Systems Engineer Jobs in the North of England

System Engineer
England > North of England

The median System Engineer salary in the North of England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 323 333
Rank change year-on-year +166 +10 -112
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 260 110 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.49% 0.64% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% 0.71% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 177 66 59
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,831 £28,450
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,800 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -2.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £53,125
90th Percentile £65,000 £53,125 £104,806
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
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,575 15,385 17,253
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.35% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12,832 8,143 10,931
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the North of England

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the North of England

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the North of England

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West +98 163 £50,000 +14.16% 38
Yorkshire +146 77 £45,000 +1.12% 17
North East -5 20 £40,000 +13.48% 8
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 North of England region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 44 (16.92%) Security Cleared
2 40 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 35 (13.46%) Manufacturing
4 29 (11.15%) Windows
5 27 (10.38%) SCADA
6 23 (8.85%) Linux
7 22 (8.46%) Finance
8 21 (8.08%) VMware
9 20 (7.69%) Microsoft
10 19 (7.31%) Hyper-V
11 18 (6.92%) Active Directory
11 18 (6.92%) Social Skills
11 18 (6.92%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (6.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 16 (6.15%) Degree
13 16 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
14 15 (5.77%) Data Centre
14 15 (5.77%) IBM
14 15 (5.77%) SQL
14 15 (5.77%) Systems Engineering
15 14 (5.38%) Windows Server
15 14 (5.38%) Software Engineering
15 14 (5.38%) VMware Infrastructure
15 14 (5.38%) Azure
16 13 (5.00%) Cybersecurity
16 13 (5.00%) Firmware
17 12 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
17 12 (4.62%) Software-Defined Radio
18 11 (4.23%) Mentoring
18 11 (4.23%) C

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 12 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.54%) Confluence
4 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.38%) SAS
4 1 (0.38%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.38%) Solid Edge
1 1 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.92%) C-CURE
2 2 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (5.38%) Azure
3 6 (2.31%) AWS
4 4 (1.54%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.15%) Dropbox
5 3 (1.15%) Google Drive
5 3 (1.15%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.38%) GCP
6 1 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.62%) Software-Defined Radio
2 9 (3.46%) Firewall
3 8 (3.08%) Wireless
4 7 (2.69%) LAN
4 7 (2.69%) WAN
5 6 (2.31%) SAN
6 5 (1.92%) Internet
7 4 (1.54%) DNS
7 4 (1.54%) NAS
7 4 (1.54%) WLAN
8 3 (1.15%) DHCP
8 3 (1.15%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.15%) VPN
8 3 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.77%) Broadband
9 2 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.77%) VLAN
9 2 (0.77%) WPA
10 1 (0.38%) Modbus
10 1 (0.38%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.85%) MongoDB
1 10 (3.85%) MySQL
2 2 (0.77%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (0.77%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.77%) QlikView
2 2 (0.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (3.46%) Git
2 8 (3.08%) LabVIEW
3 6 (2.31%) JIRA
4 1 (0.38%) GitLab
4 1 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.38%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 35 (13.46%) Manufacturing
2 22 (8.46%) Finance
3 18 (6.92%) Social Skills
4 9 (3.46%) Electronics
4 9 (3.46%) Telecoms
5 8 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.69%) Aerospace
6 7 (2.69%) Automotive
7 6 (2.31%) Avionics
8 5 (1.92%) Games
8 5 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.92%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.77%) Banking
9 2 (0.77%) Retail
10 1 (0.38%) Advertising
10 1 (0.38%) Law
10 1 (0.38%) Marketing
10 1 (0.38%) Military
10 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.15%) .NET
2 2 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.38%) Flash
3 1 (0.38%) ISPF
3 1 (0.38%) LDAP
3 1 (0.38%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.38%) SCADA
2 15 (5.77%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.23%) Mainframe
4 10 (3.85%) AS400
4 10 (3.85%) CCTV
4 10 (3.85%) iSeries
5 9 (3.46%) Operational Technology
6 8 (3.08%) Acoustics
6 8 (3.08%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.54%) Replication
9 3 (1.15%) iPad
9 3 (1.15%) NHS
10 2 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.77%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.38%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.38%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.38%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.38%) IoT
11 1 (0.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.15%) Windows
2 23 (8.85%) Linux
3 14 (5.38%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.54%) Unix
5 3 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.77%) AIX
6 2 (0.77%) CentOS
7 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (6.92%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (6.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (5.77%) Systems Engineering
4 14 (5.38%) Software Engineering
5 13 (5.00%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (4.23%) Customer Service
6 11 (4.23%) Mentoring
7 10 (3.85%) Agile
7 10 (3.85%) Customer Engagement
7 10 (3.85%) High Availability
7 10 (3.85%) Validation
8 8 (3.08%) Software Architecture
9 7 (2.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (2.69%) Logistics
9 7 (2.69%) Presales
9 7 (2.69%) Verification and Validation
10 6 (2.31%) Cloud Security
10 6 (2.31%) ITIL
10 6 (2.31%) Project Management
11 5 (1.92%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.77%) SQL
2 11 (4.23%) C
2 11 (4.23%) C#
3 3 (1.15%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.15%) Python
4 2 (0.77%) Bash
5 1 (0.38%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.38%) Java
5 1 (0.38%) JCL
5 1 (0.38%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.38%) REXX
5 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (16.92%) Security Cleared
2 40 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.15%) Degree
4 6 (2.31%) DBS Check
5 5 (1.92%) HND
5 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.54%) HNC
7 2 (0.77%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.77%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 4 (1.54%) SLA
3 3 (1.15%) ISO 26262
3 3 (1.15%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.38%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.38%) QA
System Software
1 19 (7.31%) Hyper-V
2 18 (6.92%) Active Directory
3 14 (5.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (5.00%) Firmware
5 8 (3.08%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.77%) Docker
7 2 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.77%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.38%) ACF2
8 1 (0.38%) KVM
8 1 (0.38%) RACF
8 1 (0.38%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.54%) Functional Safety
3 3 (1.15%) Ansible
3 3 (1.15%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.15%) Puppet
4 2 (0.77%) Terraform
4 2 (0.77%) WSUS
5 1 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.38%) OMEGAMON
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle ZFS
5 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.38%) Salt
5 1 (0.38%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 21 (8.08%) VMware
2 20 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 15 (5.77%) IBM
4 6 (2.31%) Red Hat
5 5 (1.92%) Cisco
6 4 (1.54%) Thales
6 4 (1.54%) Veeam
7 3 (1.15%) Google
7 3 (1.15%) HP
7 3 (1.15%) Siemens
8 2 (0.77%) Aruba
8 2 (0.77%) Citrix
8 2 (0.77%) Datto
8 2 (0.77%) Meraki
8 2 (0.77%) Rockwell
8 2 (0.77%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (0.77%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.77%) SYSPRO
8 2 (0.77%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (0.77%) WatchGuard