Systems Engineer Jobs in the North West

System Engineer
England > North West

The median System Engineer salary in the North West is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 236 301
Rank change year-on-year +96 +65 -114
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 162 69 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.66% 0.87% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 0.98% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 108 49 25
10th Percentile £35,700 £30,115 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £36,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,800 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.16% +6.83% +17.14%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £51,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £52,750 £69,000
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 West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,214 7,075 9,039
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 89.07% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,073 4,121 5,468
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £82,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the North West

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the North West

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the North West

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Manchester +61 63 £45,000 - 14
Cheshire +37 58 £55,000 +25.57% 5
Lancashire +10 34 £50,000 +27.84% 13
Merseyside +6 5 - - 4
Cumbria -13 2 £40,000 -8.68% 8
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 West region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 38 (23.46%) Security Cleared
2 34 (20.99%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.11%) Windows
3 18 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (8.64%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (8.64%) Microsoft
4 14 (8.64%) Active Directory
4 14 (8.64%) VMware
5 13 (8.02%) Manufacturing
5 13 (8.02%) Azure
5 13 (8.02%) Social Skills
6 12 (7.41%) Systems Engineering
6 12 (7.41%) SCADA
6 12 (7.41%) IBM
7 11 (6.79%) VMware Infrastructure
7 11 (6.79%) Mentoring
8 10 (6.17%) High Availability
8 10 (6.17%) Windows Server
8 10 (6.17%) Hyper-V
8 10 (6.17%) iSeries
8 10 (6.17%) Customer Engagement
8 10 (6.17%) Degree
8 10 (6.17%) Software Engineering
8 10 (6.17%) AS400
8 10 (6.17%) Finance
9 9 (5.56%) Firmware
9 9 (5.56%) Agile
9 9 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (5.56%) Operational Technology
10 8 (4.94%) Analytical Skills

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.09%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.02%) Azure
2 9 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.47%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.85%) Dropbox
4 3 (1.85%) Google Drive
4 3 (1.85%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.62%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.32%) Firewall
1 7 (4.32%) Wireless
2 6 (3.70%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (1.85%) DHCP
3 3 (1.85%) DNS
4 2 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (1.23%) SAN
4 2 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.62%) Modbus
5 1 (0.62%) MQTT
5 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.62%) VLAN
5 1 (0.62%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.23%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (1.23%) QlikView
1 2 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.32%) Git
1 7 (4.32%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.23%) JIRA
2 2 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.62%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 13 (8.02%) Manufacturing
1 13 (8.02%) Social Skills
2 10 (6.17%) Finance
3 8 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (3.70%) Aerospace
4 6 (3.70%) Avionics
4 6 (3.70%) Electronics
4 6 (3.70%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.47%) Automotive
5 4 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.85%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.23%) Banking
7 2 (1.23%) Games
8 1 (0.62%) Advertising
8 1 (0.62%) Law
8 1 (0.62%) Marketing
8 1 (0.62%) Military
8 1 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.62%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.62%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.41%) SCADA
2 10 (6.17%) AS400
2 10 (6.17%) iSeries
3 9 (5.56%) Operational Technology
4 8 (4.94%) Acoustics
5 7 (4.32%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (3.09%) CCTV
7 4 (2.47%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.85%) iPad
8 3 (1.85%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.62%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.62%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.62%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.62%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (0.62%) IoT
10 1 (0.62%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.11%) Windows
2 10 (6.17%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.94%) Linux
4 3 (1.85%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (8.64%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (7.41%) Systems Engineering
4 11 (6.79%) Mentoring
5 10 (6.17%) Customer Engagement
5 10 (6.17%) High Availability
5 10 (6.17%) Software Engineering
6 9 (5.56%) Agile
7 8 (4.94%) Validation
8 7 (4.32%) Cloud Security
8 7 (4.32%) Logistics
8 7 (4.32%) Software Architecture
8 7 (4.32%) Verification and Validation
9 6 (3.70%) Customer Service
9 6 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (3.09%) ITIL
11 4 (2.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (2.47%) ERP
11 4 (2.47%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (2.47%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.32%) C
2 3 (1.85%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.85%) SQL
3 1 (0.62%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 38 (23.46%) Security Cleared
2 34 (20.99%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.17%) Degree
4 6 (3.70%) DBS Check
5 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.23%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.23%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.62%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.62%) HNC
7 1 (0.62%) HND
7 1 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (1.23%) QA
3 1 (0.62%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.62%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (8.64%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.17%) Hyper-V
4 9 (5.56%) Firmware
5 7 (4.32%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.23%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.62%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.23%) WSUS
3 1 (0.62%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (8.64%) Microsoft
1 14 (8.64%) VMware
2 12 (7.41%) IBM
3 4 (2.47%) Thales
3 4 (2.47%) Veeam
4 3 (1.85%) Google
5 2 (1.23%) Aruba
5 2 (1.23%) Citrix
5 2 (1.23%) Datto
5 2 (1.23%) HP
5 2 (1.23%) Meraki
5 2 (1.23%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.23%) Ruckus Wireless
5 2 (1.23%) Siemens
5 2 (1.23%) SYSPRO
5 2 (1.23%) Ubiquiti
5 2 (1.23%) WatchGuard
6 1 (0.62%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (0.62%) AVEVA
6 1 (0.62%) Spotify