Principal Engineer Contracts in Luton

Principal Engineer
Bedfordshire > Luton

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 Luton.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 24 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 9 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 9.18% 3.29% -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.25% 3.85% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £63.60 - -
25th Percentile £67.88 £65.25 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.50% - -
75th Percentile £78.75 £65.75 -
90th Percentile £81.00 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £75.00 £65.50 -
% change year-on-year +14.50% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 80 130 111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.63% 85.53% 99.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 79 81
10th Percentile - £300 £281
25th Percentile £500 £439 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £700 £575 £600
90th Percentile - £634 £631
Bedfordshire median daily rate £600 £500 £470
% change year-on-year +20.00% +6.38% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 5
10th Percentile £20.26 - £29.50
25th Percentile £60.38 £15.39 £51.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £15.79 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +374.98% -78.95% +36.36%
75th Percentile £85.25 £65.75 £90.00
90th Percentile £88.00 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £60.75 £31.80 £63.75
% change year-on-year +91.04% -50.12% +15.91%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Luton

Principal Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in Luton.

Hourly rate trend for Principal Engineer in Luton

Principal Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Luton

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

Hourly rate histogram for Principal Engineer in Luton

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

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 Luton 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 Luton 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