Principal Engineer Jobs in London

The median annual salary for a Principal Engineer was £81,250 in advertised job vacancies in London during the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

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

Principal Engineer England / London
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	555	606	640
Rank change year-on-year	+51	+34
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer	58	32	30
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in London	0.16%	0.081%	0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.17%	0.085%	0.070%
Number of salaries quoted	52	32	21
Median salary	£81,250	£80,000	£80,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+1.56%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£54,100	£62,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£90,000	£85,000	£90,000
UK excluding London median salary	£57,250	£55,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+4.09%	-

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles London
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	34928	37857	42985
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London	94.82%	95.93%	95.88%
Number of salaries quoted	28337	32945	36330
Median salary	£57,500	£55,000	£55,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.54%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£32,500	£32,500	£32,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£82,500	£80,000	£80,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in London that featured Principal Engineer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in London

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Principal Engineer in London.

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in London

Principal Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Principal Engineer in London over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Principal Engineer in London

Principal Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
City of London	+29	10	£76,400	+38.90%	1
New Malden	-	1	£53,000	-
Uxbridge	-	1	£63,500	-
West End of London	-	1	£55,000	-	1
Principal Engineer England

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, Principal Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the London region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1	49 (63.64%)	Agile Software Development
2	33 (42.86%)	DevOps
3	25 (32.47%)	Mentoring
3	25 (32.47%)	Java
3	25 (32.47%)	SQL
4	24 (31.17%)	Amazon AWS
5	23 (29.87%)	Linux
6	22 (28.57%)	Google
7	20 (25.97%)	Scrum
7	20 (25.97%)	JavaScript
7	20 (25.97%)	Puppet
7	20 (25.97%)	Ansible
8	18 (23.38%)	Docker
8	18 (23.38%)	Coaching
8	18 (23.38%)	C#

9	17 (22.08%)	.NET
9	17 (22.08%)	Kubernetes
10	16 (20.78%)	MongoDB
10	16 (20.78%)	Git (software)
10	16 (20.78%)	TDD
11	15 (19.48%)	Machine Learning
11	15 (19.48%)	AngularJS
12	14 (18.18%)	Microservices
12	14 (18.18%)	Google Cloud Platform
13	13 (16.88%)	NoSQL
13	13 (16.88%)	CentOS
13	13 (16.88%)	Open Source
13	13 (16.88%)	Finance
13	13 (16.88%)	Software Engineering
13	13 (16.88%)	SQL Server

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	9 (11.69%)	Apache
1	9 (11.69%)	Tomcat
2	7 (9.09%)	CMS
3	4 (5.19%)	OpenStack
4	2 (2.60%)	Apache Spark
4	2 (2.60%)	NServiceBus
5	1 (1.30%)	nginx
5	1 (1.30%)	SAS

Cloud Services
1	24 (31.17%)	Amazon AWS
2	14 (18.18%)	Google Cloud Platform
3	11 (14.29%)	Microsoft Azure
4	7 (9.09%)	Azure Machine Learning
5	5 (6.49%)	GitHub
5	5 (6.49%)	SaaS
6	4 (5.19%)	Sumo Logic
7	1 (1.30%)	Amazon EC2
7	1 (1.30%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk
7	1 (1.30%)	AWS Lambda
7	1 (1.30%)	BrowserStack
7	1 (1.30%)	Google Container Engine
7	1 (1.30%)	Office 365

Communications & Networking
1	11 (14.29%)	DNS
2	3 (3.90%)	Firewall
2	3 (3.90%)	LAN
2	3 (3.90%)	WAN
2	3 (3.90%)	Wireless
3	2 (2.60%)	H.323
3	2 (2.60%)	MGCP
3	2 (2.60%)	Software-Defined Networking
3	2 (2.60%)	Telepresence
3	2 (2.60%)	VLAN
3	2 (2.60%)	VoIP
3	2 (2.60%)	VPN
4	1 (1.30%)	BGP
4	1 (1.30%)	Intrusion Detection
4	1 (1.30%)	IP Telephony
4	1 (1.30%)	Multicast
4	1 (1.30%)	OSPF
4	1 (1.30%)	TCP/IP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	16 (20.78%)	MongoDB
2	13 (16.88%)	NoSQL
2	13 (16.88%)	SQL Server
3	12 (15.58%)	Data Warehouse
4	9 (11.69%)	Big Data
5	8 (10.39%)	BigQuery
6	7 (9.09%)	Apache Cassandra
6	7 (9.09%)	Azure SQL Database
6	7 (9.09%)	Blockchain
6	7 (9.09%)	DocumentDB
6	7 (9.09%)	SQL Server 2012
7	5 (6.49%)	MySQL
7	5 (6.49%)	Redis
8	4 (5.19%)	Oracle Database
9	3 (3.90%)	CouchDB
9	3 (3.90%)	PostgreSQL
9	3 (3.90%)	Relational Database
10	1 (1.30%)	Azkaban
10	1 (1.30%)	BusinessObjects
10	1 (1.30%)	RDBMS

Development Applications
1	16 (20.78%)	Git (software)
2	12 (15.58%)	Talend Open Studio
3	8 (10.39%)	SpecFlow
3	8 (10.39%)	Team Foundation Server
4	7 (9.09%)	Jenkins
4	7 (9.09%)	JIRA
5	4 (5.19%)	Artifactory
6	3 (3.90%)	Grunt
6	3 (3.90%)	gulp
7	2 (2.60%)	Jasmine
7	2 (2.60%)	Mocha
7	2 (2.60%)	webpack
8	1 (1.30%)	Babel
8	1 (1.30%)	Bower
8	1 (1.30%)	Cucumber
8	1 (1.30%)	Selenium
8	1 (1.30%)	Vagrant

General
1	13 (16.88%)	Finance
2	7 (9.09%)	Retail
2	7 (9.09%)	Telecoms
3	6 (7.79%)	Marketing
3	6 (7.79%)	Online Betting
4	5 (6.49%)	Banking
5	4 (5.19%)	Publishing
6	3 (3.90%)	Law
7	1 (1.30%)	Advertising
7	1 (1.30%)	Aerospace
7	1 (1.30%)	Financial Institution

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	17 (22.08%)	.NET
2	15 (19.48%)	AngularJS
3	12 (15.58%)	ASP.NET Web API
4	10 (12.99%)	.NET Framework
4	10 (12.99%)	ASP.NET
4	10 (12.99%)	React
5	9 (11.69%)	CSS
5	9 (11.69%)	HTML
6	8 (10.39%)	ASP.NET MVC
6	8 (10.39%)	Entity Framework
6	8 (10.39%)	WCF
6	8 (10.39%)	WPF
7	7 (9.09%)	ADO.NET
7	7 (9.09%)	CSS3
7	7 (9.09%)	HTML5
7	7 (9.09%)	Kafka
7	7 (9.09%)	React Native
7	7 (9.09%)	XML
8	5 (6.49%)	RabbitMQ
8	5 (6.49%)	RESTful

Miscellaneous
1	11 (14.29%)	Computer Science
2	7 (9.09%)	Greenfield Project
3	6 (7.79%)	Fintech
3	6 (7.79%)	Over-the-Top Content
3	6 (7.79%)	Semantic Web
4	3 (3.90%)	Analytical Skills
5	2 (2.60%)	Data Centre
5	2 (2.60%)	Mobile App
6	1 (1.30%)	Blog
6	1 (1.30%)	Data Structures

Operating Systems
1	23 (29.87%)	Linux
2	13 (16.88%)	CentOS
3	10 (12.99%)	Windows
4	8 (10.39%)	Ubuntu
5	7 (9.09%)	Android
5	7 (9.09%)	Apple iOS
6	5 (6.49%)	Unix
7	1 (1.30%)	Windows Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	49 (63.64%)	Agile Software Development
2	33 (42.86%)	DevOps
3	25 (32.47%)	Mentoring
4	20 (25.97%)	Scrum
5	18 (23.38%)	Coaching
6	16 (20.78%)	TDD
7	15 (19.48%)	Machine Learning
8	14 (18.18%)	Microservices
9	13 (16.88%)	Open Source
9	13 (16.88%)	Software Engineering
10	12 (15.58%)	Analytics
10	12 (15.58%)	ETL
11	11 (14.29%)	Software Architecture
12	10 (12.99%)	BDD
12	10 (12.99%)	E-Commerce
12	10 (12.99%)	Kanban
12	10 (12.99%)	MVC
12	10 (12.99%)	SOA
12	10 (12.99%)	Test Automation
13	8 (10.39%)	Continuous Improvement

Programming Languages
1	25 (32.47%)	Java
1	25 (32.47%)	SQL
2	20 (25.97%)	JavaScript
3	18 (23.38%)	C#
4	13 (16.88%)	Python
5	7 (9.09%)	Apple Swift
5	7 (9.09%)	Objective-C
6	6 (7.79%)	TypeScript
7	5 (6.49%)	Go
8	2 (2.60%)	ES6
8	2 (2.60%)	Scala
9	1 (1.30%)	C
9	1 (1.30%)	Clojure
9	1 (1.30%)	F#
9	1 (1.30%)	Ruby
9	1 (1.30%)	Rust

Qualifications
1	7 (9.09%)	Degree
2	4 (5.19%)	ISTQB
3	2 (2.60%)	CCNP
3	2 (2.60%)	Cisco Certification
3	2 (2.60%)	Computer Science Degree
4	1 (1.30%)	CCIE
4	1 (1.30%)	Chartered Engineer
4	1 (1.30%)	Microsoft Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	6 (7.79%)	QA
2	2 (2.60%)	Data Quality
3	1 (1.30%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	18 (23.38%)	Docker
2	1 (1.30%)	Active Directory

Systems Management
1	20 (25.97%)	Ansible
1	20 (25.97%)	Puppet
2	17 (22.08%)	Kubernetes
3	13 (16.88%)	Nagios
4	5 (6.49%)	Opscode Chef
5	4 (5.19%)	Grafana
5	4 (5.19%)	Rundeck
6	2 (2.60%)	Terraform
7	1 (1.30%)	Packer
7	1 (1.30%)	Prometheus
7	1 (1.30%)	Salt

Vendors
1	22 (28.57%)	Google
2	12 (15.58%)	Microsoft
2	12 (15.58%)	Red Hat
2	12 (15.58%)	Talend
3	11 (14.29%)	AppDynamics
4	7 (9.09%)	Atlassian
4	7 (9.09%)	New Relic
4	7 (9.09%)	Xamarin
5	5 (6.49%)	Cisco
6	4 (5.19%)	Oracle
6	4 (5.19%)	PagerDuty
6	4 (5.19%)	Splunk
7	2 (2.60%)	Fortinet
7	2 (2.60%)	Tandberg
7	2 (2.60%)	Vertica
8	1 (1.30%)	Adobe
8	1 (1.30%)	Apple
8	1 (1.30%)	Citrix
8	1 (1.30%)	Dell
8	1 (1.30%)	Tableau