Principal Engineer Jobs in Humberside

Principal Engineer
Yorkshire > Humberside

The median Principal Engineer salary in Humberside is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 16 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Humberside 17.58% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 18.82% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £75,900 £100,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -24.10% +21.21% +13.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Humberside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Humberside. 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 Humberside with a recognized job title 85 77 0
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 98.72% -
Number of salaries quoted 30 56 0
10th Percentile £44,257 - -
25th Percentile - £35,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 -
90th Percentile £75,900 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +4.50%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Humberside

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Humberside

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Humberside

For the 6 months to 4 August 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 Humberside region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 13 (81.25%) Systems Engineering
3 9 (56.25%) Electronics
4 6 (37.50%) IBM
4 6 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (37.50%) Signal Processing
4 6 (37.50%) Test Planning
4 6 (37.50%) Algorithms
4 6 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 6 (37.50%) Software Engineering
5 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
5 3 (18.75%) Ada 95
5 3 (18.75%) Software Assurance
5 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
5 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (18.75%) Degree
5 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
5 3 (18.75%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (18.75%) Configuration Management
5 3 (18.75%) UML
5 3 (18.75%) Ada
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 12207

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

Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (56.25%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (37.50%) Signal Processing
2 6 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 6 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
2 6 (37.50%) Test Planning
3 3 (18.75%) Agile
3 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
3 3 (18.75%) Configuration Management
3 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Software Assurance
3 3 (18.75%) UML
3 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Ada
1 3 (18.75%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (18.75%) Chartered Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) IBM