Staff / Principal Data Engineer Salary in London

483+ verified salaries · London

What do Staff / Principal Data Engineers earn in London?

Staff / Principal Data Engineers in London earn a median of £135,000, with the range spanning £93,000 to £207,000.

Salaries are based on 483+ real data points scraped from live job postings across London.

Salary by seniority level

Junior (0–2 yrs): £70k – £93k

Mid-level (2–5 yrs): £93k – £135k

Senior (5–8 yrs): £135k – £207k

Staff / Principal (8+ yrs): £207k – £259k+

About this data

MasloJobs aggregates salary data from 350,000+ verified tech compensation data points across Europe. Updated continuously from live job postings, not self-reported surveys.

Last updated: March 2026