Principal Backend Engineer jobs in London — demand, required skills, and comparable metros (2026)
As of 2026-07-19, Skillenai has indexed 1 Principal Backend Engineer postings located in London over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is data storage.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-19
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Frequently asked questions about Principal Backend Engineer jobs in London
+Are Principal Backend Engineer jobs being posted in London right now?
Yes. Skillenai has indexed 1 Principal Backend Engineer postings located in London over the 90 days ending 2026-07-19.
+What skills do Principal Backend Engineer jobs in London require?
Across Principal Backend Engineer postings in London indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-19, the skills mentioned most often are data storage, Docker, Cassandra, Kubernetes, asynchronous message queue.
+Which other cities are hiring Principal Backend Engineer?
As of 2026-07-19, the metro areas posting the most Principal Backend Engineer jobs outside London are Harrow, Tel Aviv, based on the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly Principal Backend Engineer postings in London — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Principal Backend Engineer in London
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| data storage | 1 | 100.0% |
| Docker | 1 | 100.0% |
| Cassandra | 1 | 100.0% |
| Kubernetes | 1 | 100.0% |
| asynchronous message queue | 1 | 100.0% |
| deploying models | 1 | 100.0% |
| AWS | 1 | 100.0% |
| Go | 1 | 100.0% |
| GCP | 1 | 100.0% |
| Coding | 1 | 100.0% |
| feature storage | 1 | 100.0% |
| React | 1 | 100.0% |
Other top cities hiring Principal Backend Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Harrow | 1 | 100.0% |
| Tel Aviv | 1 | 100.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-19, filtered to postings whose canonical role is “Principal Backend Engineer” and whose locationCity is “London”.
- city
- London
- role
- Principal Backend Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-07-19
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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