Principal Systems Engineer Jobs in North Yorkshire

Principal Systems Engineer
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in North Yorkshire is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 July 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 0.70% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £75,900 - -

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 914 771 719
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 70.63% 96.01% 87.90%
Number of salaries quoted 253 535 419
10th Percentile £25,084 £25,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £42,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% -14.14% +4.21%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £73,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in North Yorkshire

Principal Systems 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 Systems Engineer within the North Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 July 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 - 8 £75,900 - 1
Harrogate - 1 - -
Principal Systems Engineer
Yorkshire

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 19 July 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 Yorkshire region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 8 (88.89%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (44.44%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
4 3 (33.33%) Degree
4 3 (33.33%) Validation
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) Electronics
5 2 (22.22%) IBM
5 2 (22.22%) Requirements Management
5 2 (22.22%) Signal Processing
5 2 (22.22%) Algorithms
5 2 (22.22%) Test Planning
5 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
6 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 1 (11.11%) R
6 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
6 1 (11.11%) Perl
6 1 (11.11%) Linux
6 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 1 (11.11%) Cost-Benefit Analysis

Principal Systems 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 4 (44.44%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (22.22%) Electronics
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Validation
2 3 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Management
3 2 (22.22%) Signal Processing
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (22.22%) Test Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
1 1 (11.11%) Perl
1 1 (11.11%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) IBM