Systems Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

System Engineer
England > Midlands

The median System Engineer salary in the Midlands is £48,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 173 181
Rank change year-on-year +100 +8 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 375 180 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.24% 1.86% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.44% 2.08% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 219 24 68
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £34,906
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £46,250 £36,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% +25.85% -8.13%
75th Percentile £55,000 £64,000 £47,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,875 £59,375
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 10,896 8,650 10,297
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 89.40% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,207 4,780 7,126
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the Midlands

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the Midlands

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the Midlands

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
West Midlands +59 238 £50,000 +2.56% 60
East Midlands +90 137 £42,500 -2.86% 30
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 Midlands region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 69 (18.40%) Automotive
2 54 (14.40%) Manufacturing
3 51 (13.60%) Microsoft
3 51 (13.60%) Security Cleared
4 50 (13.33%) Degree
5 46 (12.27%) Azure
6 45 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (11.47%) Systems Engineering
8 40 (10.67%) SQL
9 36 (9.60%) VMware
10 35 (9.33%) Social Skills
11 33 (8.80%) SQL Server
12 32 (8.53%) WAN
13 31 (8.27%) IIS
13 31 (8.27%) Customer Service
14 30 (8.00%) SC Cleared
15 29 (7.73%) High Availability
15 29 (7.73%) Clustering
16 24 (6.40%) EMC
17 23 (6.13%) Validation
17 23 (6.13%) Project Delivery
18 22 (5.87%) Master's Degree
18 22 (5.87%) Firewall
18 22 (5.87%) VMware Infrastructure
19 21 (5.60%) Software Testing
20 20 (5.33%) Software Engineering
21 19 (5.07%) C#
21 19 (5.07%) Java
22 18 (4.80%) Capacity Planning
23 17 (4.53%) CI/CD

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 31 (8.27%) IIS
2 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.07%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.53%) JBoss
4 2 (0.53%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.33%) AutoCAD
2 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.07%) Simulink
3 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.27%) CATIA
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (0.53%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.27%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 46 (12.27%) Azure
2 16 (4.27%) AWS
3 14 (3.73%) Cloud Computing
4 12 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (0.80%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.53%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.27%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.53%) WAN
2 22 (5.87%) Firewall
3 13 (3.47%) Internet
4 9 (2.40%) VPN
5 4 (1.07%) DHCP
5 4 (1.07%) DNS
6 3 (0.80%) FlexRay
6 3 (0.80%) LAN
6 3 (0.80%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.53%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (0.53%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.53%) SAN
8 1 (0.27%) BGP
8 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.27%) MQTT
8 1 (0.27%) OSPF
8 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.27%) VLAN
8 1 (0.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.80%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.73%) NoSQL
3 6 (1.60%) MySQL
4 4 (1.07%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (1.87%) LabVIEW
2 5 (1.33%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.27%) JIRA
General
1 69 (18.40%) Automotive
2 54 (14.40%) Manufacturing
3 35 (9.33%) Social Skills
4 15 (4.00%) Electronics
5 7 (1.87%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (1.87%) Finance
6 6 (1.60%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.33%) Retail
7 5 (1.33%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.07%) Aviation
8 4 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.07%) Military
9 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.27%) Legal
10 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.00%) REST
1 15 (4.00%) WebRTC
2 4 (1.07%) .NET
3 2 (0.53%) Middleware
3 2 (0.53%) WebCenter
4 1 (0.27%) Node.js
4 1 (0.27%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.73%) Clustering
2 17 (4.53%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (3.73%) Data Centre
3 14 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (3.73%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.33%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.07%) FMCG
6 4 (1.07%) PMI
7 3 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.80%) IoT
7 3 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.53%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.53%) State Machine
8 2 (0.53%) Wiki
9 1 (0.27%) CCTV
9 1 (0.27%) IBM Mainframe
9 1 (0.27%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.27%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.00%) Windows
2 14 (3.73%) Linux
3 12 (3.20%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.33%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.07%) CentOS
5 4 (1.07%) SUSE
6 3 (0.80%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) Android
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (11.47%) Systems Engineering
3 31 (8.27%) Customer Service
4 29 (7.73%) High Availability
5 23 (6.13%) Project Delivery
5 23 (6.13%) Validation
6 21 (5.60%) Software Testing
7 20 (5.33%) Software Engineering
8 18 (4.80%) Capacity Planning
9 17 (4.53%) CI/CD
9 17 (4.53%) Project Management
10 16 (4.27%) Continuous Delivery
11 15 (4.00%) Load Balancing
12 14 (3.73%) API Design
12 14 (3.73%) API Development
12 14 (3.73%) Continuous Integration
12 14 (3.73%) Performance Analysis
12 14 (3.73%) Requirements Analysis
12 14 (3.73%) TDD
12 14 (3.73%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 40 (10.67%) SQL
2 19 (5.07%) C#
2 19 (5.07%) Java
3 9 (2.40%) C
4 5 (1.33%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.07%) C++
5 4 (1.07%) MATLAB
5 4 (1.07%) Python
6 2 (0.53%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.27%) Go
7 1 (0.27%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.27%) R
7 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (13.60%) Security Cleared
2 50 (13.33%) Degree
3 30 (8.00%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.87%) Master's Degree
5 17 (4.53%) Chartered Engineer
6 11 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.60%) MCSE
8 5 (1.33%) CCNA
8 5 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.07%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.80%) HND
11 2 (0.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.53%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
12 1 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.27%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.87%) QA
2 6 (1.60%) PMO
3 5 (1.33%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (0.53%) Automotive SPICE
5 2 (0.53%) GDPR
5 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
System Software
1 22 (5.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (4.00%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.73%) VMware NSX
4 9 (2.40%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.53%) NFS
5 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.33%) Functional Safety
2 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.27%) Ansible
3 1 (0.27%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 51 (13.60%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.60%) VMware
3 24 (6.40%) EMC
4 15 (4.00%) CheckPoint
5 12 (3.20%) Siemens
6 5 (1.33%) Apple
6 5 (1.33%) HP
6 5 (1.33%) Red Hat
7 3 (0.80%) Dell
7 3 (0.80%) IBM
7 3 (0.80%) Oracle
7 3 (0.80%) QinetiQ
7 3 (0.80%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (0.53%) Brocade
8 2 (0.53%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.27%) Allen-Bradley
9 1 (0.27%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.27%) SAP
9 1 (0.27%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (0.27%) Veeam