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Principal Engineer Jobs in United Kingdom.

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Total jobs
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last 24 hours
Companies
121
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
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How many Principal Engineer jobs in United Kingdom are there right now?

There are 262 open Principal Engineer jobs in United Kingdom on JobsRadar right now, from 121 companies hiring directly. 48 of them disclose pay, with a median of $102,250 a year and most offers between $84,214 and $148,522. 11 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 14, 2026 at 01:40 UTC.

Principal Engineer salary range in United Kingdom

$84.2k 25th
$102.3k Median
$148.5k 75th
$70.3k
$225.6k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $13.8k – $380.4k · outliers off-axis
Based on 48 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 14, 2026 from live listings
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Matillion
Principal AI Engineer
Matillion
⚡ Apply early Manchester · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
FR
Senior/Principal DFT Engineer
Fractile
⚡ Apply early Bristol Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 9h ago
FR
Senior/Principal Physical Design Engineer
Fractile
⚡ Apply early Bristol Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 9h ago
FR
Senior/Principal Physical Design Engineer
Fractile
⚡ Apply early London Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 9h ago
Sony Music Global Job Board
Principal Software Engineer, Pub Admin
Sony Music Global Job Board
⚡ Apply early UK & Ireland, United Kingdom,... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10h ago
FT
Principal Engineer - Integration Services
Financial Times
⚡ Apply early London; Sofia Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 13h ago
The Economist Group
Distinguished Engineer - Salesforce
The Economist Group
⚡ Apply early London - Commercial Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 17h ago
The Economist Group
Distinguished Engineer - Web & Advertisement
The Economist Group
⚡ Apply early London - Commercial Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 17h ago
AN
Principal Data Engineer - AI
Anaplan
⚡ Apply early London, United Kingdom Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 17h ago
MS
Principal Software Engineer (Java/Scala/.Net)
Morgan Stanley
⚡ Apply early London, United Kingdom Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 17h ago
Teya
Principal Security Engineer (AppSec)
Teya
⚡ Apply early London Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
CoreWeave Europe
Principal Engineer
CoreWeave Europe
⚡ Apply early London, UK Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
LSEG
Principal Engineer
LSEG
⚡ Apply early London, United Kingdom Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Johnson & Johnson
Principal Engineer Platform/Cloud Engineering
Johnson & Johnson
⚡ Apply early Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium Onsite €61,800–€106,260
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
HKEX
Principal Engineer
HKEX
⚡ Apply early UK-London Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Thales
Principal Mechanical Engineer
Thales
⚡ Apply early Belfast Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Invisible Technologies
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
Invisible Technologies
⚡ Apply early New York - Hybrid; San Francis... Hybrid $250,000–$300,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Albus Health
Principal Systems Test & Automation Engineer
Albus Health
⚡ Apply early Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Xodus Group
Senior and Principal Advanced Analysis Engineer
Xodus Group
⚡ Apply early London, England, United Kingdo... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Referral Board
Principal Software Engineer I - CI/CD - Platform Engineering Productivity
Referral Board
⚡ Apply early United Kingdom Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Elastic
Principal Software Engineer I - CI/CD - Platform Engineering Productivity
Elastic
⚡ Apply early United Kingdom Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Funding Circle
Principal Data Engineer
Funding Circle
⚡ Apply early London Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Graphcore
Principal Hardware System Test Engineer
Graphcore
⚡ Apply early Bristol, UK; Cambridge, UK Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Graphcore
Principal Cloud Engineer
Graphcore
⚡ Apply early Bristol, UK Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Graphcore
Principal Hardware Test Engineer
Graphcore
⚡ Apply early Bristol, UK Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Principal Engineer jobs in United Kingdom are open right now?
262 Principal Engineer jobs in United Kingdom are open across 121 companies, as of October 14, 2026.
What do Principal Engineer jobs in United Kingdom pay?
Across the 48 Principal Engineer jobs in United Kingdom that disclose pay, the median is $102,250 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $84,214 and $148,522.
Which companies are hiring Principal Engineer jobs in United Kingdom?
Matillion, Fractile, Sony Music Global Job Board, Financial Times and The Economist Group are among the 121 companies currently hiring Principal Engineer jobs in United Kingdom.
How current are these listings?
Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on October 14, 2026 at 01:40 UTC.

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