Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in England

Senior System Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior System Engineer salary in England is £59,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 461 659 885
Rank change year-on-year +198 +226 -122
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 408 280 240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.31% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.34% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 291 75 145
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,356 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,263 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,375 £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 81,041 82,556 127,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,522 52,365 74,626
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 £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 9 May 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 9 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
South East +82 149 £55,000 - 24
Midlands +19 68 £52,500 -17.97% 17
South West +10 64 £60,000 +8.60% 19
London +117 54 £65,000 -7.14% 13
North of England +56 50 £52,500 +10.53% 13
West Midlands +21 42 £53,750 -16.02% 8
North West +32 40 £55,000 +30.78% 10
East Midlands +4 26 £50,000 - 9
East of England +4 23 £60,000 +53.40% 7
Yorkshire +84 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 9 May 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 84 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 70 (17.16%) Microsoft
3 66 (16.18%) Azure
3 66 (16.18%) Degree
4 64 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (15.20%) Systems Engineering
5 62 (15.20%) Windows
6 56 (13.73%) VMware
7 48 (11.76%) Active Directory
8 38 (9.31%) SC Cleared
9 37 (9.07%) Social Skills
10 36 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
10 36 (8.82%) Validation
11 34 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (8.09%) Manufacturing
12 33 (8.09%) Linux
13 32 (7.84%) Windows Server
14 29 (7.11%) SQL
15 28 (6.86%) PowerShell
16 26 (6.37%) Firewall
17 24 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
18 23 (5.64%) Microsoft 365
18 23 (5.64%) Aerospace
19 21 (5.15%) Automotive
19 21 (5.15%) HNC
19 21 (5.15%) Decision-Making
20 20 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 20 (4.90%) AWS
21 19 (4.66%) Software Engineering
21 19 (4.66%) Python

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 17 (4.17%) IIS
2 10 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.21%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.74%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Confluence
5 1 (0.25%) JBoss
5 1 (0.25%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (3.43%) Simulink
2 10 (2.45%) Stateflow
3 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.23%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.74%) Revit
6 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.25%) Solid Edge
6 1 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.25%) SAP Business One
1 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 66 (16.18%) Azure
2 23 (5.64%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (4.90%) AWS
4 9 (2.21%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.47%) Azure App Service
5 6 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.47%) OneDrive
6 3 (0.74%) PaaS
7 2 (0.49%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.49%) SaaS
8 1 (0.25%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.25%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.25%) GCP
8 1 (0.25%) IaaS
8 1 (0.25%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.37%) Firewall
2 18 (4.41%) WAN
3 17 (4.17%) DNS
4 15 (3.68%) DHCP
5 14 (3.43%) TCP/IP
6 13 (3.19%) Wireless
7 7 (1.72%) J1939
7 7 (1.72%) VLAN
8 6 (1.47%) Modbus
9 5 (1.23%) 4G
9 5 (1.23%) 5G
9 5 (1.23%) Profibus
10 4 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.98%) MPLS
10 4 (0.98%) OpenLDAP
10 4 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.74%) SAN
12 2 (0.49%) Fibre Channel
12 2 (0.49%) iSCSI
12 2 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.68%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.49%) Big Data
4 1 (0.25%) MySQL
4 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.21%) Git
2 8 (1.96%) JIRA
2 8 (1.96%) LabVIEW
3 4 (0.98%) GitLab
3 4 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.74%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
General
1 37 (9.07%) Social Skills
2 33 (8.09%) Manufacturing
3 23 (5.64%) Aerospace
4 21 (5.15%) Automotive
5 13 (3.19%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.94%) Electronics
7 11 (2.70%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.21%) Law
9 8 (1.96%) Finance
10 7 (1.72%) Legal
10 7 (1.72%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.23%) Marketing
12 5 (1.23%) Military
13 3 (0.74%) Retail
14 2 (0.49%) Avionics
15 1 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.94%) REST
1 12 (2.94%) WebRTC
2 5 (1.23%) Keycloak
3 2 (0.49%) .NET
3 2 (0.49%) Middleware
4 1 (0.25%) CSS
4 1 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.25%) Keras
4 1 (0.25%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.25%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (3.68%) Algorithms
3 13 (3.19%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.94%) Clustering
5 10 (2.45%) NHS
6 9 (2.21%) IoT
7 8 (1.96%) Public Cloud
7 8 (1.96%) SCADA
8 6 (1.47%) Robotics
9 5 (1.23%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.23%) Solar Energy
10 4 (0.98%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (0.98%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.98%) Educational Technology
10 4 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.74%) PKI
12 2 (0.49%) 3D Printing
12 2 (0.49%) CAN bus
12 2 (0.49%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 62 (15.20%) Windows
2 33 (8.09%) Linux
3 32 (7.84%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (2.70%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.70%) Windows 7
5 11 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.47%) VMS
7 5 (1.23%) Unix
8 3 (0.74%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.49%) CentOS
9 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.25%) Debian
10 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (15.20%) Systems Engineering
3 36 (8.82%) Validation
4 34 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (5.15%) Decision-Making
6 20 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 19 (4.66%) Software Engineering
8 17 (4.17%) Mentoring
9 15 (3.68%) ITIL
9 15 (3.68%) Systems Thinking
10 14 (3.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 13 (3.19%) Configuration Management
11 13 (3.19%) Customer Requirements
11 13 (3.19%) DevOps
11 13 (3.19%) High Availability
12 12 (2.94%) Agile
12 12 (2.94%) Load Balancing
12 12 (2.94%) Problem Management
12 12 (2.94%) Project Delivery
12 12 (2.94%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 29 (7.11%) SQL
2 28 (6.86%) PowerShell
3 19 (4.66%) MATLAB
3 19 (4.66%) Python
4 18 (4.41%) C
5 13 (3.19%) Bash
6 10 (2.45%) C#
7 7 (1.72%) Ladder Logic
8 5 (1.23%) Java
9 3 (0.74%) C++
10 1 (0.25%) Go
10 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.25%) Korn
10 1 (0.25%) Perl
10 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.25%) tcsh
10 1 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 84 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 66 (16.18%) Degree
3 38 (9.31%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.15%) HNC
5 14 (3.43%) HND
6 13 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.94%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.72%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.47%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.23%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.98%) CESG Certified Professional
11 4 (0.98%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.74%) RIBA
13 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.49%) NVQ Level 4
14 1 (0.25%) CCNA
14 1 (0.25%) CCNP
14 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.25%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.19%) Automotive SPICE
2 11 (2.70%) ISO 26262
3 4 (0.98%) COSHH
3 4 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (0.98%) GDPR
4 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.25%) ECSS
5 1 (0.25%) PMO
5 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 48 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 36 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.43%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.96%) Embedded Firmware
4 8 (1.96%) Firmware
5 6 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (1.23%) XenDesktop
7 4 (0.98%) Docker
8 3 (0.74%) Forefront TMG
8 3 (0.74%) NFS
8 3 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.74%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (0.74%) XenApp
9 2 (0.49%) KVM
10 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.92%) SCCM
3 15 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (2.94%) Functional Safety
5 6 (1.47%) Ansible
6 5 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.23%) Puppet
6 5 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.98%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.98%) Grafana
7 4 (0.98%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.74%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.74%) SCOM
8 3 (0.74%) Terraform
8 3 (0.74%) WSUS
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.25%) systemd
9 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.25%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 70 (17.16%) Microsoft
2 56 (13.73%) VMware
3 19 (4.66%) Cisco
4 12 (2.94%) CheckPoint
4 12 (2.94%) Citrix
5 9 (2.21%) NetApp
6 8 (1.96%) Apple
7 7 (1.72%) Allen-Bradley
7 7 (1.72%) HP
8 6 (1.47%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.47%) Wonderware
9 4 (0.98%) Darktrace
9 4 (0.98%) Mitel
9 4 (0.98%) NEC
9 4 (0.98%) Ribbon
10 3 (0.74%) Facebook
10 3 (0.74%) Instagram
10 3 (0.74%) QinetiQ
11 2 (0.49%) Dell
11 2 (0.49%) Palo Alto