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Principal Engineering salaries in United Kingdom
Core conclusion
This PayEvidence salary page reports the median pay computed from the sampled employer postings for the selected role and country over the last 90 days, with the p25, p50 and p75 band shown below.
Source: https://payevidence.com/salaries (PayEvidence salary distribution, 90-day window, percentiles p25/p50/p75).
Built from 10 employer-stated ranges observed in live postings (as of 2026-10-15). Every number traces to a public source row.
Employers hiring Principal Engineering roles in United Kingdom state a median of $92,197 annual USD (P25 $92,197, P75 $284,803), measured from 10 employer-published ranges as of 2026-10-15.
Beyond base: 12.5% of evaluated postings here mention equity, 18.8% mention bonus/commission (n=48 evaluated excerpts).
Skills mentioned in this market
Tokens that literally appear in the posting text, with n and share of open roles. Not inferred.
| Skill | n | Share of open roles |
|---|---|---|
| CI/CD | 17 | 35.4% |
| AWS | 16 | 33.3% |
| Git | 12 | 25.0% |
| Java | 12 | 25.0% |
| Agile | 8 | 16.7% |
| GCP | 8 | 16.7% |
| Python | 8 | 16.7% |
| React | 8 | 16.7% |
| Prototyping | 7 | 14.6% |
| Roadmapping | 7 | 14.6% |
| Kubernetes | 6 | 12.5% |
| LLM | 6 | 12.5% |
Where would an offer land?
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- P10
- $88,753
- P20
- $92,197
- P30
- $92,197
- P40
- $92,197
- P50
- $92,197
- P60
- $95,508
- P70
- $192,871
- P80
- $284,803
- P90
- $299,500
Deciles of employer-stated ranges (midpoints, annual USD) for this market. Percentiles interpolate between deciles; sample statistics, not an offer recommendation.
Companies behind these numbers (United Kingdom)
| Company | Sector | Open roles | Stated ranges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gdmsi | — | 6 | 6 | View roles → |
| gitlab | software | 2 | 2 | View roles → |
| beam-up | — | 1 | 1 | View roles → |
| commify | — | 1 | 1 | View roles → |
| capco | — | 5 | 0 | View roles → |
| turnitinllc | — | 4 | 0 | View roles → |
| alphasense | ai | 3 | 0 | View roles → |
| elastic | software | 3 | 0 | View roles → |
| anaplan | software | 2 | 0 | View roles → |
| socotecukireland | — | 2 | 0 | View roles → |
| 84674th44metrea9999 | — | 1 | 0 | View roles → |
| Salesforce | software | 1 | 0 | View roles → |