Principal Systems Engineer Jobs in North Wales

Principal Systems Engineer
Wales > North Wales

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in North Wales is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 August 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 10 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Wales 6.37% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.46% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
Wales median annual salary £70,600 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year +17.67% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in North Wales. 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 North Wales with a recognized job title 134 206 55
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.35% 95.37% 52.38%
Number of salaries quoted 73 146 24
10th Percentile £25,438 £26,250 £22,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £24,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +23.08% -27.78%
75th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £41,250
90th Percentile £75,900 £55,000 £52,500
Wales median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% - -10.00%

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in North Wales

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Locations in North Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
Anglesey - 10 £75,900 - 1
Principal Systems Engineer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 1 August 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 Wales region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 10 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
2 6 (60.00%) IBM
2 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 6 (60.00%) Electronics
2 6 (60.00%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (60.00%) Signal Processing
2 6 (60.00%) Test Planning
2 6 (60.00%) Algorithms

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North Wales 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 6 (60.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (60.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) Signal Processing
2 6 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
2 6 (60.00%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) IBM