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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 305 415
Rank change year-on-year +201 +110 -107
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 2,185 1,037 1,174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.54% 1.15% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.69% 1.26% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,441 403 569
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,100 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,125 £40,369
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £104,500 £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 81,130 82,270 127,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,549 52,263 74,733
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 £90,857 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 10 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 10 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 +133 622 £50,000 -9.09% 131
South West +95 421 £55,000 +15.79% 89
Midlands +76 387 £48,500 +10.54% 95
East of England +66 274 £52,500 -8.70% 70
North of England +165 261 £45,000 +2.74% 79
West Midlands +46 241 £50,000 +12.99% 57
London +100 217 £55,000 -20.08% 76
North West +83 164 £50,000 +14.16% 46
East Midlands +88 146 £42,500 - 38
Yorkshire +143 77 £45,000 +1.12% 27
North East -7 20 £40,000 +13.48% 8
Systems Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 431 (19.73%) Security Cleared
2 416 (19.04%) Systems Engineering
3 348 (15.93%) Degree
4 243 (11.12%) Windows
5 239 (10.94%) Microsoft
6 223 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
7 217 (9.93%) Social Skills
8 193 (8.83%) Manufacturing
9 188 (8.60%) Linux
10 186 (8.51%) VMware
11 184 (8.42%) Azure
12 173 (7.92%) Active Directory
13 166 (7.60%) SC Cleared
14 164 (7.51%) Aerospace
15 150 (6.86%) Validation
16 133 (6.09%) Automotive
17 123 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
18 120 (5.49%) Windows Server
19 117 (5.35%) SQL
20 110 (5.03%) Cybersecurity
20 110 (5.03%) Customer Service
21 107 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
22 103 (4.71%) Firewall
23 97 (4.44%) Electronics
24 96 (4.39%) Agile
25 89 (4.07%) Finance
25 89 (4.07%) BPSS Clearance
26 85 (3.89%) Python
27 84 (3.84%) Project Management
28 81 (3.71%) C

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 66 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (2.38%) IIS
3 44 (2.01%) SharePoint
4 23 (1.05%) Confluence
5 13 (0.59%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.32%) WinCC
7 6 (0.27%) Kinematics
8 5 (0.23%) Apache
9 4 (0.18%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.092%) JBoss
10 2 (0.092%) nginx
10 2 (0.092%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.046%) SAS
11 1 (0.046%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.046%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.046%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (2.11%) Simulink
3 17 (0.78%) Stateflow
4 12 (0.55%) AutoCAD
5 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.18%) Revit
7 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.092%) CATIA
9 1 (0.046%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.046%) Solid Edge
9 1 (0.046%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.23%) C-CURE
3 4 (0.18%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.092%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.092%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.092%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.046%) iTrent
5 1 (0.046%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.046%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 184 (8.42%) Azure
2 123 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (3.07%) AWS
4 42 (1.92%) Entra ID
5 19 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
6 17 (0.78%) SaaS
7 16 (0.73%) OneDrive
8 10 (0.46%) PaaS
9 9 (0.41%) IaaS
10 8 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (0.32%) GCP
12 6 (0.27%) Azure App Service
12 6 (0.27%) Mimecast
13 5 (0.23%) GitHub
14 3 (0.14%) Dropbox
14 3 (0.14%) Google Drive
14 3 (0.14%) Google Sheets
15 2 (0.092%) Google Docs
15 2 (0.092%) Nutanix
15 2 (0.092%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 103 (4.71%) Firewall
2 75 (3.43%) DNS
3 55 (2.52%) WAN
4 53 (2.43%) DHCP
5 36 (1.65%) TCP/IP
6 26 (1.19%) VPN
6 26 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (1.14%) Internet
7 25 (1.14%) LAN
8 24 (1.10%) Software-Defined Radio
8 24 (1.10%) VLAN
9 23 (1.05%) Wireless
10 17 (0.78%) VSAN
11 16 (0.73%) PBX
11 16 (0.73%) SAN
12 14 (0.64%) 4G
12 14 (0.64%) 5G
12 14 (0.64%) Network Security
13 13 (0.59%) SNMP
14 12 (0.55%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (2.24%) SQL Server
2 42 (1.92%) MySQL
3 25 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (0.87%) NoSQL
5 16 (0.73%) MongoDB
6 10 (0.46%) Big Data
7 8 (0.37%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.27%) InfluxDB
8 6 (0.27%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.23%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.092%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.092%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.092%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.092%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.092%) QlikView
10 2 (0.092%) Redis
11 1 (0.046%) Power BI
11 1 (0.046%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 73 (3.34%) Rational DOORS
2 47 (2.15%) JIRA
3 31 (1.42%) LabVIEW
4 24 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.92%) Rational Rhapsody
6 18 (0.82%) Git
7 16 (0.73%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.55%) Rational Team Concert
9 5 (0.23%) GitLab
10 3 (0.14%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.14%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.092%) Apache Continuum
11 2 (0.092%) git-flow
11 2 (0.092%) Subversion
11 2 (0.092%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 217 (9.93%) Social Skills
2 193 (8.83%) Manufacturing
3 164 (7.51%) Aerospace
4 133 (6.09%) Automotive
5 97 (4.44%) Electronics
6 89 (4.07%) Finance
7 79 (3.62%) Analytical Skills
8 50 (2.29%) Telecoms
9 39 (1.78%) Legal
10 38 (1.74%) Retail
11 35 (1.60%) Military
12 29 (1.33%) Games
13 23 (1.05%) Public Sector
14 18 (0.82%) Marketing
15 17 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 16 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
16 16 (0.73%) Law
17 14 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
18 13 (0.59%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.55%) REST
1 12 (0.55%) WebRTC
2 10 (0.46%) .NET
3 9 (0.41%) Web Services
4 7 (0.32%) LAMP
5 6 (0.27%) LEMP Stack
5 6 (0.27%) Middleware
6 5 (0.23%) WPF
7 4 (0.18%) JSON
7 4 (0.18%) Keycloak
7 4 (0.18%) XMPP
8 3 (0.14%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (0.14%) LDAP
9 2 (0.092%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.092%) WebCenter
9 2 (0.092%) WSE
9 2 (0.092%) WSH
10 1 (0.046%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.046%) Node-RED
10 1 (0.046%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 62 (2.84%) Management Information System
2 57 (2.61%) Embedded Systems
3 55 (2.52%) SCADA
4 53 (2.43%) Algorithms
5 50 (2.29%) Data Centre
6 34 (1.56%) Clustering
7 33 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
8 31 (1.42%) IoT
9 27 (1.24%) FPGA
10 26 (1.19%) CCTV
11 25 (1.14%) Robotics
12 24 (1.10%) CMDB
13 23 (1.05%) Driving Licence
14 22 (1.01%) Public Cloud
15 18 (0.82%) AS400
16 17 (0.78%) NHS
17 16 (0.73%) Mainframe
17 16 (0.73%) Verilog
17 16 (0.73%) VHDL
18 15 (0.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 243 (11.12%) Windows
2 188 (8.60%) Linux
3 120 (5.49%) Windows Server
4 38 (1.74%) Windows 10
5 30 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 27 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (1.14%) Mac OS
8 23 (1.05%) Ubuntu
9 20 (0.92%) Debian
9 20 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 14 (0.64%) Unix
12 12 (0.55%) CentOS
13 11 (0.50%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.37%) VMS
15 7 (0.32%) Android
16 6 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.18%) Apple iOS
17 4 (0.18%) SUSE
18 3 (0.14%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (19.04%) Systems Engineering
2 223 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
3 150 (6.86%) Validation
4 110 (5.03%) Customer Service
4 110 (5.03%) Cybersecurity
5 96 (4.39%) Agile
6 84 (3.84%) Project Management
7 80 (3.66%) Customer Requirements
7 80 (3.66%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 78 (3.57%) Computer Science
8 78 (3.57%) Configuration Management
8 78 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 78 (3.57%) Software Engineering
9 74 (3.39%) Project Delivery
10 71 (3.25%) Verification and Validation
11 61 (2.79%) Mathematics
12 60 (2.75%) Mentoring
13 53 (2.43%) Software Testing
14 49 (2.24%) Physics
15 47 (2.15%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 117 (5.35%) SQL
2 85 (3.89%) Python
3 81 (3.71%) C
4 74 (3.39%) PowerShell
5 62 (2.84%) Bash
5 62 (2.84%) MATLAB
6 57 (2.61%) C#
7 32 (1.46%) C++
8 31 (1.42%) Java
9 10 (0.46%) Perl
10 9 (0.41%) JavaScript
11 7 (0.32%) Ladder Logic
11 7 (0.32%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.32%) VB
12 6 (0.27%) Embedded C
12 6 (0.27%) RPG
13 5 (0.23%) PHP
13 5 (0.23%) XAML
14 3 (0.14%) R
15 2 (0.092%) Go
Qualifications
1 431 (19.73%) Security Cleared
2 348 (15.93%) Degree
3 166 (7.60%) SC Cleared
4 89 (4.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 72 (3.30%) DV Cleared
6 62 (2.84%) Master's Degree
7 48 (2.20%) Chartered Engineer
8 37 (1.69%) HNC
9 32 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 28 (1.28%) HND
11 27 (1.24%) DBS Check
12 25 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
13 24 (1.10%) CCNA
14 13 (0.59%) Azure Certification
15 12 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
16 10 (0.46%) CTC Cleared
17 8 (0.37%) MCSE
17 8 (0.37%) PMI Certification
18 6 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
19 5 (0.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (0.87%) ISO 9001
1 19 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 19 (0.87%) QA
2 17 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (0.73%) PMO
4 14 (0.64%) ISO 26262
5 13 (0.59%) Automotive SPICE
5 13 (0.59%) GDPR
6 12 (0.55%) IEC 61508
7 10 (0.46%) COSHH
8 7 (0.32%) Def Stans
8 7 (0.32%) ISO 14001
8 7 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 7 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.23%) SLA
10 4 (0.18%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.14%) ECSS
11 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.092%) NCSC
12 2 (0.092%) NIST
System Software
1 173 (7.92%) Active Directory
2 107 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (3.52%) Hyper-V
4 68 (3.11%) Firmware
5 31 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (1.05%) vSphere
7 15 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
8 14 (0.64%) VMware NSX
9 13 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
10 12 (0.55%) Docker
10 12 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
11 9 (0.41%) Forefront TMG
11 9 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
12 6 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.23%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.18%) NFS
15 3 (0.14%) VMware Server
15 3 (0.14%) XenApp
16 2 (0.092%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (1.46%) Ansible
3 30 (1.37%) SCOM
4 29 (1.33%) Functional Safety
5 27 (1.24%) Puppet
6 26 (1.19%) Kubernetes
6 26 (1.19%) SCCM
7 19 (0.87%) Terraform
7 19 (0.87%) vCenter Server
8 11 (0.50%) WSUS
9 10 (0.46%) FortiGate
10 9 (0.41%) ZABBIX
11 8 (0.37%) Backup Exec
12 7 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.27%) Wonderware InTouch
14 5 (0.23%) Red Hat Spacewalk
15 4 (0.18%) Podman
15 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 239 (10.94%) Microsoft
2 186 (8.51%) VMware
3 55 (2.52%) EMC
4 54 (2.47%) Cisco
5 52 (2.38%) IBM
6 27 (1.24%) Citrix
7 26 (1.19%) Red Hat
8 21 (0.96%) Siemens
9 19 (0.87%) Dell
9 19 (0.87%) HP
9 19 (0.87%) Oracle
9 19 (0.87%) Veeam
10 18 (0.82%) Atlassian
10 18 (0.82%) Palo Alto
11 17 (0.78%) NetApp
11 17 (0.78%) Thales
12 15 (0.69%) Meraki
13 14 (0.64%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.59%) Dynatrace
15 12 (0.55%) Rockwell