Principal Systems Engineer Job Trends in Farnborough

Principal Systems Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in Farnborough is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 27 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 4 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Farnborough 2.55% 1.02% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% 1.02% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £75,900 £80,000 -
% change year-on-year -5.13% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Farnborough

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 152 98 97
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.82% 100.00% 97.98%
Number of salaries quoted 108 34 79
10th Percentile £29,400 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £50,938 £35,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £51,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.83% -10.87% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £64,688 £75,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,750 £90,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -8.18% +7.84% -7.27%

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Principal Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

Principal Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Principal Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Farnborough region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (75.00%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (75.00%) Signal Processing
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (75.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Signal Processing
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (75.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) IBM