Principal Systems Engineer Jobs in Witham

Principal Systems Engineer
Essex > Witham

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in Witham is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Witham 44.44% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 44.44% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
Essex median annual salary £75,900 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Witham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Witham. 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 Witham with a recognized job title 9 4 8
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 7
10th Percentile - £26,625 -
25th Percentile £26,500 £27,188 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £30,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -53.85% -
75th Percentile £51,700 £40,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £66,220 £54,375 -
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +0.79%

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Witham

For the 6 months to 17 July 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 across the Witham region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
1 4 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 4 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Witham 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 4 (100.00%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) IBM