Systems Engineer Jobs in Glasgow

System Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median System Engineer salary in Glasgow is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 123 130
Rank change year-on-year -63 +7 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 45 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.14% 0.26% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 0.30% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 35 4 2
10th Percentile - - £44,000
25th Percentile £31,250 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% +13.44%
75th Percentile £54,375 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £58,000 £62,000 £61,000
Scotland median annual salary £44,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +22.22% +16.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 3,862 1,346 1,576
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.02% 85.95% 98.07%
Number of salaries quoted 837 685 898
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +14.58% +1.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £77,500 £72,575
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Glasgow

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Glasgow

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 Glasgow region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (62.22%) Security Cleared
2 27 (60.00%) Azure
2 27 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 27 (60.00%) VMware
3 26 (57.78%) Prototyping
4 21 (46.67%) VMware NSX
4 21 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (46.67%) Clustering
4 21 (46.67%) WAN
4 21 (46.67%) SQL
4 21 (46.67%) SQL Server
4 21 (46.67%) IIS
4 21 (46.67%) High Availability
5 16 (35.56%) Validation
6 14 (31.11%) SC Cleared
6 14 (31.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 13 (28.89%) Software Testing
7 13 (28.89%) Continuous Integration
7 13 (28.89%) Cloud Computing
7 13 (28.89%) AWS
7 13 (28.89%) Capacity Planning
7 13 (28.89%) NoSQL
7 13 (28.89%) Performance Analysis
7 13 (28.89%) Continuous Delivery
7 13 (28.89%) Public Cloud
7 13 (28.89%) API Development
7 13 (28.89%) API Design
7 13 (28.89%) TDD
7 13 (28.89%) Java
7 13 (28.89%) CI/CD

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 21 (46.67%) IIS
2 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Simulink
1 5 (11.11%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 27 (60.00%) Azure
2 13 (28.89%) AWS
2 13 (28.89%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (13.33%) Entra ID
3 6 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (46.67%) WAN
2 3 (6.67%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (46.67%) SQL Server
2 13 (28.89%) NoSQL
General
1 9 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (4.44%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.22%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.22%) Law
3 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (17.78%) REST
1 8 (17.78%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 21 (46.67%) Clustering
2 13 (28.89%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (28.89%) Public Cloud
3 5 (11.11%) Algorithms
3 5 (11.11%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.22%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.00%) Windows
1 9 (20.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (4.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (57.78%) Prototyping
2 21 (46.67%) High Availability
2 21 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (35.56%) Validation
4 13 (28.89%) API Design
4 13 (28.89%) API Development
4 13 (28.89%) Capacity Planning
4 13 (28.89%) CI/CD
4 13 (28.89%) Continuous Delivery
4 13 (28.89%) Continuous Integration
4 13 (28.89%) Performance Analysis
4 13 (28.89%) Software Testing
4 13 (28.89%) TDD
5 8 (17.78%) Load Balancing
5 8 (17.78%) Verification and Validation
6 6 (13.33%) Coaching
6 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (13.33%) Systems Engineering
7 5 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (11.11%) Decarbonisation
Programming Languages
1 21 (46.67%) SQL
2 13 (28.89%) Java
3 5 (11.11%) MATLAB
4 1 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (62.22%) Security Cleared
2 14 (31.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.22%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 21 (46.67%) VMware NSX
2 14 (31.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 27 (60.00%) VMware
2 6 (13.33%) EMC
2 6 (13.33%) Sophos
3 1 (2.22%) Thales