Principal Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough
The median Principal Engineer salary in Farnborough is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 August 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
17 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
13 |
26 |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+13 |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer |
25 |
8 |
0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Farnborough |
14.12% |
4.30% |
- |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
15.24% |
4.71% |
- |
| Number of salaries quoted |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£75,900 |
- |
- |
| Hampshire median annual salary |
£75,900 |
£75,000 |
£47,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+1.20% |
+57.89% |
-44.12% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title |
164 |
170 |
200 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
92.66% |
91.40% |
95.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
83 |
105 |
165 |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,400 |
£27,500 |
£27,150 |
| 25th Percentile |
£47,683 |
£36,250 |
£41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£67,500 |
£53,000 |
£57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+27.36% |
-7.83% |
-8.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£80,625 |
£72,500 |
£77,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,000 |
£86,500 |
£90,000 |
| Hampshire median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£51,000 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.94% |
-2.86% |
- |
