Principal Systems Engineer Jobs in the North West

Principal Systems Engineer
England > North West

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in the North West is £51,564 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 291 -
Rank change year-on-year +163 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 225 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.79% 0.070% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.03% 0.074% -
Number of salaries quoted 56 7 0
10th Percentile - £52,000 -
25th Percentile £45,628 £55,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% - -
75th Percentile £54,532 £68,410 -
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 West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,419 9,423 6,911
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 94.61% 89.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4,026 7,243 4,035
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in the North West

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Principal Systems Engineer in the North West

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Principal Systems Engineer in the North West

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Cumbria +19 204 £51,564 -1.78% 3
Lancashire - 12 £80,000 - 3
Manchester +55 9 £90,000 +32.59% 7
Principal Systems Engineer
England

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 18 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 West region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 217 (96.44%) Degree
2 196 (87.11%) Systems Engineering
3 155 (68.89%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 152 (67.56%) Architectural Design
4 152 (67.56%) Telecoms
4 152 (67.56%) Automotive
5 65 (28.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 52 (23.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (12.44%) ISO 9001
8 24 (10.67%) HNC
8 24 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (10.67%) Operations Management
8 24 (10.67%) Business Case
9 8 (3.56%) Project Planning
10 5 (2.22%) Validation
10 5 (2.22%) Verification and Validation
11 4 (1.78%) Coaching
11 4 (1.78%) Mathematics
11 4 (1.78%) Physics
12 1 (0.44%) Agile
12 1 (0.44%) Requirements Management
12 1 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.44%) Requirements Gathering

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
General
1 152 (67.56%) Automotive
1 152 (67.56%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (87.11%) Systems Engineering
2 155 (68.89%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 152 (67.56%) Architectural Design
4 52 (23.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (10.67%) Business Case
5 24 (10.67%) Operations Management
5 24 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (3.56%) Project Planning
7 5 (2.22%) Validation
7 5 (2.22%) Verification and Validation
8 4 (1.78%) Coaching
8 4 (1.78%) Mathematics
8 4 (1.78%) Physics
9 1 (0.44%) Agile
9 1 (0.44%) Requirements Gathering
9 1 (0.44%) Requirements Management
Qualifications
1 217 (96.44%) Degree
2 65 (28.89%) BPSS Clearance
3 24 (10.67%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.44%) ISO 9001