The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 23 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Engineer
Rank 123 123 113
Rank change year-on-year
0 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 23 28 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.901% 0.971% 1.313%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.947% 1.010% 1.376%
Number of salaries quoted 17 26 32
Average salary £41,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,800 £35,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £43,750 £54,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+8.57% -6.66%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2429 2772 2906
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 95.18% 96.08% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2171 2342 2583
Average salary £38,500 £39,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.28% +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Systems Engineer Salary Trend

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cambridge -1 16 £35,000 -
Peterborough -1 4 £50,000 +33.33%
Systems Engineer
East of England

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 30 (66.67%) Linux
2 21 (46.67%) Windows
3 19 (42.22%) Degree
4 17 (37.78%) Python
5 13 (28.89%) TCP/IP
5 13 (28.89%) Perl
6 12 (26.67%) C
7 11 (24.44%) LabVIEW
7 11 (24.44%) Selenium
7 11 (24.44%) SNMP
7 11 (24.44%) Tcl
7 11 (24.44%) Red Hat
8 10 (22.22%) Embedded Systems
8 10 (22.22%) Apache
9 8 (17.78%) CentOS
10 7 (15.56%) Ubuntu
10 7 (15.56%) Debian
10 7 (15.56%) Firewall
10 7 (15.56%) DNS
10 7 (15.56%) MySQL
11 6 (13.33%) Shell Script
11 6 (13.33%) VMware
11 6 (13.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (11.11%) VLAN
12 5 (11.11%) SSH
12 5 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (11.11%) Postgraduate
12 5 (11.11%) C++
12 5 (11.11%) Cisco
12 5 (11.11%) DHCP

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (4.444%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 2 (4.444%) STL
2 1 (2.222%) FastCGI
Application Platforms
1 10 (22.22%) Apache
2 4 (8.889%) Tomcat
3 3 (6.667%) SharePoint
3 3 (6.667%) MS Exchange
3 3 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (4.444%) nginx
4 2 (4.444%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (4.444%) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
1 13 (28.89%) TCP/IP
2 11 (24.44%) SNMP
3 7 (15.56%) Firewall
3 7 (15.56%) DNS
4 5 (11.11%) VLAN
4 5 (11.11%) SSH
4 5 (11.11%) DHCP
4 5 (11.11%) Ethernet
5 4 (8.889%) WAN
5 4 (8.889%) SAN
6 3 (6.667%) Wireless
6 3 (6.667%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (6.667%) Network Security
6 3 (6.667%) VPN
6 3 (6.667%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (4.444%) Internet
7 2 (4.444%) MPLS
7 2 (4.444%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (2.222%) 3G
8 1 (2.222%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.56%) MySQL
2 3 (6.667%) Text Mining
2 3 (6.667%) Big Data
3 2 (4.444%) Redis
3 2 (4.444%) MongoDB
3 2 (4.444%) NoSQL
3 2 (4.444%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.444%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (24.44%) LabVIEW
1 11 (24.44%) Selenium
2 3 (6.667%) Subversion
3 2 (4.444%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (2.222%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (6.667%) Wiki
3 2 (4.444%) Open Source
3 2 (4.444%) SCADA
4 1 (2.222%) Mechatronics
4 1 (2.222%) Biometrics
Operating Systems
1 30 (66.67%) Linux
2 21 (46.67%) Windows
3 8 (17.78%) CentOS
4 7 (15.56%) Ubuntu
4 7 (15.56%) Debian
5 6 (13.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (6.667%) UNIX
7 1 (2.222%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.222%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (6.667%) Validation
1 3 (6.667%) Incident Management
1 3 (6.667%) Data Protection
2 2 (4.444%) Change Control
2 2 (4.444%) ITIL
2 2 (4.444%) UML
2 2 (4.444%) OO
2 2 (4.444%) E-Commerce
2 2 (4.444%) Configuration Management
2 2 (4.444%) Software Testing
2 2 (4.444%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (4.444%) Load Balancing
2 2 (4.444%) Automated Testing
2 2 (4.444%) Software Engineering
3 1 (2.222%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (2.222%) Test Automation
3 1 (2.222%) Fault Management
3 1 (2.222%) Manual Testing
3 1 (2.222%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (37.78%) Python
2 13 (28.89%) Perl
3 12 (26.67%) C
4 11 (24.44%) Tcl
5 6 (13.33%) Shell Script
6 5 (11.11%) C++
6 5 (11.11%) Bash shell
7 3 (6.667%) SQL
8 2 (4.444%) C#
8 2 (4.444%) Assembly Language
8 2 (4.444%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 19 (42.22%) Degree
2 5 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (11.11%) Postgraduate
3 3 (6.667%) CCNA
4 2 (4.444%) CCNP
4 2 (4.444%) NVQ Level 3
4 2 (4.444%) CCENT
4 2 (4.444%) MCTS
4 2 (4.444%) MCITP
5 1 (2.222%) RHCA
5 1 (2.222%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.222%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.667%) Samba
1 3 (6.667%) NFS
2 2 (4.444%) ISA Server
2 2 (4.444%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.444%) Postfix
2 2 (4.444%) Xen
3 1 (2.222%) XenApp
3 1 (2.222%) XenServer
3 1 (2.222%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.222%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.667%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.444%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (4.444%) CFEngine
2 2 (4.444%) Puppet
2 2 (4.444%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 11 (24.44%) Red Hat
2 6 (13.33%) VMware
3 5 (11.11%) Cisco
4 4 (8.889%) Citrix
5 3 (6.667%) Microsoft
5 3 (6.667%) NetApp
6 2 (4.444%) Allen-Bradley
6 2 (4.444%) Riverbed
6 2 (4.444%) JBoss
6 2 (4.444%) Symantec
6 2 (4.444%) Siemens
6 2 (4.444%) HP
7 1 (2.222%) AppSense
7 1 (2.222%) Dell
7 1 (2.222%) EMC
7 1 (2.222%) Hitachi
7 1 (2.222%) Apple
7 1 (2.222%) Toshiba
7 1 (2.222%) IBM
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
450M+ IT Solutions Company is recruiting for a suitably experienced. 3rd Line IT Systems Support Engineer. for their financial services client in Cambridgeshire. This is a great role...
Kelway Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £40,000 per annum £40,000 + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Maintenance of the organisation's web-based infrastructure (including SharePoint)... You will be holding significant experience of working in a similar position and it is absolutely essential that...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35k - 45k per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Summary: Linux & Windows, networking protocols & security, Python / Scripting experience, Cambridge, to £40k + benefits... Python, bash, or other language; - Understanding of installation/management/backup of fileservers and databases, e...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40k + benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A leading software company based in Cambridge require a Systems Administrator with Linux experience and solid networking knowledge... Experience required The ideal candidate will have a broad experience...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: Excellent salary and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Requirements: - Strong academic background, including a 1st / 2.1 bachelor's degree in electronic engineering or similar... - Broad and deep understanding of power electronics such as: control theory...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Excellent
Posted: 7 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The role: To work as part of the product development team with the specific responsibility for defining the next generation architecture of the Electronics components which form part...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Qualification, Skills and Experience: 1st or 2.1 Class Honours degree in Electronic Engineering... Gigabit Ethernet, PCI, PCIe... - Programmable devices i.e FPGA, CPLD, microcontroller’s, CPU’s. -...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k
Posted: 20 May 2013