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The median annual salary for a Principal Engineer was £75,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 17 October 2019. The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| Principal Engineer UK |
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6 months to
17 Oct 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
594 |
901 |
840 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+307 |
-61 |
+229 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer |
563 |
273 |
372 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.41% |
0.17% |
0.21% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.43% |
0.17% |
0.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
357 |
211 |
303 |
| UK median annual salary |
£75,000 |
£62,500 |
£60,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+20.00% |
+4.17% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£47,500 |
£45,625 |
£45,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£130,000 |
£90,000 |
£90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£60,500 |
£57,500 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.22% |
+4.55% |
-4.35% |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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.
| All Permanent IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
131,250 |
157,771 |
168,081 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
95.66% |
95.93% |
95.98% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
104,620 |
127,104 |
134,629 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£48,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.17% |
+1.05% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,000 |
£27,500 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£82,500 |
£78,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
- |
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Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Principal Engineer in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Principal Engineer
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Principal Engineer.
Principal Engineer
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Principal Engineer over the 6 months to 17 October 2019.
Principal Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 17 October 2019.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+315 |
529 |
£77,500 |
+24.00% |
117 |
| UK excluding London |
+202 |
326 |
£60,500 |
+5.22% |
112 |
| London |
+232 |
236 |
£95,000 |
+18.75% |
22 |
| South East |
+56 |
82 |
£67,500 |
+12.50% |
25 |
| North of England |
+79 |
81 |
£70,000 |
+27.27% |
23 |
| East of England |
+76 |
52 |
£65,000 |
+8.33% |
25 |
| North West |
+81 |
51 |
£52,500 |
-23.64% |
15 |
| South West |
+13 |
47 |
£62,500 |
+8.70% |
15 |
| Midlands |
+61 |
31 |
£52,500 |
+11.70% |
7 |
| West Midlands |
+56 |
31 |
£52,500 |
+11.70% |
7 |
| Yorkshire |
+7 |
23 |
£70,000 |
+40.00% |
7 |
| Wales |
+31 |
19 |
£47,500 |
-28.01% |
2 |
| Scotland |
+29 |
14 |
£46,314 |
-38.25% |
11 |
| North East |
+15 |
7 |
£57,500 |
+15.00% |
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Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 17 October 2019, Principal Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.
Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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