Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in England

Senior System Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior System Engineer salary in England is £57,495 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 483 761 895
Rank change year-on-year +278 +134 -144
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 390 192 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.22% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 278 73 148
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,356 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,775 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,495 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -11.11% +12.50%

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 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in England

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in England

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Engineer in England

Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
South East +121 142 £55,000 - 23
Midlands +51 70 £52,500 -17.97% 16
South West +32 57 £60,000 +8.60% 14
London +150 51 £65,000 -3.70% 16
North of England +86 47 £55,000 +10.00% 10
West Midlands +44 45 £52,500 -17.97% 9
North West +44 37 £55,000 +30.78% 8
East Midlands - 25 £50,000 - 7
East of England +5 23 £60,000 +53.40% 7
Yorkshire +101 10 £45,107 -4.03% 2
Senior Systems Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 83 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 72 (18.46%) Microsoft
3 67 (17.18%) Azure
4 65 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (16.15%) Degree
6 62 (15.90%) Windows
7 57 (14.62%) Systems Engineering
8 56 (14.36%) VMware
9 49 (12.56%) Active Directory
10 39 (10.00%) SC Cleared
11 36 (9.23%) VMware Infrastructure
11 36 (9.23%) Validation
11 36 (9.23%) Social Skills
12 35 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
13 33 (8.46%) Linux
14 32 (8.21%) Manufacturing
14 32 (8.21%) Windows Server
15 31 (7.95%) SQL
16 28 (7.18%) Firewall
16 28 (7.18%) PowerShell
17 23 (5.90%) Microsoft 365
17 23 (5.90%) Aerospace
18 22 (5.64%) Embedded Systems
19 21 (5.38%) Automotive
20 20 (5.13%) WAN
20 20 (5.13%) Decision-Making
20 20 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 19 (4.87%) IIS
21 19 (4.87%) HNC
21 19 (4.87%) Cisco

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (4.87%) IIS
2 10 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.31%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.03%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.51%) JBoss
5 2 (0.51%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.26%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) Kinematics
6 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (3.59%) Simulink
2 10 (2.56%) Stateflow
3 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.03%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.51%) Revit
6 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.26%) Solid Edge
6 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.26%) SAP Business One
1 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 67 (17.18%) Azure
2 23 (5.90%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (4.62%) AWS
4 9 (2.31%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.54%) Azure App Service
5 6 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.54%) OneDrive
6 3 (0.77%) PaaS
7 2 (0.51%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.51%) SaaS
8 1 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.26%) GCP
8 1 (0.26%) IaaS
8 1 (0.26%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.18%) Firewall
2 20 (5.13%) WAN
3 16 (4.10%) DNS
4 14 (3.59%) DHCP
5 13 (3.33%) TCP/IP
6 12 (3.08%) Wireless
7 7 (1.79%) J1939
7 7 (1.79%) VLAN
8 6 (1.54%) Modbus
9 5 (1.28%) 4G
9 5 (1.28%) 5G
9 5 (1.28%) Profibus
10 4 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (1.03%) MPLS
10 4 (1.03%) OpenLDAP
10 4 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.51%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (0.51%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.51%) RS-232
11 2 (0.51%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.36%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.51%) Big Data
3 2 (0.51%) MySQL
4 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (2.05%) Git
1 8 (2.05%) JIRA
2 6 (1.54%) LabVIEW
3 4 (1.03%) GitLab
3 4 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.77%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
General
1 36 (9.23%) Social Skills
2 32 (8.21%) Manufacturing
3 23 (5.90%) Aerospace
4 21 (5.38%) Automotive
5 13 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.82%) Electronics
7 10 (2.56%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.31%) Finance
8 9 (2.31%) Law
9 7 (1.79%) Legal
9 7 (1.79%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.54%) Marketing
10 6 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.28%) Military
12 3 (0.77%) Retail
13 2 (0.51%) Avionics
14 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.59%) REST
1 14 (3.59%) WebRTC
2 4 (1.03%) Keycloak
3 2 (0.51%) .NET
3 2 (0.51%) Middleware
4 1 (0.26%) CSS
4 1 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.26%) Keras
4 1 (0.26%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.26%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.26%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.64%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (3.85%) Algorithms
3 14 (3.59%) Clustering
4 12 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.56%) NHS
6 9 (2.31%) IoT
7 8 (2.05%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.79%) SCADA
9 6 (1.54%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.54%) Robotics
10 5 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.28%) Solar Energy
11 4 (1.03%) ARM Cortex
11 4 (1.03%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.03%) Educational Technology
11 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.77%) PKI
13 2 (0.51%) 3D Printing
13 2 (0.51%) CAN bus
13 2 (0.51%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 62 (15.90%) Windows
2 33 (8.46%) Linux
3 32 (8.21%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.08%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (2.82%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.82%) Windows 7
5 11 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.54%) VMS
7 4 (1.03%) Unix
8 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.26%) CentOS
9 1 (0.26%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (14.62%) Systems Engineering
3 36 (9.23%) Validation
4 35 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (5.13%) Decision-Making
5 20 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (4.36%) Mentoring
6 17 (4.36%) Software Engineering
7 15 (3.85%) High Availability
7 15 (3.85%) ITIL
7 15 (3.85%) Systems Thinking
8 14 (3.59%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 14 (3.59%) Load Balancing
9 13 (3.33%) Customer Requirements
9 13 (3.33%) DevOps
9 13 (3.33%) Problem Management
10 12 (3.08%) Cloud Security
10 12 (3.08%) Roadmaps
11 11 (2.82%) Configuration Management
11 11 (2.82%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (7.95%) SQL
2 28 (7.18%) PowerShell
3 19 (4.87%) MATLAB
4 17 (4.36%) C
4 17 (4.36%) Python
5 12 (3.08%) Bash
6 10 (2.56%) C#
7 6 (1.54%) Java
7 6 (1.54%) Ladder Logic
8 3 (0.77%) C++
9 1 (0.26%) Go
9 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.26%) Korn
9 1 (0.26%) PHP
9 1 (0.26%) tcsh
9 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 83 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 63 (16.15%) Degree
3 39 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.87%) HNC
5 13 (3.33%) HND
5 13 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.79%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.54%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.28%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.03%) CESG Certified Professional
10 4 (1.03%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.51%) CCNA
12 2 (0.51%) NVQ Level 4
12 2 (0.51%) RIBA
13 1 (0.26%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.33%) Automotive SPICE
2 11 (2.82%) ISO 26262
3 4 (1.03%) COSHH
3 4 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.03%) GDPR
4 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.51%) QA
5 1 (0.26%) ECSS
5 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 49 (12.56%) Active Directory
2 36 (9.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.59%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.79%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (1.79%) Firmware
5 6 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (1.28%) Docker
7 3 (0.77%) Forefront TMG
7 3 (0.77%) NFS
7 3 (0.77%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (0.77%) XenApp
7 3 (0.77%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.26%) KVM
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (4.10%) Kubernetes
1 16 (4.10%) SCCM
2 15 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (3.08%) Functional Safety
4 5 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.03%) Ansible
5 4 (1.03%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.77%) Grafana
6 3 (0.77%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.77%) Puppet
6 3 (0.77%) SCOM
6 3 (0.77%) WSUS
7 2 (0.51%) Terraform
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle ZFS
8 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.26%) Sysdig
8 1 (0.26%) systemd
8 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 72 (18.46%) Microsoft
2 56 (14.36%) VMware
3 19 (4.87%) Cisco
4 14 (3.59%) CheckPoint
5 10 (2.56%) Citrix
6 9 (2.31%) NetApp
7 8 (2.05%) Apple
8 7 (1.79%) HP
9 6 (1.54%) Allen-Bradley
10 5 (1.28%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.28%) Wonderware
11 4 (1.03%) Darktrace
11 4 (1.03%) Mitel
11 4 (1.03%) NEC
11 4 (1.03%) Ribbon
12 3 (0.77%) Facebook
12 3 (0.77%) Instagram
12 3 (0.77%) QinetiQ
13 2 (0.51%) Brocade
13 2 (0.51%) Dell