Principal Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh
The median Principal Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £91,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
87 |
61 |
134 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-26 |
+73 |
+7 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer |
6 |
46 |
12 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
0.67% |
3.06% |
0.58% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.73% |
3.20% |
0.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
4 |
11 |
11 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£60,000 |
| 25th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£62,500 |
£63,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£91,250 |
£100,000 |
£85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-8.75% |
+17.65% |
-2.86% |
| 75th Percentile |
£108,750 |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
£87,500 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£52,000 |
£70,000 |
£85,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-25.71% |
-17.65% |
+6.25% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title |
825 |
1,438 |
1,961 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
91.56% |
95.80% |
95.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
394 |
1,018 |
1,166 |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,725 |
£32,675 |
£35,616 |
| 25th Percentile |
£45,000 |
£46,250 |
£45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+9.09% |
| 75th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£72,433 |
£77,715 |
| 90th Percentile |
£98,474 |
£93,250 |
£89,852 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
£56,868 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.76% |
-7.68% |
+8.32% |
