Principal Engineer Jobs in Kilmarnock

Principal Engineer
East Ayrshire > Kilmarnock

The median Principal Engineer salary in Kilmarnock is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 16 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kilmarnock 15.24% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 16.16% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
East Ayrshire median annual salary £75,900 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kilmarnock

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kilmarnock. 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 Kilmarnock with a recognized job title 99 22 0
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 42 22 0
10th Percentile - £24,175 -
25th Percentile £47,683 £25,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.28% - -
75th Percentile £60,265 - -
90th Percentile £75,900 - -
East Ayrshire median annual salary £58,033 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year -3.28% - -

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kilmarnock

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Kilmarnock

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Kilmarnock 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 Kilmarnock 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