systems 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 Systems Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (42.86 %)MATLAB
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (57.14 %)Wireless
22 (28.57 %)GSM
22 (28.57 %)3G
31 (14.29 %)Broadband
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (42.86 %)Military
21 (14.29 %)Electronics
21 (14.29 %)Telecoms
21 (14.29 %)Government
21 (14.29 %)Health
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)ASIC
11 (14.29 %)Management Information System
11 (14.29 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)Validation
12 (28.57 %)Requirements Analysis
12 (28.57 %)Business Development
21 (14.29 %)Risk Analysis
21 (14.29 %)Image Processing
21 (14.29 %)Project Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (14.29 %)Degree
11 (14.29 %)Security Cleared