Principal Systems Engineer
UK
The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in the UK is £70,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 88 | 645 | 954 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +557 | +309 | +209 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer | 1,818 | 264 | 16 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 3.26% | 0.26% | 0.016% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 3.59% | 0.28% | 0.018% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 316 | 127 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,596 | £55,000 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £61,500 | £60,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,600 | £70,000 | £61,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.86% | +14.75% | -9.63% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £80,000 | £70,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,600 | £70,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.86% | +47.37% | -29.63% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 50,706 | 94,386 | 91,123 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.83% | 94.69% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,254 | 67,482 | 57,423 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Principal Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer.
Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.
Principal Systems Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +479 | 1,805 | £70,600 | +0.86% | 104 |
| England | +516 | 1,731 | £70,600 | +0.86% | 114 |
| Midlands | +260 | 1,078 | £62,500 | -21.88% | 14 |
| West Midlands | +228 | 707 | £55,000 | -31.25% | 11 |
| East Midlands | +146 | 371 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 3 |
| South East | +253 | 268 | £70,600 | -11.75% | 43 |
| North of England | +225 | 246 | £51,564 | -14.06% | 14 |
| North West | +156 | 225 | £51,564 | -14.06% | 11 |
| Work from Home | +258 | 191 | £70,600 | +28.36% | 53 |
| South West | +142 | 119 | £61,500 | -12.14% | 18 |
| Wales | +73 | 38 | £70,600 | +17.67% | 2 |
| Scotland | +152 | 37 | - | - | 2 |
| Yorkshire | - | 20 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | +15 | 19 | - | - | 13 |
| London | +92 | 1 | £61,000 | -12.86% | 18 |
| North East | - | 1 | £60,000 | - | 1 |
Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 17 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 featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: