Principal Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh
The median Principal Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £100,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
|
|
6 months to
1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
Same period 2022 |
| Rank |
79 |
130 |
147 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+51 |
+17 |
-30 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer |
28 |
8 |
13 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
1.84% |
0.43% |
0.51% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.91% |
0.46% |
0.52% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
11 |
8 |
10 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£55,875 |
£75,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£62,500 |
£62,813 |
£79,063 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£100,000 |
£85,000 |
£87,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+17.65% |
-2.86% |
+6.06% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
- |
£91,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£70,000 |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-17.65% |
+6.25% |
+6.67% |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title |
1,467 |
1,756 |
2,496 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
96.20% |
94.56% |
98.07% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,035 |
1,054 |
1,552 |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,500 |
£35,000 |
£33,488 |
| 25th Percentile |
£45,000 |
£43,750 |
£43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
+9.09% |
+10.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£71,750 |
£77,715 |
£70,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£91,934 |
£89,459 |
£85,000 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£55,000 |
£54,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.55% |
+1.85% |
+13.68% |
