Principal Engineer Job Trends in Weston-super-Mare

Principal Engineer
Somerset > Weston-super-Mare

The median Principal Engineer salary in Weston-super-Mare is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Weston-super-Mare 0.89% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median annual salary £50,000 - £75,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Weston-super-Mare

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Weston-super-Mare. 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 Weston-super-Mare with a recognized job title 107 23 17
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.54% 88.46% 85.00%
Number of salaries quoted 74 4 10
10th Percentile £28,750 £49,250 £24,000
25th Percentile - £59,375 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £70,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -57.14% +133.33% -47.83%
75th Percentile £33,000 £75,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £38,750 - £48,420
Somerset median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Weston-super-Mare

For the 6 months to 5 September 2026, Principal Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Weston-super-Mare region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Weston-super-Mare by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC