Principal Engineer Jobs in Northampton

Principal Engineer
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Principal Engineer salary in Northampton is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 42 -
Rank change year-on-year +35 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 66 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 17.23% 0.84% -
As % of the Job Titles category 17.51% 0.88% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £75,900 £85,000 -
% change year-on-year -10.71% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 377 455 206
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.43% 95.99% 87.29%
Number of salaries quoted 202 354 141
10th Percentile £29,750 £24,865 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,900 £71,250 £83,750
Northamptonshire median annual salary £47,500 £44,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.15% -18.64% +10.00%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Northampton

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in Northampton

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

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in Northampton

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

For the 6 months to 30 July 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 Northampton region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 60 (90.91%) BPSS Clearance
2 45 (68.18%) Systems Engineering
3 35 (53.03%) Degree
4 19 (28.79%) Validation
5 15 (22.73%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 12 (18.18%) Agile
6 12 (18.18%) Automotive
7 11 (16.67%) SysML
7 11 (16.67%) Project Planning
8 10 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (15.15%) Software Testing
8 10 (15.15%) Information Security
8 10 (15.15%) CISM
8 10 (15.15%) Risk Management
8 10 (15.15%) CISSP
8 10 (15.15%) Project Management
8 10 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 10 (15.15%) CESG Certified Professional
8 10 (15.15%) Cyber Resilience
8 10 (15.15%) NIST
8 10 (15.15%) Security Testing
8 10 (15.15%) JSP 440
8 10 (15.15%) RMADS
8 10 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (12.12%) Software Engineering
10 8 (12.12%) Electronics
11 7 (10.61%) Aerospace
11 7 (10.61%) MATLAB
11 7 (10.61%) Simulink

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 5 (7.58%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (18.18%) Automotive
2 8 (12.12%) Electronics
3 7 (10.61%) Aerospace
4 5 (7.58%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.06%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.58%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (68.18%) Systems Engineering
2 19 (28.79%) Validation
3 15 (22.73%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 12 (18.18%) Agile
5 11 (16.67%) Project Planning
5 11 (16.67%) SysML
6 10 (15.15%) Cyber Resilience
6 10 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (15.15%) Information Security
6 10 (15.15%) Project Management
6 10 (15.15%) Risk Management
6 10 (15.15%) Security Testing
6 10 (15.15%) Software Testing
7 9 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (12.12%) Software Engineering
9 6 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
9 6 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
10 5 (7.58%) Systems Thinking
10 5 (7.58%) Technical Leadership
10 5 (7.58%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.61%) MATLAB
2 2 (3.03%) Ada
2 2 (3.03%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 60 (90.91%) BPSS Clearance
2 35 (53.03%) Degree
3 10 (15.15%) CESG Certified Professional
3 10 (15.15%) CISM
3 10 (15.15%) CISSP
4 2 (3.03%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 10 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (15.15%) JSP 440
1 10 (15.15%) NIST
1 10 (15.15%) RMADS
2 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 5 (7.58%) IBM
2 3 (4.55%) Siemens