The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Engineer
Rank 42 55 67
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 33 8 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 4.762% 1.426% 0.800%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.889% 1.441% 0.835%
Number of salaries quoted 13 8 2
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.44%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+8.57% -6.66%
All Job Titles
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
675 555 599
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 97.40% 98.93% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 616 487 526
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Engineer
East of England

Systems Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Suffolk Systems Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Suffolk region.

Suffolk Systems Engineer Salary Trend

Systems Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Felixstowe +2 20 - -
Ipswich -9 4 £40,000 +14.28%
Stowmarket - 2 £33,750 -
Systems Engineer
East of England

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region that cited Systems Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Systems Engineer in their job title.

1 27 (47.37%) C#
2 26 (45.61%) WCF
2 26 (45.61%) .NET Framework
2 26 (45.61%) SOAP
2 26 (45.61%) Web Services
2 26 (45.61%) XML
2 26 (45.61%) .NET
3 24 (42.11%) Windows
4 22 (38.60%) Linux
5 19 (33.33%) VoIP
6 17 (29.82%) VMware
7 15 (26.32%) Red Hat
7 15 (26.32%) SQL Server
7 15 (26.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (22.81%) VMware Infrastructure
9 12 (21.05%) Active Directory
10 10 (17.54%) SAN
11 9 (15.79%) Microsoft
11 9 (15.79%) ITIL
12 8 (14.04%) TCP/IP
12 8 (14.04%) MS Exchange
12 8 (14.04%) Degree
12 8 (14.04%) Firewall
13 7 (12.28%) DNS
13 7 (12.28%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (10.53%) Computer Science
14 6 (10.53%) Solaris
14 6 (10.53%) MySQL
14 6 (10.53%) UNIX
14 6 (10.53%) IIS

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region that cited Systems Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Systems Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (45.61%) WCF
1 26 (45.61%) .NET Framework
1 26 (45.61%) SOAP
1 26 (45.61%) Web Services
1 26 (45.61%) XML
1 26 (45.61%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (14.04%) MS Exchange
2 6 (10.53%) IIS
3 3 (5.263%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.263%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.754%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (33.33%) VoIP
2 10 (17.54%) SAN
3 8 (14.04%) TCP/IP
3 8 (14.04%) Firewall
4 7 (12.28%) DNS
5 5 (8.772%) VPN
6 3 (5.263%) MPLS
6 3 (5.263%) SSL
6 3 (5.263%) SMTP
6 3 (5.263%) DHCP
7 2 (3.509%) LAN
7 2 (3.509%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.53%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.754%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (7.018%) Finance
2 1 (1.754%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (10.53%) Computer Science
3 3 (5.263%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (42.11%) Windows
2 22 (38.60%) Linux
3 15 (26.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (10.53%) Solaris
4 6 (10.53%) UNIX
5 3 (5.263%) VMS
5 3 (5.263%) Windows 2000
5 3 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (3.509%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (15.79%) ITIL
2 4 (7.018%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (5.263%) Load Balancing
4 1 (1.754%) Incident Management
4 1 (1.754%) Web Development
4 1 (1.754%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 27 (47.37%) C#
2 3 (5.263%) Shell Script
2 3 (5.263%) Perl
2 3 (5.263%) SQL
2 3 (5.263%) VB
2 3 (5.263%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.754%) C++
3 1 (1.754%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (14.04%) Degree
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.263%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (5.263%) CCA
3 3 (5.263%) Citrix Certification
3 3 (5.263%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 13 (22.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (21.05%) Active Directory
3 6 (10.53%) VMware ESX
4 3 (5.263%) XenApp
4 3 (5.263%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 17 (29.82%) VMware
2 15 (26.32%) Red Hat
3 9 (15.79%) Microsoft
4 6 (10.53%) Cisco
4 6 (10.53%) EMC
5 3 (5.263%) Citrix
5 3 (5.263%) NetApp
5 3 (5.263%) JBoss
6 1 (1.754%) Borland
6 1 (1.754%) Dell
Ipswich, Suffolk
The ideal candidate will hold the following accreditations: Microsoft Certification, Citrix Certification CCA for XenApp 5 on 2003 and/or on 2008, VCAP. You must have solid understanding...
LEXSTRA
Salary: £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Suffolk, East Anglia
You will have the ability to investigate new technologies and continually improve methods within the team with a particular focus on framework and product improvement The ideal candidate...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newmarket, Suffolk
We have an exciting opportunity for someone with a good understanding and commercial experience in networking and network security to move into a Presales Consultancy / Systems Engineer role.....
Gate Hampton Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum + 25 days holiday, bens and bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013