The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Engineer
Rank 53 65 26
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 41 15 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 3.765% 1.577% 6.492%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.988% 1.645% 6.794%
Number of salaries quoted 38 15 57
Average salary £48,500 £42,500 £44,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.11% -4.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £33,450 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,600 £45,000 £56,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.66%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1028 912 839
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.40% 95.90% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 915 775 789
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Engineer
East of England

Systems Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bedfordshire Systems Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Systems Engineer Salary Trend

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Systems Engineer Salary Histogram

Systems Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton +10 20 £46,250 +12.12%
Bedford - 12 £50,000 -
Systems Engineer
East of England

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Systems Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Systems Engineer in their job title.

1 54 (78.26%) MySQL
1 54 (78.26%) Linux
1 54 (78.26%) Apache
2 49 (71.01%) VMware
3 47 (68.12%) TCP/IP
4 45 (65.22%) vSphere
5 44 (63.77%) VMware ESX
6 41 (59.42%) Cisco
7 37 (53.62%) SaaS
8 36 (52.17%) Windows
9 35 (50.72%) IIS
9 35 (50.72%) iSCSI
10 34 (49.28%) ITIL
11 31 (44.93%) SAN
12 30 (43.48%) Problem Management
13 29 (42.03%) Change Management
14 28 (40.58%) Service Management
15 20 (28.99%) Microsoft
16 18 (26.09%) Fibre Channel
17 16 (23.19%) Supplier Management
18 14 (20.29%) SQL
19 12 (17.39%) Oracle
20 10 (14.49%) Degree
20 10 (14.49%) Debian
20 10 (14.49%) Computer Science
21 7 (10.14%) DHCP
21 7 (10.14%) DNS
22 6 (8.696%) VMware Infrastructure
23 5 (7.246%) Windows Server 2008
23 5 (7.246%) Root Cause Analysis

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Systems Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Systems Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.899%) COM
Application Platforms
1 54 (78.26%) Apache
2 35 (50.72%) IIS
3 2 (2.899%) WinCC
4 1 (1.449%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (1.449%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 47 (68.12%) TCP/IP
2 35 (50.72%) iSCSI
3 31 (44.93%) SAN
4 18 (26.09%) Fibre Channel
5 7 (10.14%) DHCP
5 7 (10.14%) DNS
6 2 (2.899%) VLAN
6 2 (2.899%) Firewall
6 2 (2.899%) Wireless
6 2 (2.899%) RTP
6 2 (2.899%) SNMP
7 1 (1.449%) Ethernet
7 1 (1.449%) FTP
7 1 (1.449%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (78.26%) MySQL
2 1 (1.449%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (2.899%) Automotive
1 2 (2.899%) Manufacturing
2 1 (1.449%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 37 (53.62%) SaaS
2 10 (14.49%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.899%) SCADA
3 2 (2.899%) Visualisation
3 2 (2.899%) CAN bus
4 1 (1.449%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.449%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 54 (78.26%) Linux
2 36 (52.17%) Windows
3 10 (14.49%) Debian
4 5 (7.246%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.449%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (49.28%) ITIL
2 30 (43.48%) Problem Management
3 29 (42.03%) Change Management
4 28 (40.58%) Service Management
5 16 (23.19%) Supplier Management
6 5 (7.246%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (4.348%) Incident Management
8 2 (2.899%) Service Delivery
9 1 (1.449%) E-Commerce
9 1 (1.449%) Configuration Management
9 1 (1.449%) Regression Testing
9 1 (1.449%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (1.449%) System Testing
9 1 (1.449%) Technical Architecture
9 1 (1.449%) Capacity Planning
9 1 (1.449%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.29%) SQL
2 2 (2.899%) C
2 2 (2.899%) VB
3 1 (1.449%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (14.49%) Degree
2 4 (5.797%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.348%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.899%) HNC
4 2 (2.899%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.899%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (65.22%) vSphere
2 44 (63.77%) VMware ESX
3 6 (8.696%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.449%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.449%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 1 (1.449%) SCCM
1 1 (1.449%) SCOM
Vendors
1 49 (71.01%) VMware
2 41 (59.42%) Cisco
3 20 (28.99%) Microsoft
4 12 (17.39%) Oracle
5 4 (5.797%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.899%) Allen-Bradley
6 2 (2.899%) SonicWALL
6 2 (2.899%) Salesforce.com
6 2 (2.899%) Siemens
6 2 (2.899%) HP
7 1 (1.449%) Nimsoft
Luton, Bedfordshire
Ideally commercial data-centre experience working with Apache and MySQL. * Exposure to and knowledge of Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Cisco networking elements... * Experience of working within ITIL...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £49000 per annum + bonus, pension, health
Posted: 19 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The right Red Hat Specialist / Linux Systems Engineer will have solid datacenter experience, working with Linux server (including Apache & MySQL), SAN (including FC & iSCSI switching) and TCP/IP...
Gregory James
Salary: £50000 to £55000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013