Principal Engineer Jobs in the East of England

Principal Engineer
England > East of England

The median Principal Engineer salary in the East of England is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 130 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 55 97 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.44% 1.50% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 1.60% -
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 0
10th Percentile £69,970 £61,000 -
25th Percentile - £70,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £77,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% - -
75th Percentile - £83,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £70,600 £75,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -5.87% -14.29% +2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,577 6,065 3,341
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 93.96% 83.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,884 4,522 1,921
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,475 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,750 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% -11.57% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,025 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.97% -11.83% -

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in the East of England

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in the East of England.

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in the East of England

Principal Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Principal Engineer in the East of England

Principal Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Essex +25 23 £75,900 -5.13% 14
Norfolk +32 20 - - 1
Cambridgeshire +33 9 - - 26
Hertfordshire -22 3 £47,500 -13.64% 8
Principal Engineer
England

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 East of England region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (78.18%) Systems Engineering
2 42 (76.36%) BPSS Clearance
3 32 (58.18%) Electronics
4 25 (45.45%) Technical Leadership
5 24 (43.64%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (40.00%) Signal Processing
6 22 (40.00%) Test Planning
6 22 (40.00%) Algorithms
6 22 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 22 (40.00%) IBM
7 15 (27.27%) Software Engineering
8 10 (18.18%) Decision-Making
8 10 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (18.18%) Software Assurance
9 7 (12.73%) Degree
10 6 (10.91%) Retail
11 4 (7.27%) Computer Science
12 3 (5.45%) Mathematics
12 3 (5.45%) Physics
12 3 (5.45%) Artificial Intelligence
12 3 (5.45%) Agile
12 3 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (5.45%) Python
12 3 (5.45%) Java
12 3 (5.45%) Node.js
12 3 (5.45%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (5.45%) Redis
12 3 (5.45%) Machine Learning
12 3 (5.45%) SDLC
12 3 (5.45%) Mentoring

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (1.82%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.45%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (5.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 24 (43.64%) Rational DOORS
General
1 32 (58.18%) Electronics
2 6 (10.91%) Retail
3 2 (3.64%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.82%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.82%) Automotive
4 1 (1.82%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (40.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.82%) FPGA
2 1 (1.82%) Verilog
2 1 (1.82%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (78.18%) Systems Engineering
2 25 (45.45%) Technical Leadership
3 22 (40.00%) Signal Processing
3 22 (40.00%) Test Planning
4 15 (27.27%) Software Engineering
5 10 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 10 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (18.18%) Software Assurance
6 4 (7.27%) Computer Science
7 3 (5.45%) Agile
7 3 (5.45%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (5.45%) Machine Learning
7 3 (5.45%) Mathematics
7 3 (5.45%) Mentoring
7 3 (5.45%) Physics
7 3 (5.45%) SDLC
8 2 (3.64%) Customer Service
8 2 (3.64%) Requirements Management
8 2 (3.64%) Validation
8 2 (3.64%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.45%) Java
1 3 (5.45%) Python
2 1 (1.82%) C
2 1 (1.82%) C++
Qualifications
1 42 (76.36%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (12.73%) Degree
3 1 (1.82%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (1.82%) HNC
3 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (1.82%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 22 (40.00%) IBM
2 1 (1.82%) EMC
2 1 (1.82%) SAP