Principal Systems Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Principal Systems Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 545 615 896
Rank change year-on-year +70 +281 -305
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 57 18 5
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.048% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.050% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 13 12 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile - £75,000 -
90th Percentile £70,456 - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -

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 34,224 35,954 73,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.93% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,903 26,270 42,683
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Principal Systems Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Principal Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Principal Systems Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 19 June 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 32 (56.14%) Security Cleared
2 21 (36.84%) Aerospace
3 19 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
4 15 (26.32%) Manufacturing
5 13 (22.81%) DV Cleared
6 9 (15.79%) Degree
7 6 (10.53%) WSUS
7 6 (10.53%) Information Management
7 6 (10.53%) VMware
7 6 (10.53%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
7 6 (10.53%) SCOM
7 6 (10.53%) Hyper-V
7 6 (10.53%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (10.53%) Finance
7 6 (10.53%) SQL
7 6 (10.53%) IIS
7 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
7 6 (10.53%) Windows
7 6 (10.53%) Linux
7 6 (10.53%) SharePoint
7 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (10.53%) Microsoft
7 6 (10.53%) Active Directory
7 6 (10.53%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 6 (10.53%) Security Monitoring
7 6 (10.53%) SIEM
7 6 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (10.53%) IoT
7 6 (10.53%) Mentoring

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (10.53%) IIS
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (5.26%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 21 (36.84%) Aerospace
2 15 (26.32%) Manufacturing
3 6 (10.53%) Finance
4 5 (8.77%) Social Skills
5 3 (5.26%) Games
5 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.75%) Automotive
7 1 (1.75%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.53%) Linux
1 6 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (10.53%) Information Management
2 6 (10.53%) Mentoring
2 6 (10.53%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 6 (10.53%) Security Monitoring
2 6 (10.53%) SIEM
3 4 (7.02%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (7.02%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (5.26%) Agile
4 3 (5.26%) Business Development
4 3 (5.26%) Business Strategy
4 3 (5.26%) Innovative Thinking
4 3 (5.26%) Performance Analysis
4 3 (5.26%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (5.26%) Roadmaps
4 3 (5.26%) Synthetic Environment
4 3 (5.26%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (3.51%) Cyber Intelligence
5 2 (3.51%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (56.14%) Security Cleared
2 13 (22.81%) DV Cleared
3 9 (15.79%) Degree
4 6 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.51%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (3.51%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 6 (10.53%) Active Directory
1 6 (10.53%) Forefront TMG
1 6 (10.53%) Hyper-V
1 6 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (10.53%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 6 (10.53%) SCOM
1 6 (10.53%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft
1 6 (10.53%) VMware