Systems Programmer Jobs in England

System Programmer
UK > England

The median System Programmer salary in England is £48,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 780 934 1127
Rank change year-on-year +154 +193 -285
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Programmer 34 12 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.040% 0.013% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.014% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 22 9 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,000 £51,833 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £64,029 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +2.45% +4.17%
75th Percentile £50,250 £71,652 £66,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £48,500 £64,029 £61,750
% change year-on-year -24.25% +3.69% +2.92%

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 79,522 86,974 124,954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.61% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 59,823 54,838 76,240
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,386
25th Percentile £38,087 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Systems Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Programmer in England

Systems Programmer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Systems Programmer in England

Systems Programmer
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 Programmer within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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 - 18 £48,500 - 1
North of England +56 10 - - 1
North West - 7 - - 1
London +152 3 £50,000 -8.90% 1
Yorkshire +92 3 - -
East of England - 3 £50,000 -
Systems Programmer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Systems Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 22 (64.71%) Windows
2 16 (47.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (47.06%) MS Visio
2 16 (47.06%) AutoCAD
2 16 (47.06%) R
3 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
4 10 (29.41%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (20.59%) Marketing
6 6 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (17.65%) Dreamweaver
6 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
6 6 (17.65%) C#
6 6 (17.65%) HTML
6 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
6 6 (17.65%) SQL
6 6 (17.65%) VBScript
6 6 (17.65%) VB
6 6 (17.65%) .NET
6 6 (17.65%) SQL Server
6 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (17.65%) Visual Studio
6 6 (17.65%) Classic ASP
6 6 (17.65%) ASP.NET
6 6 (17.65%) Degree
6 6 (17.65%) HTML5
6 6 (17.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (17.65%) Razor View Engine
6 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.82%) JCL
7 3 (8.82%) Performance Monitoring

Systems Programmer 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 2 (5.88%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (47.06%) AutoCAD
1 16 (47.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (47.06%) MS Visio
2 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) SQL Server
1 6 (17.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Dreamweaver
1 6 (17.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 10 (29.41%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (20.59%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) .NET
1 6 (17.65%) ASP.NET
1 6 (17.65%) Classic ASP
1 6 (17.65%) HTML
1 6 (17.65%) HTML5
1 6 (17.65%) Razor View Engine
2 3 (8.82%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 22 (64.71%) Windows
2 3 (8.82%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (8.82%) Performance Monitoring
2 3 (8.82%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (47.06%) R
2 6 (17.65%) C#
2 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 6 (17.65%) SQL
2 6 (17.65%) VB
2 6 (17.65%) VBScript
3 3 (8.82%) JCL
3 3 (8.82%) REXX
4 2 (5.88%) Assembly Language
4 2 (5.88%) RPG
Qualifications
1 6 (17.65%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Time Sharing Option
2 2 (5.88%) ACF2
2 2 (5.88%) RACF
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Broadcom
2 3 (8.82%) IBM
2 3 (8.82%) Splunk