Principal Systems Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Principal Systems Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Principal Systems Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 747 797
Rank change year-on-year +219 +50 -155
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 251 10 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.017% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.019% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 127 10 44
10th Percentile £55,000 £40,875 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £41,250 £61,588
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £56,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,863
90th Percentile £82,000 - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £61,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +14.75% -9.63% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 69,899 52,023 70,286
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 89.12% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 49,392 29,903 42,846
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Principal Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Principal Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Principal Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Principal Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
South West +53 85 £70,000 +3.70% 13
Midlands - 53 £80,000 - 8
East of England - 53 £55,000 - 10
South East +43 44 £80,000 +68.42% 16
East Midlands - 34 £60,000 - 6
West Midlands - 19 £80,000 - 2
North West - 8 £60,000 - 10
North of England - 8 £60,000 - 14
Wales - 5 £60,000 - 1
Scotland - 3 £60,000 - 1
Principal Systems Engineer
UK

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 May 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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 111 (44.22%) Systems Engineering
2 64 (25.50%) Degree
3 43 (17.13%) Security Cleared
4 41 (16.33%) Aerospace
5 40 (15.94%) Master's Degree
6 39 (15.54%) Chartered Engineer
7 38 (15.14%) EMC
7 38 (15.14%) Project Delivery
7 38 (15.14%) Customer Service
8 20 (7.97%) Manufacturing
9 17 (6.77%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (6.37%) Rational DOORS
11 13 (5.18%) Mathematics
11 13 (5.18%) Customer Requirements
12 12 (4.78%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 11 (4.38%) Agile
13 11 (4.38%) Technical Leadership
14 10 (3.98%) DV Cleared
15 9 (3.59%) SysML
15 9 (3.59%) V-Model
15 9 (3.59%) Firmware
15 9 (3.59%) UML
15 9 (3.59%) QinetiQ
16 8 (3.19%) Design for Manufacturing
16 8 (3.19%) Social Skills
16 8 (3.19%) Management Information System
16 8 (3.19%) Information Assurance
16 8 (3.19%) Line Management
17 7 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
18 6 (2.39%) Verification and Validation

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (1.20%) IIS
1 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 16 (6.37%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.20%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 41 (16.33%) Aerospace
2 20 (7.97%) Manufacturing
3 8 (3.19%) Social Skills
4 5 (1.99%) Automotive
5 4 (1.59%) Electronics
5 4 (1.59%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.20%) Finance
6 3 (1.20%) Games
6 3 (1.20%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.40%) Advertising
7 1 (0.40%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.19%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.20%) Data Centre
2 3 (1.20%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.20%) Linux
1 3 (1.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (44.22%) Systems Engineering
2 38 (15.14%) Customer Service
2 38 (15.14%) Project Delivery
3 17 (6.77%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (5.18%) Customer Requirements
4 13 (5.18%) Mathematics
5 12 (4.78%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 11 (4.38%) Agile
6 11 (4.38%) Technical Leadership
7 9 (3.59%) SysML
7 9 (3.59%) UML
7 9 (3.59%) V-Model
8 8 (3.19%) Design for Manufacturing
8 8 (3.19%) Information Assurance
8 8 (3.19%) Line Management
9 6 (2.39%) Logistics
9 6 (2.39%) Requirements Management
9 6 (2.39%) Validation
9 6 (2.39%) Verification and Validation
10 5 (1.99%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (25.50%) Degree
2 43 (17.13%) Security Cleared
3 40 (15.94%) Master's Degree
4 39 (15.54%) Chartered Engineer
5 10 (3.98%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 9 (3.59%) Firmware
2 3 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.20%) Forefront TMG
2 3 (1.20%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.20%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (1.20%) SCOM
1 3 (1.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (15.14%) EMC
2 9 (3.59%) QinetiQ
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.20%) VMware