Principal Engineer Contracts in the East of England

Principal Engineer
England > East of England

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Engineer daily rate in the East of England.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 84 121
Rank change year-on-year +11 +37 -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 9 28 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.96% 1.47% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.64% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £540 £600 £725
% change year-on-year -10.00% -17.24% +17.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 28 0
10th Percentile £63.60 £52.50 -
25th Percentile £67.88 £54.75 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.50% - -
75th Percentile £78.75 £80.00 -
90th Percentile £81.00 - -
England median hourly rate £66.25 £67.50 £83.31
% change year-on-year -1.85% -18.98% +54.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the East of England with a recognized job title 829 1,710 1,891
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.38% 89.58% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 773 1,156
10th Percentile £200 £206 £185
25th Percentile £379 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 591 294
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.61 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in the East of England

Principal Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Principal Engineer in the East of England

Principal Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Principal Engineer in the East of England

Principal Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Principal Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Principal Engineer in the East of England

Principal Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedfordshire +4 9 - - 15
Principal Engineer
England

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Principal Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the East of England region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (66.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (55.56%) Confluence
3 5 (55.56%) PDM
3 5 (55.56%) Teamcenter
3 5 (55.56%) Data Management
3 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
4 4 (44.44%) Validation
4 4 (44.44%) Verification and Validation
5 3 (33.33%) Aerospace
5 3 (33.33%) MATLAB
5 3 (33.33%) Cryptography
6 2 (22.22%) Document Management
6 2 (22.22%) SysML
6 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
6 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
6 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 2 (22.22%) Architecture Roadmap
7 1 (11.11%) Microsemi
7 1 (11.11%) PCIe
7 1 (11.11%) SystemVerilog
7 1 (11.11%) UVM
7 1 (11.11%) FPGA

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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 5 (55.56%) Confluence
1 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics
3 1 (11.11%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
3 1 (11.11%) FPGA
3 1 (11.11%) PCIe
3 1 (11.11%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) VxWorks
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Data Management
2 5 (55.56%) PDM
3 4 (44.44%) Validation
3 4 (44.44%) Verification and Validation
4 3 (33.33%) Cryptography
5 2 (22.22%) Architecture Roadmap
5 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) Document Management
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 2 (22.22%) SysML
6 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
6 1 (11.11%) Requirements Management
6 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (11.11%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 1 (11.11%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (11.11%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) HNC
2 1 (11.11%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Actel
1 1 (11.11%) Altera
1 1 (11.11%) Intel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsemi
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Wind River
1 1 (11.11%) Xilinx