Systems Engineer Jobs in Reading

System Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median System Engineer salary in Reading is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 132 102
Rank change year-on-year +101 -30 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 106 6 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 6.20% 0.37% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.55% 0.40% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 103 2 24
10th Percentile £30,000 £62,750 -
25th Percentile £34,000 £63,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +31.25%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,125 £73,863
90th Percentile £65,000 £74,250 -
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £48,850 £67,725
% change year-on-year +2.35% -27.87% +131.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,618 1,514 1,697
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 93.63% 97.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 810 1,020
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,863
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Reading

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Reading

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Reading over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 Reading region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (43.40%) Security Cleared
2 41 (38.68%) Systems Engineering
3 40 (37.74%) Windows
4 27 (25.47%) Microsoft
5 26 (24.53%) Active Directory
5 26 (24.53%) Configuration Management
6 25 (23.58%) DV Cleared
7 23 (21.70%) SC Cleared
7 23 (21.70%) CMDB
7 23 (21.70%) Windows Server
8 22 (20.75%) Degree
9 20 (18.87%) Decision-Making
10 18 (16.98%) SQL
11 17 (16.04%) Validation
12 16 (15.09%) Firewall
12 16 (15.09%) HNC
12 16 (15.09%) Agile
12 16 (15.09%) DNS
12 16 (15.09%) Verification and Validation
12 16 (15.09%) Azure
13 15 (14.15%) Waterfall
13 15 (14.15%) Dynatrace
13 15 (14.15%) Systems Thinking
13 15 (14.15%) SCOM
13 15 (14.15%) IIS
13 15 (14.15%) Linux
13 15 (14.15%) DHCP
13 15 (14.15%) SNMP
14 14 (13.21%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 14 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineering

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 15 (14.15%) IIS
2 3 (2.83%) WinCC
3 1 (0.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.09%) Azure
2 1 (0.94%) IaaS
2 1 (0.94%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (15.09%) DNS
1 16 (15.09%) Firewall
2 15 (14.15%) DHCP
2 15 (14.15%) SNMP
3 5 (4.72%) Modbus
3 5 (4.72%) Profibus
3 5 (4.72%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.83%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.94%) JIRA
1 1 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (6.60%) Social Skills
2 5 (4.72%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (3.77%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.83%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.94%) Electronics
5 1 (0.94%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.94%) .NET
1 1 (0.94%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.70%) CMDB
2 8 (7.55%) SCADA
3 6 (5.66%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 40 (37.74%) Windows
2 23 (21.70%) Windows Server
3 15 (14.15%) Linux
4 11 (10.38%) Windows 10
4 11 (10.38%) Windows 7
4 11 (10.38%) Windows Server 2012
4 11 (10.38%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (10.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (38.68%) Systems Engineering
2 26 (24.53%) Configuration Management
3 20 (18.87%) Decision-Making
4 17 (16.04%) Validation
5 16 (15.09%) Agile
5 16 (15.09%) Verification and Validation
6 15 (14.15%) Systems Thinking
6 15 (14.15%) Waterfall
7 14 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (13.21%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 14 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 12 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (10.38%) Change Management
9 11 (10.38%) ITIL
9 11 (10.38%) Problem Management
9 11 (10.38%) Roadmaps
10 8 (7.55%) Project Delivery
11 7 (6.60%) Mentoring
11 7 (6.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 6 (5.66%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.98%) SQL
2 11 (10.38%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.72%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (0.94%) C#
4 1 (0.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 46 (43.40%) Security Cleared
2 25 (23.58%) DV Cleared
3 23 (21.70%) SC Cleared
4 22 (20.75%) Degree
5 16 (15.09%) HNC
6 7 (6.60%) HND
7 2 (1.89%) NVQ Level 4
8 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (0.94%) QA
System Software
1 26 (24.53%) Active Directory
2 11 (10.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.94%) Firmware
3 1 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (14.15%) SCOM
2 11 (10.38%) SCCM
3 3 (2.83%) Wonderware InTouch
4 1 (0.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (25.47%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.15%) Dynatrace
3 11 (10.38%) VMware
4 8 (7.55%) Wonderware
5 5 (4.72%) Allen-Bradley
6 3 (2.83%) AVEVA
6 3 (2.83%) Rockwell
6 3 (2.83%) Siemens
7 1 (0.94%) Atlassian