Principal Engineer
Essex > Chelmsford
The median Principal Engineer salary in Chelmsford is £67,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 9 | 28 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +19 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford | 8.33% | 0.76% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 9.52% | 0.81% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,000 | £80,000 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.25% | - | - |
| Essex median annual salary | £67,000 | £80,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -16.25% | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chelmsford
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford with a recognized job title | 42 | 123 | 115 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 87.50% | 93.89% | 80.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 38 | 108 | 65 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £29,000 | £25,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,563 | £32,500 | £26,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £46,899 | £46,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.27% | +1.95% | -14.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,875 | £64,063 | £50,143 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,600 | £70,000 | £61,500 |
| Essex median annual salary | £45,000 | £45,000 | £47,480 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.22% | -0.04% |
Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford
Job postings that featured Principal Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford.
Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in Chelmsford
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in Chelmsford.
Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chelmsford
For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Principal Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the Chelmsford region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.
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Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chelmsford 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:
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