Principal Engineer Jobs in Glasgow

Principal Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Principal Engineer salary in Glasgow is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 125 117
Rank change year-on-year -69 -8 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 41 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.03% 0.13% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.15% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 12 2 3
10th Percentile - £86,000 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £87,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £92,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.73% +23.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £72,500 £100,000 -
90th Percentile £77,000 £103,000 -
Scotland median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 3,910 1,326 1,571
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.07% 85.77% 97.94%
Number of salaries quoted 853 665 871
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +14.58% +3.23%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £56,868 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.68% +8.32% +10.53%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Glasgow

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in Glasgow.

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in Glasgow

Principal Engineer
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Engineer in Glasgow

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, 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 Glasgow region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 27 (65.85%) Agile
1 27 (65.85%) Computer Science
1 27 (65.85%) Analytics
2 26 (63.41%) Software Engineering
3 25 (60.98%) Law
4 24 (58.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (56.10%) SDLC
5 23 (56.10%) Data Science
6 21 (51.22%) Cloud Native
6 21 (51.22%) Operational Stability
6 21 (51.22%) Games
6 21 (51.22%) Artificial Intelligence
6 21 (51.22%) Financial Institution
6 21 (51.22%) Finance
6 21 (51.22%) Machine Learning
6 21 (51.22%) Marketing
7 20 (48.78%) Data Analysis
7 20 (48.78%) Mathematics
7 20 (48.78%) Use Case
7 20 (48.78%) AWS
7 20 (48.78%) Investment Banking
7 20 (48.78%) Banking
7 20 (48.78%) Asset Management
7 20 (48.78%) Business Analysis
7 20 (48.78%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (48.78%) Coaching
8 15 (36.59%) Python
9 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
10 10 (24.39%) Strategic Thinking
10 10 (24.39%) Financial Modelling

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.44%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 20 (48.78%) AWS
2 4 (9.76%) GCP
3 1 (2.44%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) BigQuery
1 3 (7.32%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (7.32%) Looker
2 1 (2.44%) Big Data
2 1 (2.44%) Hadoop
General
1 25 (60.98%) Law
2 24 (58.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (51.22%) Finance
3 21 (51.22%) Financial Institution
3 21 (51.22%) Games
3 21 (51.22%) Marketing
4 20 (48.78%) Banking
4 20 (48.78%) Investment Banking
4 20 (48.78%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
6 7 (17.07%) Legal
7 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (7.32%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) Node.js
1 4 (9.76%) React
2 3 (7.32%) RESTful
3 1 (2.44%) Kafka
3 1 (2.44%) Micronaut
Miscellaneous
1 21 (51.22%) Cloud Native
2 7 (17.07%) Algorithms
3 6 (14.63%) Product Ownership
4 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.44%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (2.44%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (2.44%) Educational Technology
5 1 (2.44%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (65.85%) Agile
1 27 (65.85%) Analytics
1 27 (65.85%) Computer Science
2 26 (63.41%) Software Engineering
3 23 (56.10%) Data Science
3 23 (56.10%) SDLC
4 21 (51.22%) Artificial Intelligence
4 21 (51.22%) Machine Learning
4 21 (51.22%) Operational Stability
5 20 (48.78%) Asset Management
5 20 (48.78%) Business Analysis
5 20 (48.78%) Coaching
5 20 (48.78%) Data Analysis
5 20 (48.78%) Mathematics
5 20 (48.78%) Use Case
6 10 (24.39%) Financial Modelling
6 10 (24.39%) Strategic Thinking
7 7 (17.07%) Data Architecture
7 7 (17.07%) Data Governance
7 7 (17.07%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 15 (36.59%) Python
2 5 (12.20%) Java
3 1 (2.44%) Kotlin
3 1 (2.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (9.76%) Degree
3 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) GDPR
1 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (2.44%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.44%) TickIT
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (7.32%) Google
2 1 (2.44%) Databricks