Principal Systems Engineer Jobs in the East Midlands

Principal Systems Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 159 -
Rank change year-on-year +150 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 336 34 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 12.58% 0.71% -
As % of the Job Titles category 13.29% 0.75% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - £63,000 -
England median annual salary £70,600 £70,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +0.86% +14.75% -9.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,529 4,510 2,444
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 94.67% 88.58%
Number of salaries quoted 987 3,229 1,277
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,133
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £75,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in the East Midlands

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Principal Systems Engineer in the East Midlands

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire +97 212 - -
Northamptonshire - 116 - - 1
Lincolnshire - 7 - -
Principal Systems Engineer
England

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Principal Systems 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 East Midlands region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 318 (94.64%) Systems Engineering
2 281 (83.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 207 (61.61%) Degree
4 148 (44.05%) Validation
5 140 (41.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 95 (28.27%) Collaborative Working
7 87 (25.89%) SysML
8 85 (25.30%) Verification and Validation
9 79 (23.51%) Project Planning
10 57 (16.96%) Mathematics
10 57 (16.96%) Physics
11 56 (16.67%) Automotive
12 53 (15.77%) Law
12 53 (15.77%) Logistics
12 53 (15.77%) Chemistry
13 42 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 42 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
13 42 (12.50%) Systems Thinking
14 34 (10.12%) Telecoms
15 33 (9.82%) ISTQB
15 33 (9.82%) Chartered Engineer
16 24 (7.14%) Agile
17 21 (6.25%) Software Testing
17 21 (6.25%) Aerospace
17 21 (6.25%) MATLAB
17 21 (6.25%) Simulink
18 16 (4.76%) Rational DOORS
18 16 (4.76%) Requirements Management
19 13 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
20 4 (1.19%) Coaching

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 21 (6.25%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 16 (4.76%) Rational DOORS
General
1 56 (16.67%) Automotive
2 53 (15.77%) Law
3 34 (10.12%) Telecoms
4 21 (6.25%) Aerospace
5 13 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (94.64%) Systems Engineering
2 148 (44.05%) Validation
3 140 (41.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 95 (28.27%) Collaborative Working
5 87 (25.89%) SysML
6 85 (25.30%) Verification and Validation
7 79 (23.51%) Project Planning
8 57 (16.96%) Mathematics
8 57 (16.96%) Physics
9 53 (15.77%) Chemistry
9 53 (15.77%) Logistics
10 42 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
10 42 (12.50%) Systems Thinking
11 24 (7.14%) Agile
12 21 (6.25%) Software Testing
13 16 (4.76%) Requirements Management
14 4 (1.19%) Coaching
15 3 (0.89%) Requirements Gathering
16 1 (0.30%) FMEA
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.25%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 281 (83.63%) BPSS Clearance
2 207 (61.61%) Degree
3 33 (9.82%) Chartered Engineer
3 33 (9.82%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (0.30%) ISO 26262