Systems Engineer Jobs

System Engineer
UK

The median System Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 304 434
Rank change year-on-year +209 +130 -117
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 2,823 1,129 1,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.68% 1.19% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.83% 1.30% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,803 449 660
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the UK

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the UK

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the UK

Systems Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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
England +204 2,529 £50,000 - 544
UK excluding London +152 2,447 £50,000 +11.11% 509
South East +134 689 £50,000 -9.09% 139
South West +107 529 £55,000 +10.00% 96
Work from Home +116 509 £50,000 -16.67% 180
Midlands +98 443 £49,000 +10.73% 92
East of England +58 307 £52,500 -0.94% 67
North of England +138 297 £45,000 +2.74% 93
West Midlands +59 264 £50,000 +12.99% 47
London +125 261 £55,000 -15.38% 72
North West +69 191 £50,000 +14.16% 50
East Midlands +100 179 £42,500 - 45
Scotland +3 117 £52,500 -4.55% 38
Yorkshire +114 83 £43,750 -1.69% 31
Wales +43 57 £35,000 - 13
North East -14 23 £42,500 +17.24% 15
Northern Ireland +26 8 £35,000 -53.33% 2

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 526 (18.63%) Systems Engineering
2 521 (18.46%) Security Cleared
3 376 (13.32%) Degree
4 271 (9.60%) Windows
5 264 (9.35%) Microsoft
6 249 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
7 239 (8.47%) Social Skills
8 220 (7.79%) Azure
9 218 (7.72%) Manufacturing
10 215 (7.62%) VMware
11 214 (7.58%) SC Cleared
12 204 (7.23%) Aerospace
13 198 (7.01%) Linux
14 186 (6.59%) Active Directory
15 171 (6.06%) Validation
16 146 (5.17%) Automotive
17 141 (4.99%) Microsoft 365
18 133 (4.71%) Windows Server
18 133 (4.71%) VMware Infrastructure
19 128 (4.53%) SQL
20 122 (4.32%) Cybersecurity
21 121 (4.29%) Finance
22 120 (4.25%) Electronics
23 117 (4.14%) Customer Service
24 103 (3.65%) Agile
25 95 (3.37%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
26 94 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
27 93 (3.29%) Firewall
28 92 (3.26%) Python
29 89 (3.15%) Software Engineering

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 73 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (2.02%) IIS
3 48 (1.70%) SharePoint
4 18 (0.64%) Confluence
5 13 (0.46%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.28%) WinCC
7 6 (0.21%) Kinematics
8 4 (0.14%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.11%) Apache
10 2 (0.071%) JBoss
10 2 (0.071%) nginx
10 2 (0.071%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.035%) SAS
11 1 (0.035%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.035%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.035%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (1.81%) Simulink
2 48 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (0.64%) AutoCAD
4 17 (0.60%) Stateflow
5 15 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
6 7 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.14%) Revit
8 3 (0.11%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.071%) CATIA
9 2 (0.071%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.035%) OrCAD
10 1 (0.035%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.035%) Solid Edge
10 1 (0.035%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 8 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.18%) C-CURE
3 4 (0.14%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.071%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.071%) iTrent
4 2 (0.071%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.071%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.071%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.035%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 220 (7.79%) Azure
2 141 (4.99%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (2.73%) AWS
4 59 (2.09%) Entra ID
5 27 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
6 18 (0.64%) OneDrive
7 17 (0.60%) SaaS
8 9 (0.32%) IaaS
8 9 (0.32%) Mimecast
8 9 (0.32%) PaaS
9 8 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (0.28%) GCP
10 6 (0.21%) Azure App Service
11 5 (0.18%) GitHub
12 4 (0.14%) WhatsApp
13 3 (0.11%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.11%) Dropbox
13 3 (0.11%) Google Drive
13 3 (0.11%) Google Sheets
13 3 (0.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 93 (3.29%) Firewall
2 72 (2.55%) DNS
3 62 (2.20%) WAN
4 52 (1.84%) DHCP
5 38 (1.35%) TCP/IP
6 37 (1.31%) Software-Defined Radio
7 29 (1.03%) VPN
7 29 (1.03%) Wireless
8 27 (0.96%) LAN
9 25 (0.89%) Internet
9 25 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (0.81%) VLAN
11 17 (0.60%) Network Security
11 17 (0.60%) SAN
11 17 (0.60%) VSAN
12 14 (0.50%) 4G
12 14 (0.50%) 5G
12 14 (0.50%) Ethernet
13 12 (0.43%) Profibus
14 11 (0.39%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (2.23%) SQL Server
2 38 (1.35%) MySQL
3 24 (0.85%) NoSQL
4 19 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (0.57%) MongoDB
6 12 (0.43%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.35%) Big Data
8 6 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.18%) InfluxDB
9 5 (0.18%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.18%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.071%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.071%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.071%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.071%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.071%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.071%) QlikView
10 2 (0.071%) Redis
11 1 (0.035%) Power BI
11 1 (0.035%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 74 (2.62%) Rational DOORS
2 42 (1.49%) JIRA
3 31 (1.10%) LabVIEW
4 20 (0.71%) Rational Rhapsody
5 19 (0.67%) Jenkins
6 18 (0.64%) Git
7 12 (0.43%) Rational Team Concert
8 11 (0.39%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.14%) GitLab
10 3 (0.11%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.11%) Subversion
10 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.071%) Apache Continuum
11 2 (0.071%) git-flow
11 2 (0.071%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.035%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 239 (8.47%) Social Skills
2 218 (7.72%) Manufacturing
3 204 (7.23%) Aerospace
4 146 (5.17%) Automotive
5 121 (4.29%) Finance
6 120 (4.25%) Electronics
7 83 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
8 68 (2.41%) Telecoms
9 48 (1.70%) Military
10 47 (1.66%) Retail
11 42 (1.49%) Legal
12 34 (1.20%) Games
13 26 (0.92%) Public Sector
14 25 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (0.71%) Law
16 19 (0.67%) Marketing
17 17 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
17 17 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
19 13 (0.46%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (0.46%) REST
1 13 (0.46%) WebRTC
2 11 (0.39%) .NET
3 8 (0.28%) Web Services
4 7 (0.25%) LAMP
4 7 (0.25%) Middleware
5 6 (0.21%) LEMP Stack
6 5 (0.18%) WPF
7 4 (0.14%) JSON
7 4 (0.14%) Keycloak
7 4 (0.14%) XMPP
8 3 (0.11%) LDAP
9 2 (0.071%) COM
9 2 (0.071%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.071%) HTML
9 2 (0.071%) HTML5
9 2 (0.071%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.071%) Unreal Engine
9 2 (0.071%) WebCenter
9 2 (0.071%) WSE
Miscellaneous
1 72 (2.55%) Embedded Systems
2 71 (2.52%) Management Information System
3 66 (2.34%) SCADA
4 59 (2.09%) Data Centre
5 57 (2.02%) Algorithms
6 41 (1.45%) CCTV
7 40 (1.42%) Clustering
8 35 (1.24%) Public Cloud
9 33 (1.17%) Robotics
9 33 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
10 32 (1.13%) IoT
11 27 (0.96%) Driving Licence
11 27 (0.96%) FPGA
12 21 (0.74%) CMDB
13 19 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
13 19 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
14 17 (0.60%) AS400
14 17 (0.60%) NHS
15 16 (0.57%) Mainframe
15 16 (0.57%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 271 (9.60%) Windows
2 198 (7.01%) Linux
3 133 (4.71%) Windows Server
4 38 (1.35%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (0.85%) Ubuntu
8 20 (0.71%) Debian
8 20 (0.71%) Mac OS
9 18 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (0.60%) Unix
11 13 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 12 (0.43%) CentOS
13 11 (0.39%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.28%) Android
14 8 (0.28%) VMS
15 5 (0.18%) Apple iOS
15 5 (0.18%) SUSE
15 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.11%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 526 (18.63%) Systems Engineering
2 249 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
3 171 (6.06%) Validation
4 122 (4.32%) Cybersecurity
5 117 (4.14%) Customer Service
6 103 (3.65%) Agile
7 95 (3.37%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 94 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 89 (3.15%) Software Engineering
9 89 (3.15%) Verification and Validation
10 87 (3.08%) Project Management
11 85 (3.01%) Computer Science
12 81 (2.87%) Configuration Management
13 79 (2.80%) Customer Requirements
14 77 (2.73%) Project Delivery
15 63 (2.23%) Mathematics
16 62 (2.20%) Software Testing
17 57 (2.02%) Mentoring
18 54 (1.91%) High Availability
18 54 (1.91%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 128 (4.53%) SQL
2 92 (3.26%) Python
3 83 (2.94%) C
4 77 (2.73%) PowerShell
5 67 (2.37%) MATLAB
6 62 (2.20%) C#
7 60 (2.13%) Bash
8 36 (1.28%) Java
9 34 (1.20%) C++
10 12 (0.43%) Perl
11 11 (0.39%) JavaScript
12 9 (0.32%) Shell Script
12 9 (0.32%) VB
13 7 (0.25%) Ladder Logic
14 6 (0.21%) Embedded C
14 6 (0.21%) RPG
15 5 (0.18%) PHP
15 5 (0.18%) R
15 5 (0.18%) XAML
16 3 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 521 (18.46%) Security Cleared
2 376 (13.32%) Degree
3 214 (7.58%) SC Cleared
4 89 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 77 (2.73%) DV Cleared
6 66 (2.34%) Master's Degree
7 47 (1.66%) Chartered Engineer
8 43 (1.52%) HNC
9 34 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 31 (1.10%) HND
11 29 (1.03%) DBS Check
12 22 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (0.74%) CCNA
14 18 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
15 15 (0.53%) Azure Certification
16 10 (0.35%) CTC Cleared
16 10 (0.35%) MCSE
17 8 (0.28%) PMI Certification
18 6 (0.21%) PhD
18 6 (0.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (1.17%) QA
2 22 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 19 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (0.67%) ISO 9001
4 16 (0.57%) GDPR
4 16 (0.57%) PMO
5 14 (0.50%) ISO 26262
6 11 (0.39%) Automotive SPICE
6 11 (0.39%) IEC 61508
7 10 (0.35%) COSHH
8 9 (0.32%) GMP
9 8 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.25%) ISO 14001
10 7 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 6 (0.21%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.14%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.14%) SLA
13 3 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.11%) ECSS
13 3 (0.11%) JSP 440
System Software
1 186 (6.59%) Active Directory
2 133 (4.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 83 (2.94%) Hyper-V
4 70 (2.48%) Firmware
5 30 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (0.89%) vSphere
7 23 (0.81%) VMware NSX
8 16 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
9 13 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
9 13 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
10 11 (0.39%) Docker
11 9 (0.32%) Forefront TMG
11 9 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
12 7 (0.25%) XenDesktop
13 5 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.14%) NFS
15 3 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
15 3 (0.11%) VMware Server
15 3 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 50 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (1.13%) Ansible
2 32 (1.13%) SCCM
3 29 (1.03%) Puppet
4 28 (0.99%) Functional Safety
5 27 (0.96%) SCOM
6 26 (0.92%) Kubernetes
7 21 (0.74%) vCenter Server
8 20 (0.71%) Terraform
9 12 (0.43%) WSUS
10 11 (0.39%) ZABBIX
11 10 (0.35%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.32%) Backup Exec
13 7 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
14 6 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 5 (0.18%) Progress Chef
15 5 (0.18%) Red Hat Spacewalk
15 5 (0.18%) Wonderware InTouch
16 4 (0.14%) Podman
Vendors
1 264 (9.35%) Microsoft
2 215 (7.62%) VMware
3 63 (2.23%) EMC
4 55 (1.95%) Cisco
5 51 (1.81%) IBM
6 36 (1.28%) Citrix
7 28 (0.99%) Red Hat
8 26 (0.92%) Veeam
9 24 (0.85%) Dell
10 23 (0.81%) Siemens
11 22 (0.78%) HP
11 22 (0.78%) Oracle
12 18 (0.64%) NetApp
12 18 (0.64%) Rockwell
12 18 (0.64%) Thales
13 15 (0.53%) Meraki
14 13 (0.46%) Atlassian
14 13 (0.46%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.46%) Palo Alto
14 13 (0.46%) QinetiQ