Principal Engineer Jobs in New Malden

Principal Engineer
Merton > New Malden

The median Principal Engineer salary in New Malden is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 21 -
Rank change year-on-year +17 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 11 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in New Malden 30.56% 3.90% -
As % of the Job Titles category 30.56% 4.11% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £59,550 - -
25th Percentile - £65,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,875 -
90th Percentile £65,150 - -
Merton median annual salary £60,000 £95,000 -
% change year-on-year -36.84% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
New Malden

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in New Malden. 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 New Malden with a recognized job title 36 73 18
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 94.81% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 26 13 8
10th Percentile £46,500 £50,100 £36,125
25th Percentile £56,125 £55,500 £40,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +47.22% +7.78%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £49,000
90th Percentile - £77,500 £59,050
Merton median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% -8.70%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in New Malden

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in New Malden

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in New Malden

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in New Malden.

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in New Malden

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in New Malden

For the 6 months to 13 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 New Malden region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Agile
2 8 (72.73%) Software Engineering
3 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
4 6 (54.55%) Line Management
4 6 (54.55%) Waterfall
4 6 (54.55%) Earned Value Management
4 6 (54.55%) Atlassian
4 6 (54.55%) UML
4 6 (54.55%) Workflow
5 5 (45.45%) Degree
6 4 (36.36%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
7 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
7 2 (18.18%) Finance
7 2 (18.18%) C
7 2 (18.18%) Java
7 2 (18.18%) Python
7 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
7 2 (18.18%) DevOps
7 2 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
7 2 (18.18%) Coaching
7 2 (18.18%) Rust
7 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
7 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
7 2 (18.18%) Azure
7 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
8 1 (9.09%) Cyber Intelligence

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in New Malden 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Agile
2 8 (72.73%) Software Engineering
3 6 (54.55%) Earned Value Management
3 6 (54.55%) Line Management
3 6 (54.55%) UML
3 6 (54.55%) Waterfall
3 6 (54.55%) Workflow
4 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
4 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 2 (18.18%) Coaching
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (18.18%) DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
4 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Supplier Relationship Management
5 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C
1 2 (18.18%) Java
1 2 (18.18%) Python
1 2 (18.18%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Atlassian
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft