Systems Engineer Jobs in Birmingham

System Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median System Engineer salary in Birmingham is £56,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 133 170
Rank change year-on-year +12 +37 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 25 5 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.92% 0.25% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.27% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 2
10th Percentile £43,000 - £52,500
25th Percentile £51,500 £41,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £68,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.25% +5.38% +52.94%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,000 £76,250
90th Percentile - £91,600 £81,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £48,750 £36,750
% change year-on-year +2.56% +32.65% -2.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,563 1,879 3,013
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.34% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,089 1,428 2,335
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,914 £70,700 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Birmingham

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Birmingham

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 across the Birmingham region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (36.00%) Automotive
2 5 (20.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (12.00%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (12.00%) Java
4 2 (8.00%) Degree
4 2 (8.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (8.00%) Time Management
4 2 (8.00%) JBoss
4 2 (8.00%) Tomcat
4 2 (8.00%) Brocade
4 2 (8.00%) WebLogic
4 2 (8.00%) Unix
4 2 (8.00%) Linux
4 2 (8.00%) NFS
4 2 (8.00%) IBM
4 2 (8.00%) Middleware
4 2 (8.00%) Military
4 2 (8.00%) Budgeting
4 2 (8.00%) Architectural Design
4 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (8.00%) Storage Virtualisation
4 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (8.00%) Problem-Solving

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (8.00%) JBoss
1 2 (8.00%) Tomcat
1 2 (8.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) CATIA
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (8.00%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (8.00%) iSCSI
General
1 9 (36.00%) Automotive
2 5 (20.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Military
3 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
1 2 (8.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (8.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (8.00%) Budgeting
2 2 (8.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (8.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (8.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (8.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (8.00%) Storage Virtualisation
2 2 (8.00%) Time Management
3 1 (4.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (4.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (4.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (4.00%) SysML
3 1 (4.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) Java
2 1 (4.00%) C++
2 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) NFS
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Brocade
1 2 (8.00%) IBM