Principal Systems Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Principal Systems Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £70,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 544 660
Rank change year-on-year +278 +116 +176
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 149 45 11
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.00% 0.13% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 0.14% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 145 9 4
10th Percentile - - £42,900
25th Percentile - - £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.36% -9.84% -
75th Percentile - £65,000 £68,625
90th Percentile - £71,820 £72,450
UK median annual salary £70,600 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.86% +16.67% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Principal Systems Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Principal Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Principal Systems Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Principal Systems Engineer.

Principal Systems Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 146 (97.99%) Systems Engineering
2 144 (96.64%) Technical Leadership
2 144 (96.64%) Rational DOORS
2 144 (96.64%) Signal Processing
2 144 (96.64%) Algorithms
2 144 (96.64%) BPSS Clearance
2 144 (96.64%) Test Planning
2 144 (96.64%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 144 (96.64%) Electronics
2 144 (96.64%) IBM
3 5 (3.36%) Degree
4 4 (2.68%) Mentoring
5 3 (2.01%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (2.01%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (2.01%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.01%) Flash
5 3 (2.01%) Project Management
5 3 (2.01%) NHS
6 2 (1.34%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.67%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.67%) Agile
7 1 (0.67%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 1 (0.67%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.67%) Perl
7 1 (0.67%) Linux
7 1 (0.67%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.67%) Validation
7 1 (0.67%) Supplier Relationship Management
7 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.67%) Cyber Intelligence

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 144 (96.64%) Rational DOORS
General
1 144 (96.64%) Electronics
2 1 (0.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (0.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.01%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 144 (96.64%) Algorithms
2 3 (2.01%) NHS
2 3 (2.01%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (97.99%) Systems Engineering
2 144 (96.64%) Signal Processing
2 144 (96.64%) Technical Leadership
2 144 (96.64%) Test Planning
3 4 (2.68%) Mentoring
4 3 (2.01%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (2.01%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (2.01%) Project Management
5 1 (0.67%) Agile
5 1 (0.67%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 1 (0.67%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (0.67%) Supplier Relationship Management
5 1 (0.67%) Validation
5 1 (0.67%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.67%) MATLAB
1 1 (0.67%) Perl
1 1 (0.67%) R
Qualifications
1 144 (96.64%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (3.36%) Degree
3 2 (1.34%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (96.64%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 144 (96.64%) IBM