Principal Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Principal Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Principal Engineer salary in the Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 201 296
Rank change year-on-year +196 +95 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 1,232 123 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 18.12% 0.98% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.68% 1.03% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5 52 18
10th Percentile £51,150 £50,375 £73,375
25th Percentile £56,625 £60,000 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -15.15% +86.77%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £74,750 £84,500 £116,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,261 11,918 8,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.53% 89.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,620 8,778 4,580
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,930 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in the Midlands

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in the Midlands

Principal Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Principal Engineer in the Midlands

Principal Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
West Midlands +189 802 £58,250 -22.33% 36
East Midlands +129 430 £71,250 +9.62% 10
Principal Engineer
England

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 Midlands region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 1,063 (86.28%) BPSS Clearance
2 952 (77.27%) Systems Engineering
3 841 (68.26%) Degree
4 434 (35.23%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 428 (34.74%) Validation
6 300 (24.35%) Collaborative Working
7 270 (21.92%) SysML
8 241 (19.56%) Verification and Validation
9 234 (18.99%) Project Planning
10 169 (13.72%) Mathematics
11 168 (13.64%) Physics
12 164 (13.31%) Chemistry
12 164 (13.31%) Logistics
12 164 (13.31%) Law
13 163 (13.23%) Automotive
14 150 (12.18%) Project Management
15 147 (11.93%) CISSP
15 147 (11.93%) Information Security
15 147 (11.93%) CISM
15 147 (11.93%) Risk Management
15 147 (11.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 147 (11.93%) Security Testing
15 147 (11.93%) JSP 440
15 147 (11.93%) RMADS
15 147 (11.93%) NIST
15 147 (11.93%) Cyber Resilience
15 147 (11.93%) CESG Certified Professional
15 147 (11.93%) Cybersecurity
16 139 (11.28%) Agile
17 135 (10.96%) ISO/IEC 15288

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 63 (5.11%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.081%) AWS
1 1 (0.081%) Azure
1 1 (0.081%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.081%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.081%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 42 (3.41%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.081%) Git
General
1 164 (13.31%) Law
2 163 (13.23%) Automotive
3 99 (8.04%) Telecoms
4 64 (5.19%) Aerospace
5 39 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (1.54%) Electronics
7 3 (0.24%) Finance
7 3 (0.24%) Local Government
7 3 (0.24%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.081%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.081%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.081%) .NET
1 1 (0.081%) ASP.NET
1 1 (0.081%) CSS
1 1 (0.081%) HTML
1 1 (0.081%) Jest
1 1 (0.081%) Puppeteer
1 1 (0.081%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.081%) React
1 1 (0.081%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (0.24%) NHS
2 1 (0.081%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (0.081%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 952 (77.27%) Systems Engineering
2 434 (35.23%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 428 (34.74%) Validation
4 300 (24.35%) Collaborative Working
5 270 (21.92%) SysML
6 241 (19.56%) Verification and Validation
7 234 (18.99%) Project Planning
8 169 (13.72%) Mathematics
9 168 (13.64%) Physics
10 164 (13.31%) Chemistry
10 164 (13.31%) Logistics
11 150 (12.18%) Project Management
12 147 (11.93%) Cyber Resilience
12 147 (11.93%) Cybersecurity
12 147 (11.93%) Information Security
12 147 (11.93%) Risk Management
12 147 (11.93%) Security Testing
13 139 (11.28%) Agile
14 135 (10.96%) Systems Thinking
15 134 (10.88%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 63 (5.11%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.081%) C#
2 1 (0.081%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.081%) PHP
2 1 (0.081%) Python
2 1 (0.081%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1,063 (86.28%) BPSS Clearance
2 841 (68.26%) Degree
3 147 (11.93%) CESG Certified Professional
3 147 (11.93%) CISM
3 147 (11.93%) CISSP
4 99 (8.04%) Chartered Engineer
4 99 (8.04%) ISTQB
5 2 (0.16%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.081%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.081%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (11.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 147 (11.93%) JSP 440
1 147 (11.93%) NIST
1 147 (11.93%) RMADS
2 135 (10.96%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 3 (0.24%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.081%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 1 (0.081%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.081%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 72 (5.84%) Siemens