Principal Systems Engineer Job Trends in Chichester

Principal Systems Engineer
West Sussex > Chichester

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in Chichester is £72,950 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chichester 3.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.57% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,950 - -
75th Percentile £75,900 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median annual salary £72,950 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Chichester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chichester. 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 Chichester with a recognized job title 112 11 44
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 97.78%
Number of salaries quoted 52 10 43
10th Percentile £30,800 £28,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +41.18% -
75th Percentile £65,313 - £63,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £62,570 £77,750
West Sussex median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chichester

For the 6 months to 12 August 2026, Principal Systems 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 Chichester region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) CATIA
2 2 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) IBM
2 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Network Design
2 2 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Management
2 2 (50.00%) Synthetic Environment
2 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Windows

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chichester 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) CATIA
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Acoustics
1 2 (50.00%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (50.00%) Network Design
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Management
2 2 (50.00%) Synthetic Environment
2 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) IBM