Principal Systems Engineer Jobs in Newport

Principal Systems Engineer
South Wales > Newport

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in Newport is £70,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 23 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 14.38% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.65% - -
Number of salaries quoted 23 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 - -
South Wales median annual salary £70,600 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year +17.67% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newport. 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 Newport with a recognized job title 157 161 144
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.13% 95.83% 78.26%
Number of salaries quoted 122 131 108
10th Percentile £36,625 £26,500 £26,391
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,225 £33,916
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,101 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.76% +15.78% +2.27%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,000 £61,344
90th Percentile - £69,500 £68,497
South Wales median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £45,496
% change year-on-year +14.44% -1.09% -9.01%

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in Newport

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Newport

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

Salary trend for Principal Systems Engineer in Newport

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 4 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 Newport region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) IBM
1 23 (100.00%) Electronics
1 23 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 23 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 23 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 23 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 23 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 23 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 23 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 23 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport 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:

Development Applications
1 23 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 23 (100.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 23 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 23 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 23 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 23 (100.00%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 23 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) IBM