Principal Engineer Job Trends in Abingdon

Principal Engineer
Oxfordshire > Abingdon

As of 20 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Engineer salary in Abingdon.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 18 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Abingdon 2.56% 1.10% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 1.14% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £80,000 -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% -36.84% +53.01%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Abingdon

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

Permanent vacancies in Abingdon with a recognized job title 39 88 61
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 96.70% 85.92%
Number of salaries quoted 24 70 40
10th Percentile £39,929 £25,030 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,750 £38,620 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -16.28% +7.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £63,856
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,575 £70,913
Oxfordshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Abingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Principal Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Abingdon.

Principal Engineer job vacancy trend in Abingdon

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in Abingdon

Salary distribution trend for Principal Engineer job vacancies in Abingdon.

Salary distribution trend for Principal Engineer job vacancies in Abingdon

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Abingdon

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, Principal Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the Abingdon region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Airbyte
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Hub
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake Schema
1 1 (100.00%) Snowpark

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Abingdon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Airbyte
1 1 (100.00%) Data Hub
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality