Principal Engineer Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire
Principal Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire
The median Principal Engineer daily rate in West Yorkshire is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 96 | - | 67 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +19 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Principal Engineer | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire | 0.22% | - | 0.13% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.24% | - | 0.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £631 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £638 | - | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +18.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £644 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £638 | - | £638 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +15.91% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies in West Yorkshire with a recognized job title | 1,236 | 793 | 746 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.45% | 95.43% | 94.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 693 | 504 | 458 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £300 | £304 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | -9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £567 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £652 | £638 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £500 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -2.50% | -1.96% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 65 | 23 | 36 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.39 | £21.47 | £16.94 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.62 | £22.14 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.77 | £27.50 | £26.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.29% | +4.76% | +31.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £29.00 | £81.25 | £39.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £43.75 | - | £48.75 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £25.77 | £25.04 | £23.34 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.93% | +7.27% | +9.53% |
Principal Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Principal Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.
Principal Engineer Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Principal Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.
Principal Engineer Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire
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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 October 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 |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | - | 3 | £638 | - | 11 |
| Principal Engineer Yorkshire |
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Principal Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire
For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, Principal Engineer contract job roles required 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 job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Amazon CloudWatch | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Amazon EventBridge | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Amazon Redshift | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Amazon S3 | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Amazon SQS | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | AWS CloudFormation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | AWS Lambda | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | AWS Step Functions | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Brio | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Data Pipeline | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Data Transformation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | DynamoDB | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | End-to-End Testing | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Event-Driven | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Event-Driven Architecture | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Observability | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Python | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Serverless | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Spreadsheet | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Terraform | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Test Automation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Test Strategy | 66.7% | 2 |
| 26 | Accessibility | 33.3% | 1 |
| 26 | API Testing | 33.3% | 1 |
| 26 | Architectural Patterns | 33.3% | 1 |
| 26 | Coaching | 33.3% | 1 |
| 26 | Continuous Improvement | 33.3% | 1 |
Principal Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 | Principal Data Engineer | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Lead Test Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |
| 2 | Principal Test Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |