Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in the North West

Senior System Engineer
England > North West

The median Senior System Engineer salary in the North West is £55,000 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 259 291 323
Rank change year-on-year +32 +32 -84
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 34 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.35% 0.075% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.084% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 25 4 4
10th Percentile - - £57,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,356 £71,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,056 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.78% -47.43% +68.42%
75th Percentile £60,000 £51,875 -
90th Percentile £68,000 £59,750 -
England median annual salary £57,495 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.18% -11.11% +3.85%

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 9,135 7,168 9,076
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 89.18% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 7,031 4,138 5,506
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,650 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the North West

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the North West

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Engineer in the North West

Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer within the North West 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
Manchester +50 18 £45,000 - 2
Lancashire +1 12 £52,500 +34.23% 2
Cheshire -4 4 £60,000 - 1
Senior Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (20.59%) Manufacturing
1 7 (20.59%) Agile
1 7 (20.59%) SC Cleared
1 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.65%) Git
2 6 (17.65%) Firmware
2 6 (17.65%) Wireless
2 6 (17.65%) C
2 6 (17.65%) Software Architecture
2 6 (17.65%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (17.65%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (14.71%) Cloud Security
3 5 (14.71%) Linux
3 5 (14.71%) LabVIEW
3 5 (14.71%) Software Engineering
4 4 (11.76%) Windows
4 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 4 (11.76%) Data Centre
5 3 (8.82%) Presales
5 3 (8.82%) Process Improvement
5 3 (8.82%) Incident Management
6 2 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (5.88%) Degree
6 2 (5.88%) QA
6 2 (5.88%) Avionics
6 2 (5.88%) Systems Thinking
7 1 (2.94%) Systems Engineering
7 1 (2.94%) Architectural Design
7 1 (2.94%) Project Delivery

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) Azure
1 1 (2.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) Wireless
2 1 (2.94%) Modbus
2 1 (2.94%) MQTT
2 1 (2.94%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Git
2 5 (14.71%) LabVIEW
General
1 7 (20.59%) Manufacturing
2 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.88%) Avionics
4 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.94%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (11.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.94%) Acoustics
3 1 (2.94%) Blockchain
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.94%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (2.94%) IoT
3 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.94%) SCADA
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.71%) Linux
2 4 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.59%) Agile
2 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (17.65%) Software Architecture
3 5 (14.71%) Cloud Security
3 5 (14.71%) Software Engineering
4 3 (8.82%) Incident Management
4 3 (8.82%) Presales
4 3 (8.82%) Process Improvement
5 2 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (5.88%) Systems Thinking
6 1 (2.94%) Architectural Design
6 1 (2.94%) Business Strategy
6 1 (2.94%) Cryptocurrency
6 1 (2.94%) Due Diligence
6 1 (2.94%) Edge Computing
6 1 (2.94%) Gantt Chart
6 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (2.94%) Project Delivery
6 1 (2.94%) Prototyping
6 1 (2.94%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) SC Cleared
1 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.94%) HNC
3 1 (2.94%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (17.65%) Firmware
2 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Functional Safety
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (2.94%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (2.94%) AVEVA
1 1 (2.94%) Rockwell
1 1 (2.94%) Siemens
1 1 (2.94%) Thales
1 1 (2.94%) VMware