Principal Engineer Jobs in Petersfield

Principal Engineer
Hampshire > Petersfield

The median Principal Engineer salary in Petersfield is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Petersfield 22.86% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 22.86% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +38.89% -36.47%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Petersfield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Petersfield. 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 Petersfield with a recognized job title 35 11 6
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 21 11 4
10th Percentile £50,000 £25,000 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £39,375 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +32.95% -13.50%
75th Percentile £61,500 £64,500 £52,125
90th Percentile £70,000 - £52,350
Hampshire median annual salary £53,750 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -3.85% -0.95%

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Petersfield

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 Petersfield region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Degree
1 8 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 8 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 4 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
2 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (50.00%) Wireshark
2 4 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) AWS
2 4 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) OOP
2 4 (50.00%) OO
2 4 (50.00%) Validation
2 4 (50.00%) Military
2 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Petersfield 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 4 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Military
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) OO
2 4 (50.00%) OOP
2 4 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (50.00%) Validation
2 4 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer