Lead Systems Engineer Jobs in England

Lead System Engineer
UK > England

The median Lead System Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 748 856 1091
Rank change year-on-year +108 +235 -255
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer 83 80 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.097% 0.089% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.097% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 18 15 8
10th Percentile - £65,250 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £84,375 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £85,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +64.25% -13.75%
75th Percentile £62,000 £101,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £65,900 £160,000 -
UK median annual salary £61,000 £85,000 £51,750
% change year-on-year -28.24% +64.25% -17.20%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,982 82,462 128,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,404 52,476 75,206
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Systems Engineer in England

Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead Systems Engineer in England

Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Systems Engineer in England

Lead Systems Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
East of England - 30 £62,000 -
Midlands -17 18 £60,000 - 1
West Midlands 0 17 - - 1
North of England - 15 - - 3
South East +7 9 £40,000 -52.94% 3
South West - 9 £55,000 - 9
Yorkshire - 9 - - 3
North West - 6 - -
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 -
Lead Systems Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Lead 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 England region featuring Lead Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (30.12%) Security Cleared
2 24 (28.92%) Finance
3 22 (26.51%) Automotive
4 21 (25.30%) SC Cleared
4 21 (25.30%) Software-Defined Radio
5 19 (22.89%) Customer Service
6 17 (20.48%) Degree
7 16 (19.28%) FPGA
7 16 (19.28%) Computer Science
7 16 (19.28%) Aerospace
7 16 (19.28%) VHDL
7 16 (19.28%) Verilog
7 16 (19.28%) C
8 15 (18.07%) Systems Engineering
9 7 (8.43%) C++
10 6 (7.23%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (7.23%) Customer Experience
11 4 (4.82%) MATLAB
11 4 (4.82%) Simulink
11 4 (4.82%) Performance Engineering
11 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (4.82%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (4.82%) Mathematical Modelling
11 4 (4.82%) Mathematics
12 3 (3.61%) Battery Management
12 3 (3.61%) Social Skills
12 3 (3.61%) QinetiQ
12 3 (3.61%) CAD
12 3 (3.61%) HNC
12 3 (3.61%) HND

Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Simulink
2 1 (1.20%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) SAP EHS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (25.30%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 24 (28.92%) Finance
2 22 (26.51%) Automotive
3 16 (19.28%) Aerospace
4 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.61%) Social Skills
6 2 (2.41%) Electronics
6 2 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.28%) FPGA
1 16 (19.28%) Verilog
1 16 (19.28%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (22.89%) Customer Service
2 16 (19.28%) Computer Science
3 15 (18.07%) Systems Engineering
4 6 (7.23%) Customer Experience
4 6 (7.23%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (4.82%) Mathematical Modelling
5 4 (4.82%) Mathematics
5 4 (4.82%) Performance Engineering
6 3 (3.61%) Battery Management
6 3 (3.61%) CAD
7 2 (2.41%) Change Management
7 2 (2.41%) Continuous Delivery
7 2 (2.41%) Data Acquisition
7 2 (2.41%) Feasibility Study
7 2 (2.41%) FMEA
7 2 (2.41%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 2 (2.41%) Mentoring
7 2 (2.41%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (2.41%) Project Management
7 2 (2.41%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.28%) C
2 7 (8.43%) C++
3 4 (4.82%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 25 (30.12%) Security Cleared
2 21 (25.30%) SC Cleared
3 17 (20.48%) Degree
4 4 (4.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.61%) HNC
5 3 (3.61%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 3 (3.61%) QinetiQ
2 1 (1.20%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle
2 1 (1.20%) SAP
2 1 (1.20%) Siemens