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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Engineer
Rank 76 89 95
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 10 3 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.940% 0.219% 0.631%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.979% 0.230% 0.661%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 5
Average salary £31,250 £40,750 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.31% +35.83%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+8.57% -6.66%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1021 1304 1512
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.96% 95.39% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 593 952 1095
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Engineer
Scotland

Systems Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Systems Engineer Salary Trend

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh Systems Engineer Salary Histogram

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 11 (47.83%) Linux
3 9 (39.13%) Active Directory
4 7 (30.43%) Telecoms
5 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (26.09%) Windows
5 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (21.74%) Degree
6 5 (21.74%) Hyper-V
6 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (21.74%) UNIX
6 5 (21.74%) HP
6 5 (21.74%) SAN
6 5 (21.74%) Clustering
7 4 (17.39%) VMware
7 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
7 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
7 4 (17.39%) Apache
7 4 (17.39%) Python
7 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
7 4 (17.39%) Perl
7 4 (17.39%) SQL
7 4 (17.39%) Ruby
8 3 (13.04%) Ruby on Rails
8 3 (13.04%) Open Source
8 3 (13.04%) Network Management
8 3 (13.04%) MySQL
8 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
8 3 (13.04%) PHP

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 3 (13.04%) Ruby on Rails
1 3 (13.04%) HTML
1 3 (13.04%) CSS
1 3 (13.04%) LAMP
2 2 (8.696%) Web Services
3 1 (4.348%) WebSphere
3 1 (4.348%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
1 4 (17.39%) Apache
2 3 (13.04%) IIS
3 2 (8.696%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.696%) Google Apps
3 1 (4.348%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) SAN
2 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
2 3 (13.04%) Internet
3 2 (8.696%) VSAT
4 1 (4.348%) Profibus
4 1 (4.348%) Ethernet
4 1 (4.348%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) MySQL
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Subversion
2 1 (4.348%) Ant
2 1 (4.348%) ClearCase
2 1 (4.348%) ClearQuest
General
1 7 (30.43%) Telecoms
2 3 (13.04%) Billing
3 1 (4.348%) Electronics
3 1 (4.348%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Clustering
2 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
3 3 (13.04%) Open Source
4 2 (8.696%) Informatics
4 2 (8.696%) Computer Science
4 2 (8.696%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.348%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 11 (47.83%) Linux
2 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (21.74%) UNIX
4 1 (4.348%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (4.348%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.04%) Network Management
2 2 (8.696%) Configuration Management
2 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
2 2 (8.696%) ITIL
2 2 (8.696%) Web Development
3 1 (4.348%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Python
1 4 (17.39%) Perl
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
1 4 (17.39%) Ruby
2 3 (13.04%) PHP
2 3 (13.04%) Java
3 2 (8.696%) C++
4 1 (4.348%) Korn
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (13.04%) MCSE
4 1 (4.348%) HNC
4 1 (4.348%) CCNA
4 1 (4.348%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 5 (21.74%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.696%) vSphere
4 1 (4.348%) Squid
4 1 (4.348%) Sendmail
4 1 (4.348%) XenApp
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) HP
3 4 (17.39%) VMware
4 3 (13.04%) Cisco
5 2 (8.696%) Juniper
5 2 (8.696%) Google
6 1 (4.348%) Oracle
6 1 (4.348%) Citrix
6 1 (4.348%) Red Hat