Principal Engineer
Berkshire > Maidenhead
The median Principal Engineer salary in Maidenhead is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 March 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
16 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
44 |
- |
30 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
-8 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Maidenhead |
0.53% |
- |
2.68% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.55% |
- |
2.91% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£72,500 |
- |
£61,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£75,000 |
- |
£62,500 |
| 75th Percentile |
£77,500 |
- |
£63,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Berkshire median annual salary |
£75,000 |
£105,000 |
£64,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-28.57% |
+64.06% |
-41.82% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Maidenhead. 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 Maidenhead with a recognized job title |
181 |
27 |
103 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
95.77% |
46.55% |
91.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
55 |
21 |
58 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£27,500 |
£28,000 |
| 25th Percentile |
£35,000 |
£35,000 |
£38,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+33.33% |
- |
-18.18% |
| 75th Percentile |
£81,250 |
£61,250 |
£59,688 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£62,500 |
£65,000 |
| Berkshire median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£60,000 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-16.67% |
+14.29% |
-4.55% |
