Principal Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Principal Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Principal Engineer salary in Scotland is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 195 210 230
Rank change year-on-year +15 +20 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 90 12 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.34% 0.26% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 0.29% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 23 11 15
10th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £63,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% +1.59%
75th Percentile £100,000 - £90,000
90th Percentile - - £91,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,508 4,108 5,653
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.93% 89.89% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,627 2,223 3,003
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,414 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,810
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,043 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Principal Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Scotland

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in Scotland

Principal Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Engineer in Scotland

Principal Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Edinburgh +68 44 £100,000 +17.65% 4
Glasgow -72 41 £65,000 -29.73% 5
Aberdeen - 3 - -
Lanarkshire - 2 - - 1
Principal Engineer
UK

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Principal 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 Scotland region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 63 (70.00%) Software Engineering
2 59 (65.56%) Data Science
3 51 (56.67%) AWS
4 47 (52.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (46.67%) Agile
6 40 (44.44%) Python
7 39 (43.33%) Social Skills
8 38 (42.22%) Analytics
9 36 (40.00%) Java
10 35 (38.89%) GCP
11 34 (37.78%) Algorithms
11 34 (37.78%) Problem-Solving
12 33 (36.67%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (36.67%) Google
13 31 (34.44%) Computer Science
13 31 (34.44%) SaaS
14 30 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 30 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
14 30 (33.33%) Computer Security
14 30 (33.33%) Dell
15 28 (31.11%) Cloud Native
15 28 (31.11%) Kubernetes
16 26 (28.89%) Law
17 25 (27.78%) Scala
17 25 (27.78%) Kafka
18 24 (26.67%) Big Data
18 24 (26.67%) Apache Spark
18 24 (26.67%) SDLC
18 24 (26.67%) Hadoop
19 23 (25.56%) Amazon S3

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 24 (26.67%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 51 (56.67%) AWS
2 35 (38.89%) GCP
3 31 (34.44%) SaaS
4 23 (25.56%) Amazon S3
4 23 (25.56%) Amazon SQS
4 23 (25.56%) Google Docs
4 23 (25.56%) Lucidchart
4 23 (25.56%) Miro
4 23 (25.56%) Slack
5 3 (3.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (26.67%) Big Data
1 24 (26.67%) Hadoop
2 23 (25.56%) Elasticsearch
2 23 (25.56%) Redis
2 23 (25.56%) Scylla
3 10 (11.11%) BigQuery
3 10 (11.11%) Looker
4 6 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.11%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (1.11%) Cypress.io
General
1 47 (52.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 39 (43.33%) Social Skills
3 26 (28.89%) Law
4 22 (24.44%) Games
5 21 (23.33%) Finance
5 21 (23.33%) Financial Institution
5 21 (23.33%) Marketing
6 20 (22.22%) Banking
6 20 (22.22%) Investment Banking
6 20 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (12.22%) Legal
8 9 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (3.33%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (27.78%) Kafka
2 23 (25.56%) GraphQL
3 5 (5.56%) React
4 4 (4.44%) Node.js
5 3 (3.33%) RESTful
6 1 (1.11%) Micronaut
Miscellaneous
1 34 (37.78%) Algorithms
2 28 (31.11%) Cloud Native
3 23 (25.56%) Data Structures
4 10 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (10.00%) Product Ownership
6 7 (7.78%) Virtual Team
7 6 (6.67%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.11%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (1.11%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (1.11%) Educational Technology
8 1 (1.11%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.78%) Linux
1 7 (7.78%) Mac OS
1 7 (7.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (70.00%) Software Engineering
2 59 (65.56%) Data Science
3 42 (46.67%) Agile
4 38 (42.22%) Analytics
5 34 (37.78%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (36.67%) Cybersecurity
7 31 (34.44%) Computer Science
8 30 (33.33%) Computer Security
8 30 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 30 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
9 24 (26.67%) SDLC
10 23 (25.56%) High Availability
10 23 (25.56%) User Experience
10 23 (25.56%) UX Research
11 21 (23.33%) Artificial Intelligence
11 21 (23.33%) Machine Learning
11 21 (23.33%) Operational Stability
12 20 (22.22%) Business Analysis
12 20 (22.22%) Data Analysis
12 20 (22.22%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 40 (44.44%) Python
2 36 (40.00%) Java
3 25 (27.78%) Scala
4 23 (25.56%) Bash
4 23 (25.56%) Go
5 2 (2.22%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.11%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (5.56%) Degree
1 5 (5.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.00%) GDPR
2 3 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 1 (1.11%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.11%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.11%) QA
3 1 (1.11%) TickIT
System Software
1 1 (1.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 28 (31.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (36.67%) Google
2 30 (33.33%) Dell
3 1 (1.11%) Databricks
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