Principal Systems Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Principal Systems Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in the Midlands is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 270 330
Rank change year-on-year +263 +60 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 1,110 45 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.53% 0.38% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.91% 0.41% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 3 20 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £80,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile £70,500 - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year - +15.70% -10.37%

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 6,564 11,062 8,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 94.33% 89.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,863 8,268 4,764
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in the Midlands

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Principal Systems Engineer in the Midlands

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Principal Systems Engineer in the Midlands

Principal Systems 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 Systems Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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 +220 726 £55,000 -31.25% 12
East Midlands +161 384 £70,000 +7.69% 2
Principal Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Principal Systems 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 Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1,054 (94.95%) Systems Engineering
2 895 (80.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 739 (66.58%) Degree
4 497 (44.77%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 486 (43.78%) Validation
6 362 (32.61%) Collaborative Working
7 307 (27.66%) SysML
8 299 (26.94%) Verification and Validation
9 234 (21.08%) Project Planning
10 202 (18.20%) Mathematics
10 202 (18.20%) Physics
11 190 (17.12%) Chemistry
11 190 (17.12%) Logistics
11 190 (17.12%) Law
12 172 (15.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 172 (15.50%) Systems Thinking
13 163 (14.68%) Automotive
14 149 (13.42%) Chartered Engineer
14 149 (13.42%) ISTQB
15 124 (11.17%) Acceptance Criteria
16 99 (8.92%) Telecoms
17 66 (5.95%) Agile
18 63 (5.68%) Software Testing
18 63 (5.68%) Aerospace
18 63 (5.68%) MATLAB
18 63 (5.68%) Simulink
19 42 (3.78%) Rational DOORS
19 42 (3.78%) Requirements Management
20 39 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
21 12 (1.08%) Coaching

Principal Systems 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 (5.68%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 42 (3.78%) Rational DOORS
General
1 190 (17.12%) Law
2 163 (14.68%) Automotive
3 99 (8.92%) Telecoms
4 63 (5.68%) Aerospace
5 39 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,054 (94.95%) Systems Engineering
2 497 (44.77%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 486 (43.78%) Validation
4 362 (32.61%) Collaborative Working
5 307 (27.66%) SysML
6 299 (26.94%) Verification and Validation
7 234 (21.08%) Project Planning
8 202 (18.20%) Mathematics
8 202 (18.20%) Physics
9 190 (17.12%) Chemistry
9 190 (17.12%) Logistics
10 172 (15.50%) Systems Thinking
11 124 (11.17%) Acceptance Criteria
12 66 (5.95%) Agile
13 63 (5.68%) Software Testing
14 42 (3.78%) Requirements Management
15 12 (1.08%) Coaching
16 3 (0.27%) Requirements Gathering
17 1 (0.090%) FMEA
Programming Languages
1 63 (5.68%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 895 (80.63%) BPSS Clearance
2 739 (66.58%) Degree
3 149 (13.42%) Chartered Engineer
3 149 (13.42%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.090%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (15.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (0.090%) ISO 26262