Principal Systems Engineer Jobs in Portsmouth

Principal Systems Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in Portsmouth is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 44 -
Rank change year-on-year +14 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 24 10 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 5.97% 1.93% -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.17% 2.05% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £90,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% - -
Hampshire median annual salary £70,000 £90,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% +89.47% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 389 487 383
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.77% 93.83% 91.41%
Number of salaries quoted 185 419 281
10th Percentile £32,700 £24,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% -

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in Portsmouth

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for Principal Systems Engineer in Portsmouth

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 Portsmouth region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 18 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 18 (75.00%) Degree
3 12 (50.00%) Validation
3 12 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
4 8 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
4 8 (33.33%) Requirements Management
5 7 (29.17%) Military
5 7 (29.17%) AWS
6 6 (25.00%) Roadmaps
6 6 (25.00%) Data Analysis
6 6 (25.00%) Containerisation
6 6 (25.00%) Windows
6 6 (25.00%) Linux
6 6 (25.00%) OOP
6 6 (25.00%) OO
6 6 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
6 6 (25.00%) Wireshark
7 4 (16.67%) Mathematics
7 4 (16.67%) Physics
7 4 (16.67%) Coaching
8 1 (4.17%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (4.17%) Agile

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 7 (29.17%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 8 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (29.17%) Military
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Linux
1 6 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 12 (50.00%) Validation
2 12 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
3 8 (33.33%) Requirements Management
4 6 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 6 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 6 (25.00%) OO
4 6 (25.00%) OOP
4 6 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (16.67%) Coaching
5 4 (16.67%) Mathematics
5 4 (16.67%) Physics
6 1 (4.17%) Agile
6 1 (4.17%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 18 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 18 (75.00%) Degree
2 6 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer