Systems Engineer Jobs in England

System Engineer
UK > England

The median System Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 298 413
Rank change year-on-year +190 +115 -109
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 2,119 1,073 1,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.48% 1.16% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% 1.27% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,401 402 574
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,413
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +9.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £64,688
90th Percentile £70,000 £105,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

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 80,599 84,573 127,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 60,280 53,577 75,684
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 £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in England

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in England

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in England

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 Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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 +124 600 £50,000 -9.09% 138
South West +86 402 £55,000 +15.79% 103
Midlands +89 378 £48,500 +2.11% 101
East of England +71 267 £52,000 -9.57% 67
North of England +163 256 £45,000 +2.74% 60
West Midlands +49 238 £50,000 +2.56% 62
London +97 213 £55,000 -18.52% 79
North West +86 161 £50,000 +14.16% 38
East Midlands +93 140 £42,500 - 39
Yorkshire +132 75 £45,000 +1.12% 17
North East -6 20 £40,000 +11.11% 7
Systems Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, 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 Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 425 (20.06%) Security Cleared
2 397 (18.74%) Systems Engineering
3 342 (16.14%) Degree
4 249 (11.75%) Windows
5 238 (11.23%) Microsoft
6 223 (10.52%) Problem-Solving
7 215 (10.15%) Social Skills
8 194 (9.16%) Linux
9 190 (8.97%) Manufacturing
10 186 (8.78%) Azure
11 185 (8.73%) VMware
12 175 (8.26%) Active Directory
13 168 (7.93%) SC Cleared
14 164 (7.74%) Aerospace
15 143 (6.75%) Validation
16 131 (6.18%) Automotive
17 122 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
17 122 (5.76%) Windows Server
18 118 (5.57%) SQL
19 111 (5.24%) Cybersecurity
20 110 (5.19%) Customer Service
21 107 (5.05%) VMware Infrastructure
22 105 (4.96%) Firewall
23 95 (4.48%) Electronics
24 94 (4.44%) Agile
25 89 (4.20%) Finance
25 89 (4.20%) BPSS Clearance
26 83 (3.92%) Python
27 82 (3.87%) Project Management
28 80 (3.78%) Analytical Skills

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 63 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (2.50%) IIS
3 41 (1.93%) SharePoint
4 24 (1.13%) Confluence
5 13 (0.61%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.28%) WinCC
7 5 (0.24%) Apache
7 5 (0.24%) Kinematics
7 5 (0.24%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.14%) JBoss
9 2 (0.094%) nginx
9 2 (0.094%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.094%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.094%) WordPress
10 1 (0.047%) SAS
10 1 (0.047%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 46 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
1 46 (2.17%) Simulink
2 17 (0.80%) Stateflow
3 12 (0.57%) AutoCAD
4 11 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.19%) Revit
6 2 (0.094%) CATIA
6 2 (0.094%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.047%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.047%) Solid Edge
7 1 (0.047%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.24%) C-CURE
3 4 (0.19%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.094%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.094%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.094%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.047%) iTrent
5 1 (0.047%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.047%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 186 (8.78%) Azure
2 122 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (3.07%) AWS
4 42 (1.98%) Entra ID
5 20 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
6 17 (0.80%) OneDrive
7 16 (0.76%) SaaS
8 9 (0.42%) PaaS
9 8 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (0.38%) IaaS
10 7 (0.33%) GCP
11 6 (0.28%) Azure App Service
11 6 (0.28%) Mimecast
12 5 (0.24%) GitHub
13 3 (0.14%) Dropbox
13 3 (0.14%) Google Drive
13 3 (0.14%) Google Sheets
14 2 (0.094%) Google Docs
14 2 (0.094%) Nutanix
14 2 (0.094%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 105 (4.96%) Firewall
2 75 (3.54%) DNS
3 56 (2.64%) WAN
4 52 (2.45%) DHCP
5 37 (1.75%) TCP/IP
6 27 (1.27%) VPN
7 25 (1.18%) LAN
7 25 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
8 24 (1.13%) Internet
8 24 (1.13%) Software-Defined Radio
8 24 (1.13%) VLAN
9 23 (1.09%) Wireless
10 17 (0.80%) PBX
10 17 (0.80%) VSAN
11 16 (0.76%) SAN
12 14 (0.66%) 4G
12 14 (0.66%) 5G
12 14 (0.66%) Network Security
12 14 (0.66%) SNMP
13 11 (0.52%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (2.22%) SQL Server
2 44 (2.08%) MySQL
3 26 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (0.90%) NoSQL
5 16 (0.76%) MongoDB
6 9 (0.42%) Big Data
7 8 (0.38%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.28%) InfluxDB
8 6 (0.28%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.24%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.094%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.094%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.094%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.094%) QlikView
10 2 (0.094%) Redis
11 1 (0.047%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.047%) Power BI
11 1 (0.047%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 73 (3.45%) Rational DOORS
2 48 (2.27%) JIRA
3 29 (1.37%) LabVIEW
4 25 (1.18%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.94%) Rational Rhapsody
6 17 (0.80%) Bitbucket
6 17 (0.80%) Git
7 12 (0.57%) Rational Team Concert
8 5 (0.24%) GitLab
9 3 (0.14%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.14%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.094%) Apache Continuum
10 2 (0.094%) git-flow
10 2 (0.094%) Subversion
10 2 (0.094%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 215 (10.15%) Social Skills
2 190 (8.97%) Manufacturing
3 164 (7.74%) Aerospace
4 131 (6.18%) Automotive
5 95 (4.48%) Electronics
6 89 (4.20%) Finance
7 80 (3.78%) Analytical Skills
8 50 (2.36%) Telecoms
9 39 (1.84%) Legal
10 36 (1.70%) Retail
11 34 (1.60%) Military
12 27 (1.27%) Games
13 23 (1.09%) Public Sector
14 19 (0.90%) Marketing
15 17 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (0.71%) Law
18 14 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
19 13 (0.61%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (0.61%) REST
1 13 (0.61%) WebRTC
2 10 (0.47%) .NET
3 9 (0.42%) Web Services
4 8 (0.38%) LAMP
5 6 (0.28%) LEMP Stack
5 6 (0.28%) Middleware
6 4 (0.19%) JSON
6 4 (0.19%) Keycloak
6 4 (0.19%) WPF
6 4 (0.19%) XMPP
7 3 (0.14%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (0.14%) LDAP
8 2 (0.094%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.094%) WebCenter
8 2 (0.094%) WSE
8 2 (0.094%) WSH
9 1 (0.047%) Keras
9 1 (0.047%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.047%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 60 (2.83%) Management Information System
2 55 (2.60%) Embedded Systems
3 54 (2.55%) SCADA
4 53 (2.50%) Algorithms
5 50 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 34 (1.60%) Clustering
7 32 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
8 30 (1.42%) IoT
9 27 (1.27%) FPGA
10 26 (1.23%) CCTV
11 25 (1.18%) CMDB
11 25 (1.18%) Robotics
12 22 (1.04%) Driving Licence
12 22 (1.04%) Public Cloud
13 18 (0.85%) AS400
14 17 (0.80%) NHS
15 16 (0.76%) Mainframe
15 16 (0.76%) Replication
15 16 (0.76%) Verilog
15 16 (0.76%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 249 (11.75%) Windows
2 194 (9.16%) Linux
3 122 (5.76%) Windows Server
4 38 (1.79%) Windows 10
5 28 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (1.27%) Mac OS
7 26 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 24 (1.13%) Ubuntu
9 20 (0.94%) Debian
9 20 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 13 (0.61%) Unix
12 12 (0.57%) CentOS
13 11 (0.52%) Windows 7
14 9 (0.42%) VMS
15 7 (0.33%) Android
16 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.19%) Apple iOS
17 4 (0.19%) SUSE
18 3 (0.14%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (18.74%) Systems Engineering
2 223 (10.52%) Problem-Solving
3 143 (6.75%) Validation
4 111 (5.24%) Cybersecurity
5 110 (5.19%) Customer Service
6 94 (4.44%) Agile
7 82 (3.87%) Project Management
8 79 (3.73%) Customer Requirements
9 77 (3.63%) Computer Science
9 77 (3.63%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 76 (3.59%) Configuration Management
10 76 (3.59%) Software Engineering
11 75 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 72 (3.40%) Project Delivery
13 65 (3.07%) Verification and Validation
14 61 (2.88%) Mentoring
15 60 (2.83%) Mathematics
16 52 (2.45%) Software Testing
17 49 (2.31%) High Availability
17 49 (2.31%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 118 (5.57%) SQL
2 83 (3.92%) Python
3 79 (3.73%) C
4 73 (3.45%) PowerShell
5 62 (2.93%) Bash
5 62 (2.93%) MATLAB
6 56 (2.64%) C#
7 32 (1.51%) Java
8 31 (1.46%) C++
9 10 (0.47%) Perl
10 9 (0.42%) JavaScript
11 7 (0.33%) Ladder Logic
11 7 (0.33%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.33%) VB
12 6 (0.28%) Embedded C
12 6 (0.28%) PHP
12 6 (0.28%) RPG
13 4 (0.19%) XAML
14 3 (0.14%) R
15 2 (0.094%) Go
Qualifications
1 425 (20.06%) Security Cleared
2 342 (16.14%) Degree
3 168 (7.93%) SC Cleared
4 89 (4.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 70 (3.30%) DV Cleared
6 60 (2.83%) Master's Degree
7 48 (2.27%) Chartered Engineer
8 35 (1.65%) HNC
9 31 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (1.27%) DBS Check
10 27 (1.27%) HND
11 26 (1.23%) CCNA
12 12 (0.57%) Azure Certification
12 12 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
14 8 (0.38%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.33%) MCSE
16 6 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (0.90%) ISO 9001
1 19 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 19 (0.90%) QA
2 18 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (0.76%) PMO
4 14 (0.66%) ISO 26262
5 13 (0.61%) Automotive SPICE
5 13 (0.61%) GDPR
6 12 (0.57%) IEC 61508
7 10 (0.47%) COSHH
8 7 (0.33%) Def Stans
8 7 (0.33%) ISO 14001
8 7 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 6 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.24%) SLA
11 4 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.14%) ECSS
12 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.094%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.094%) NCSC
System Software
1 175 (8.26%) Active Directory
2 107 (5.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (3.63%) Hyper-V
4 64 (3.02%) Firmware
5 29 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (1.09%) vSphere
7 14 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
7 14 (0.66%) VMware NSX
8 13 (0.61%) Docker
8 13 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
9 12 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (0.42%) Forefront TMG
10 9 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.24%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.19%) NFS
14 3 (0.14%) XenApp
15 2 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
15 2 (0.094%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 47 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (1.46%) Ansible
3 30 (1.42%) SCOM
4 29 (1.37%) Functional Safety
5 28 (1.32%) SCCM
6 26 (1.23%) Kubernetes
6 26 (1.23%) Puppet
7 18 (0.85%) Terraform
7 18 (0.85%) vCenter Server
8 11 (0.52%) WSUS
9 10 (0.47%) FortiGate
10 9 (0.42%) ZABBIX
11 7 (0.33%) Backup Exec
11 7 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (0.28%) Wonderware InTouch
13 5 (0.24%) Red Hat Spacewalk
13 5 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.19%) Autotask
14 4 (0.19%) Podman
Vendors
1 238 (11.23%) Microsoft
2 185 (8.73%) VMware
3 55 (2.60%) Cisco
4 52 (2.45%) EMC
4 52 (2.45%) IBM
5 26 (1.23%) Red Hat
6 25 (1.18%) Citrix
7 20 (0.94%) Palo Alto
7 20 (0.94%) Siemens
8 19 (0.90%) Atlassian
8 19 (0.90%) HP
8 19 (0.90%) Veeam
9 18 (0.85%) Oracle
10 17 (0.80%) NetApp
10 17 (0.80%) Thales
11 16 (0.76%) Dell
12 15 (0.71%) Meraki
13 14 (0.66%) Dynatrace
13 14 (0.66%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.61%) CheckPoint