Principal Systems Engineer
South West > Wiltshire
The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in Wiltshire is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 52 | 74 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +22 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire | 0.87% | 1.01% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.93% | 1.08% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | - | - |
| South West median annual salary | £75,900 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.43% | - | +3.70% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title | 431 | 1,207 | 753 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 93.90% | 94.08% | 94.84% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 260 | 904 | 499 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £30,000 | £29,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £34,375 | £36,000 | £37,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £49,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.00% | - | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £60,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| South West median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £54,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.41% | +8.00% |
Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire
Job postings that featured Principal Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.
Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Wiltshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer in Wiltshire.
Principal Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Wiltshire
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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 30 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury | +22 | 4 | £70,000 | - | |
| Principal Systems Engineer South West |
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