Principal Systems Engineer Jobs

Principal Systems Engineer
UK

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 644 981 1160
Rank change year-on-year +337 +179 -315
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 251 14 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.014% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.015% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 120 10 44
10th Percentile £55,000 £40,875 -
25th Percentile £61,000 £41,250 £61,588
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% -10.37% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,500 £73,863
90th Percentile - £75,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £47,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +47.37% -29.63% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in the UK

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer.

Salary trend for Principal Systems Engineer in the UK

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Systems Engineer in the UK

Principal Systems 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 Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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
England +292 229 £70,000 +15.70% 48
UK excluding London +202 219 £70,000 +47.37% 38
South West +44 73 £70,000 +47.37% 9
East of England - 50 £55,000 - 4
Work from Home +108 47 £55,000 -9.84% 11
Midlands - 46 £80,000 - 6
South East +52 36 £80,000 +68.42% 11
East Midlands - 27 £65,000 - 4
West Midlands - 19 £80,000 - 2
London +133 18 £70,000 +14.75% 10
North West - 6 £60,000 - 11
North of England - 6 £60,000 - 11
Wales - 5 £60,000 -
Scotland - 3 £60,000 -

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, 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.

1 106 (42.23%) Systems Engineering
2 64 (25.50%) Degree
3 58 (23.11%) Security Cleared
4 40 (15.94%) Aerospace
4 40 (15.94%) Master's Degree
5 39 (15.54%) Chartered Engineer
6 38 (15.14%) EMC
6 38 (15.14%) Project Delivery
6 38 (15.14%) Customer Service
7 20 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (7.97%) Manufacturing
8 16 (6.37%) Rational DOORS
9 14 (5.58%) SC Cleared
10 13 (5.18%) Mathematics
10 13 (5.18%) Customer Requirements
11 12 (4.78%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 11 (4.38%) Technical Leadership
12 11 (4.38%) Agile
12 11 (4.38%) UML
13 10 (3.98%) DV Cleared
14 9 (3.59%) V-Model
14 9 (3.59%) SysML
14 9 (3.59%) Firmware
15 8 (3.19%) Validation
15 8 (3.19%) Management Information System
15 8 (3.19%) Requirements Management
15 8 (3.19%) Information Assurance
15 8 (3.19%) Social Skills
15 8 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (3.19%) Line Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.39%) IIS
1 6 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (2.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 16 (6.37%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.20%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 40 (15.94%) Aerospace
2 20 (7.97%) Manufacturing
3 8 (3.19%) Social Skills
4 7 (2.79%) Finance
5 5 (1.99%) Automotive
6 4 (1.59%) Electronics
6 4 (1.59%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.20%) Games
7 3 (1.20%) Military
7 3 (1.20%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.40%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.80%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.19%) Management Information System
2 6 (2.39%) IoT
3 3 (1.20%) Data Centre
4 2 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.39%) Linux
1 6 (2.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (42.23%) Systems Engineering
2 38 (15.14%) Customer Service
2 38 (15.14%) Project Delivery
3 20 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (5.18%) Customer Requirements
4 13 (5.18%) Mathematics
5 12 (4.78%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 11 (4.38%) Agile
6 11 (4.38%) Technical Leadership
6 11 (4.38%) UML
7 9 (3.59%) SysML
7 9 (3.59%) V-Model
8 8 (3.19%) Design for Manufacturing
8 8 (3.19%) Information Assurance
8 8 (3.19%) Line Management
8 8 (3.19%) Requirements Management
8 8 (3.19%) Validation
8 8 (3.19%) Verification and Validation
9 6 (2.39%) Information Management
9 6 (2.39%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.39%) SQL
2 2 (0.80%) C#
Qualifications
1 64 (25.50%) Degree
2 58 (23.11%) Security Cleared
3 40 (15.94%) Master's Degree
4 39 (15.54%) Chartered Engineer
5 14 (5.58%) SC Cleared
6 10 (3.98%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 9 (3.59%) Firmware
2 6 (2.39%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.39%) Forefront TMG
2 6 (2.39%) Hyper-V
2 6 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.39%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 6 (2.39%) SCOM
1 6 (2.39%) WSUS
2 2 (0.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (15.14%) EMC
2 7 (2.79%) QinetiQ
3 6 (2.39%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.39%) VMware