Principal Engineer Jobs in Glasgow

Principal Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Principal Engineer salary in Glasgow is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 127 126
Rank change year-on-year -57 -1 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 42 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.10% 0.13% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 0.16% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 0
10th Percentile £55,000 £86,000 -
25th Percentile £62,500 £87,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £92,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £100,000 -
90th Percentile £77,000 £103,000 -
Scotland median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 3,734 1,286 1,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.08% 86.08% 96.64%
Number of salaries quoted 971 630 840
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,450 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £49,893
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.24% +7.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Glasgow

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in Glasgow

Principal Engineer
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Engineer in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 Glasgow region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 27 (64.29%) Computer Science
2 27 (64.29%) Agile
2 27 (64.29%) Analytics
3 25 (59.52%) Law
4 24 (57.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (54.76%) SDLC
5 23 (54.76%) Data Science
6 21 (50.00%) Cloud Native
6 21 (50.00%) Operational Stability
6 21 (50.00%) Financial Institution
6 21 (50.00%) Games
6 21 (50.00%) Finance
6 21 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 21 (50.00%) Marketing
6 21 (50.00%) Machine Learning
6 21 (50.00%) AWS
7 20 (47.62%) Use Case
7 20 (47.62%) Mathematics
7 20 (47.62%) Coaching
7 20 (47.62%) Business Analysis
7 20 (47.62%) Investment Banking
7 20 (47.62%) Data Analysis
7 20 (47.62%) Banking
7 20 (47.62%) Asset Management
7 20 (47.62%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (35.71%) Python
9 12 (28.57%) Social Skills
10 10 (23.81%) Strategic Thinking
10 10 (23.81%) Financial Modelling

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (2.38%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 21 (50.00%) AWS
2 4 (9.52%) GCP
3 1 (2.38%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) BigQuery
1 3 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (7.14%) Looker
2 1 (2.38%) Big Data
2 1 (2.38%) Hadoop
General
1 25 (59.52%) Law
2 24 (57.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (50.00%) Finance
3 21 (50.00%) Financial Institution
3 21 (50.00%) Games
3 21 (50.00%) Marketing
4 20 (47.62%) Banking
4 20 (47.62%) Investment Banking
4 20 (47.62%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (28.57%) Social Skills
6 7 (16.67%) Legal
7 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (7.14%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) Node.js
1 5 (11.90%) React
2 3 (7.14%) RESTful
3 2 (4.76%) Micronaut
4 1 (2.38%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 21 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 7 (16.67%) Algorithms
3 6 (14.29%) Product Ownership
4 3 (7.14%) Educational Technology
4 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.38%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (2.38%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 27 (64.29%) Agile
2 27 (64.29%) Analytics
2 27 (64.29%) Computer Science
3 23 (54.76%) Data Science
3 23 (54.76%) SDLC
4 21 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 21 (50.00%) Machine Learning
4 21 (50.00%) Operational Stability
5 20 (47.62%) Asset Management
5 20 (47.62%) Business Analysis
5 20 (47.62%) Coaching
5 20 (47.62%) Data Analysis
5 20 (47.62%) Mathematics
5 20 (47.62%) Use Case
6 10 (23.81%) Financial Modelling
6 10 (23.81%) Strategic Thinking
7 7 (16.67%) Data Architecture
7 7 (16.67%) Data Governance
7 7 (16.67%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 15 (35.71%) Python
2 6 (14.29%) Java
3 2 (4.76%) Kotlin
4 1 (2.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (9.52%) Degree
1 4 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) GDPR
1 3 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (7.14%) Google
2 1 (2.38%) Databricks