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The median annual salary for a Principal Engineer was £72,500 in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 29 February 2020. 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
29 Feb 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
661 |
724 |
760 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+63 |
+36 |
+207 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer |
365 |
411 |
467 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.30% |
0.27% |
0.27% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.31% |
0.28% |
0.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
237 |
299 |
342 |
| UK median annual salary |
£72,500 |
£68,500 |
£65,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.84% |
+5.38% |
+12.31% |
| 10th Percentile |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
£46,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£112,500 |
£88,750 |
£93,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£65,000 |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+8.33% |
- |
+9.09% |
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 |
116,647 |
145,045 |
169,813 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
95.46% |
95.94% |
96.39% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
93,434 |
116,144 |
139,441 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
- |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,000 |
£28,250 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£87,500 |
£83,750 |
£80,000 |
| 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 29 February 2020.
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 29 February 2020.
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 |
+72 |
331 |
£75,000 |
- |
110 |
| UK excluding London |
+108 |
246 |
£65,000 |
+8.33% |
93 |
| London |
+31 |
118 |
£95,000 |
+18.75% |
24 |
| South East |
+22 |
82 |
£70,000 |
+3.70% |
20 |
| North of England |
+80 |
43 |
£70,000 |
+7.69% |
11 |
| South West |
+30 |
42 |
£65,000 |
+18.18% |
18 |
| East of England |
+86 |
36 |
£72,500 |
+37.23% |
26 |
| Yorkshire |
+55 |
26 |
£70,000 |
+16.67% |
1 |
| Wales |
+13 |
23 |
£47,500 |
-9.52% |
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| North West |
+51 |
16 |
£60,000 |
-20.00% |
9 |
| Scotland |
+9 |
11 |
£61,500 |
+11.82% |
7 |
| West Midlands |
+54 |
9 |
£50,750 |
+12.78% |
6 |
| Midlands |
+48 |
9 |
£50,750 |
+6.84% |
11 |
| North East |
+13 |
1 |
£57,500 |
+15.00% |
1 |
Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 29 February 2020, 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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