Principal Systems Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Principal Systems Engineer
England > North of England

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in the North of England is £45,628 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 382 -
Rank change year-on-year +244 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 265 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.30% 0.034% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.51% 0.036% -
Number of salaries quoted 73 6 0
10th Percentile - £51,250 -
25th Percentile - £55,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,628 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.95% - -
75th Percentile £54,532 £70,115 -
90th Percentile - £71,820 -
England median annual salary £70,600 £70,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +0.86% +14.75% -9.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,578 16,586 15,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 94.87% 89.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5,737 12,834 8,216
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,265 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,577
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £78,100 £78,750 £81,250
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in the North of England

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Principal Systems Engineer in the North of England

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Principal Systems Engineer in the North of England

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
North West +166 242 £45,628 -23.95% 12
Yorkshire - 22 - - 3
North East - 1 £60,000 - 1
Principal Systems Engineer
England

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 14 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 North of England region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 249 (93.96%) Degree
2 236 (89.06%) Systems Engineering
3 155 (58.49%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 153 (57.74%) Telecoms
5 152 (57.36%) Automotive
5 152 (57.36%) Architectural Design
6 92 (34.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 69 (26.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (15.09%) HNC
8 40 (15.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 40 (15.09%) Operations Management
8 40 (15.09%) Business Case
9 28 (10.57%) ISO 9001
10 20 (7.55%) Validation
10 20 (7.55%) Verification and Validation
11 15 (5.66%) Mathematics
11 15 (5.66%) Physics
11 15 (5.66%) Coaching
12 8 (3.02%) Project Planning
13 5 (1.89%) Agile
14 4 (1.51%) Requirements Management
14 4 (1.51%) Rational DOORS
14 4 (1.51%) Requirements Gathering
15 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
16 1 (0.38%) Problem-Solving
16 1 (0.38%) R
16 1 (0.38%) Analytical Skills
16 1 (0.38%) Data Centre
16 1 (0.38%) Mentoring
16 1 (0.38%) SCADA

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (1.51%) Rational DOORS
General
1 153 (57.74%) Telecoms
2 152 (57.36%) Automotive
3 1 (0.38%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.38%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 1 (0.38%) Data Centre
1 1 (0.38%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (89.06%) Systems Engineering
2 155 (58.49%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 152 (57.36%) Architectural Design
4 69 (26.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (15.09%) Business Case
5 40 (15.09%) Operations Management
5 40 (15.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (7.55%) Validation
6 20 (7.55%) Verification and Validation
7 15 (5.66%) Coaching
7 15 (5.66%) Mathematics
7 15 (5.66%) Physics
8 8 (3.02%) Project Planning
9 5 (1.89%) Agile
10 4 (1.51%) Requirements Gathering
10 4 (1.51%) Requirements Management
11 1 (0.38%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
11 1 (0.38%) Mentoring
11 1 (0.38%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.38%) MATLAB
1 1 (0.38%) Perl
1 1 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 249 (93.96%) Degree
2 92 (34.72%) BPSS Clearance
3 40 (15.09%) HNC
4 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.57%) ISO 9001