Principal Data Engineer Job Trends in Middlesex

Principal Data Engineer
South East > Middlesex

As of 14 August 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Data Engineer salary in Middlesex.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Middlesex 2.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.70% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median annual salary - £82,500 -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Middlesex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Middlesex. 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 Middlesex with a recognized job title 37 195 175
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.09% 86.67% 98.31%
Number of salaries quoted 16 11 25
10th Percentile £35,875 - £30,430
25th Percentile £42,938 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -16.67% -47.06%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,875 £90,000 £86,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Principal Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Middlesex

For the 6 months to 14 August 2026, Principal Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Middlesex region featuring Principal Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Principal Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Middlesex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree