Principal Engineer Jobs in Kingston Upon Thames

Principal Engineer
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The median Principal Engineer salary in Kingston Upon Thames is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 52 -
Rank change year-on-year +28 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 11 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 7.10% 0.82% -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.38% 0.85% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £59,550 - -
25th Percentile - £65,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,875 -
90th Percentile £65,150 - -
South London median annual salary £60,000 £95,000 -
% change year-on-year -36.84% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kingston Upon Thames

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kingston Upon Thames. 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 Kingston Upon Thames with a recognized job title 149 351 141
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 95.38% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 61 113 113
10th Percentile £38,000 £30,416 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,750 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £60,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% -3.20% +25.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £92,000
South London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Kingston Upon Thames

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in Kingston Upon Thames.

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in Kingston Upon Thames

Principal Engineer
Job Locations in Kingston Upon Thames

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the Kingston Upon Thames region over the 6 months to 1 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
New Malden +15 11 £60,000 -9.43% 3
Principal Engineer
South London

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 Kingston Upon Thames region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Agile
2 8 (72.73%) Software Engineering
3 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
4 6 (54.55%) Line Management
4 6 (54.55%) Waterfall
4 6 (54.55%) Earned Value Management
4 6 (54.55%) Atlassian
4 6 (54.55%) UML
4 6 (54.55%) Workflow
5 5 (45.45%) Degree
6 4 (36.36%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
7 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
7 2 (18.18%) Finance
7 2 (18.18%) C
7 2 (18.18%) Java
7 2 (18.18%) Python
7 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
7 2 (18.18%) DevOps
7 2 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
7 2 (18.18%) Coaching
7 2 (18.18%) Rust
7 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
7 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
7 2 (18.18%) Azure
7 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
8 1 (9.09%) Cyber Intelligence

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Agile
2 8 (72.73%) Software Engineering
3 6 (54.55%) Earned Value Management
3 6 (54.55%) Line Management
3 6 (54.55%) UML
3 6 (54.55%) Waterfall
3 6 (54.55%) Workflow
4 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
4 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 2 (18.18%) Coaching
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (18.18%) DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
4 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Supplier Relationship Management
5 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C
1 2 (18.18%) Java
1 2 (18.18%) Python
1 2 (18.18%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Atlassian
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft