Principal Engineer Jobs in Croydon

Principal Engineer
South London > Croydon

As of 4 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Engineer salary in Croydon.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 49 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 3 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Croydon 1.63% 1.42% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.05% 1.49% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South London median annual salary £60,000 £95,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -36.84% +75.93% -32.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 146 201 186
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 79.35% 94.81% 92.08%
Number of salaries quoted 32 146 115
10th Percentile - £24,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,272 £81,786 £67,875
90th Percentile £68,625 £83,750 £88,250
South London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Croydon

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in Croydon

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in Croydon.

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in Croydon

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 4 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 Croydon region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Law
1 3 (100.00%) Open Source
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (100.00%) Blockchain
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Economy
1 3 (100.00%) Ripple
1 3 (100.00%) Ripple XRP
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Observability
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Distributed Systems

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

Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Ripple
1 3 (100.00%) Ripple XRP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Economy
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 3 (100.00%) Law
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (100.00%) Blockchain
1 3 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Observability
1 3 (100.00%) Open Source
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++