Principal Engineer Jobs in Nottingham

Principal Engineer
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Principal Engineer salary in Nottingham is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 70 52
Rank change year-on-year +22 -18 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 1 5 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 0.23% 0.53% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.54% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.94%
75th Percentile - - £83,750
90th Percentile - - -
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £80,000 - £82,500
% change year-on-year - - -2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Nottingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Nottingham. 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 Nottingham with a recognized job title 412 920 426
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.37% 97.35% 88.20%
Number of salaries quoted 256 651 315
10th Percentile £26,125 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £28,750 £40,000 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £62,813 £67,075 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Nottingham

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in Nottingham

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

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in Nottingham

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham

For the 6 months to 20 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 Nottingham region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL