Principal Engineer Jobs in North Yorkshire

Principal Engineer
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The median Principal Engineer salary in North Yorkshire is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 55 76
Rank change year-on-year -1 +21 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 21 6 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 1.59% 0.67% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.25% 0.69% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £68,125
25th Percentile - - £70,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - £78,750
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile - - £88,438
90th Percentile - - £92,375
Yorkshire median annual salary £75,900 £100,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -24.10% +21.21% +13.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in North Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 932 867 611
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 70.77% 96.98% 86.54%
Number of salaries quoted 260 459 387
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,750 £30,400
25th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,750 £73,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +4.64%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in North Yorkshire

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in North Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in North Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in North Yorkshire

Principal Engineer
Job Locations in North Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the North Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Bedale - 16 £75,900 - 2
Harrogate +4 4 - - 1
Malton - 1 - -
Principal Engineer
Yorkshire

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 5 August 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 North Yorkshire region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (76.19%) BPSS Clearance
2 14 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
3 9 (42.86%) Electronics
4 8 (38.10%) Degree
5 6 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (28.57%) Signal Processing
5 6 (28.57%) Test Planning
5 6 (28.57%) IBM
5 6 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
5 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
5 6 (28.57%) Algorithms
5 6 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 5 (23.81%) Agile
7 4 (19.05%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
7 4 (19.05%) R
7 4 (19.05%) MATLAB
7 4 (19.05%) Perl
7 4 (19.05%) Linux
7 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
7 4 (19.05%) Validation
7 4 (19.05%) Master's Degree
7 4 (19.05%) Verification and Validation
8 3 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (14.29%) Product Requirements
8 3 (14.29%) Software Assurance
8 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
8 3 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (14.29%) Ada 95

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (42.86%) Electronics
2 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
3 3 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 3 (14.29%) Military
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.76%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Algorithms
2 3 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (28.57%) Signal Processing
2 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 6 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
2 6 (28.57%) Test Planning
3 5 (23.81%) Agile
4 4 (19.05%) Validation
4 4 (19.05%) Verification and Validation
5 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 3 (14.29%) Configuration Management
5 3 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (14.29%) Product Requirements
5 3 (14.29%) Software Assurance
5 3 (14.29%) UML
5 3 (14.29%) Waterfall
6 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
7 1 (4.76%) Feasibility Study
7 1 (4.76%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) MATLAB
1 4 (19.05%) Perl
1 4 (19.05%) R
2 3 (14.29%) Ada
2 3 (14.29%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (38.10%) Degree
3 4 (19.05%) Chartered Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Master's Degree
3 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
4 3 (14.29%) PhD
4 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) IBM