Principal Engineer Contracts in West London

Principal Engineer
London > West London

The median Principal Engineer daily rate in West London is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 4 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 1.13% - 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% - 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 7
10th Percentile £566 - £570
25th Percentile £572 - £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £615
75th Percentile £625 - £623
90th Percentile - - £629
London median daily rate £650 £725 £575
% change year-on-year -10.34% +26.09% +4.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 333 551 594
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 97.18% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 397 421
10th Percentile £200 £295 £191
25th Percentile £270 £430 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% +10.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £625
90th Percentile £649 £700 £675
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 53 39
10th Percentile £16.25 £25.25 £15.40
25th Percentile £16.78 £40.00 £17.27
Median hourly rate £31.33 £64.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.05% +197.67% -12.24%
75th Percentile £44.56 £75.00 £37.28
90th Percentile £58.75 £84.50 £42.02
London median hourly rate £27.66 £35.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.10% +1.43% +12.90%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in West London

Principal Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in West London.

Daily rate trend for Principal Engineer in West London

Principal Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West London

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 West London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Richmond upon Thames - 4 £600 -
Principal Engineer
London

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 West London region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) .NET Core
3 2 (50.00%) Architectural Design
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) CSS
4 1 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) React
4 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) LLM
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) .NET Core
3 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (25.00%) CSS
4 1 (25.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) LLM
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript