Principal Engineer Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear
Principal Engineer
North East > Tyne and Wear
The median Principal Engineer daily rate in Tyne and Wear is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 74 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Principal Engineer jobs | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear | 0.44% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.47% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | - | - |
| North East median daily rate | £650 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Tyne and Wear
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Tyne and Wear matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 13 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Tyne and Wear matching a recognised job title | 638 | 283 | 176 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 93.55% | 95.93% | 85.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 345 | 189 | 91 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £169 | £181 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £345 | £343 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £445 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.12% | -1.11% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £525 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £656 | £600 | £650 |
| North East median daily rate | £460 | £450 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.22% | - | +3.45% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 102 | 16 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.87 | £14.13 | £17.01 |
| 25th Percentile | £42.81 | £17.88 | £42.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £21.24 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +229.64% | -64.61% | +252.94% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £52.06 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.50 | £53.75 | - |
| North East median hourly rate | £65.00 | £25.71 | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +152.87% | -44.34% | +43.19% |
Principal Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Principal Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.
Principal Engineer Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Principal Engineer jobs within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 13 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | - | 3 | £650 | - | 5 |
| Principal Engineer North East |
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Principal Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear
For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, Principal Engineer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Principal Engineer job ads across the Tyne and Wear region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Coaching | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | DevOps | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | GitHub | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Grafana | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Kafka | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Kubernetes | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Observability | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Relational Database | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Security Cleared | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Technical Leadership | 66.7% | 2 |
| 13 | Accessibility | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Agile | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Amazon EKS | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | API Testing | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Architectural Design | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Architectural Patterns | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Argo | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Business Analysis | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Containerisation | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Continuous Improvement | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Datadog | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Design Patterns | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Digital Transformation Programme | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Disaster Recovery | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Docker | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | End-to-End Testing | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Full-Stack Development | 33.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Gatling | 33.3% | 1 |
Principal Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |
| 1 | Full-Stack Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |
| 1 | GCP Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |
| 1 | Lead Test Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |
| 1 | Principal Test Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |