Principal Engineer
UK > Scotland
The median Principal Engineer salary in Scotland is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Jul 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 185 | 203 | 236 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +33 | -52 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer | 67 | 7 | 15 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 1.18% | 0.18% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.21% | 0.20% | 0.26% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26 | 7 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £58,750 | £76,000 | £73,125 |
| 25th Percentile | £62,500 | - | £78,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £85,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.65% | +6.25% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | - | £90,938 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £91,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £75,000 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | - | +21.43% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title | 5,531 | 3,496 | 5,710 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 97.07% | 92.15% | 93.76% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,492 | 2,018 | 3,223 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £30,500 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.45% | - | +15.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,250 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £82,500 | £82,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £55,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | - | +9.09% |
Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings that featured Principal Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in Scotland.
Principal Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.
Principal Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | -34 | 44 | £70,000 | -17.65% | 2 |
| Edinburgh | +44 | 18 | £100,000 | +17.65% | 1 |
| Aberdeen | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Lanarkshire | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Principal Engineer UK |
|||||
Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland
For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 Scotland region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.
|
|
Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||