Principal Systems Engineer Jobs in Rochester

Principal Systems Engineer
Kent > Rochester

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in Rochester is £75,900 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 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Rochester 6.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.35% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
Kent median annual salary £75,900 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Rochester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Rochester. 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 Rochester with a recognized job title 126 30 41
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.67% 93.75% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 71 24 23
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,125 £34,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £37,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.87% -20.43% +14.81%
75th Percentile £57,500 £40,750 £51,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £56,625 £65,000
Kent median annual salary £41,000 £45,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -8.89% -8.16% +8.89%

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Rochester

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in Rochester

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Rochester

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

1 8 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 8 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (37.50%) IBM
3 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (37.50%) Signal Processing
3 3 (37.50%) Test Planning
3 3 (37.50%) Algorithms
3 3 (37.50%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (12.50%) Verification and Validation

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Rochester 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 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Signal Processing
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (37.50%) Test Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) IBM
24 Principal Systems Engineer jobs in the South East