Junior Systems Engineer Jobs

Junior System Engineer
UK

The median Junior System Engineer salary in the UK is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 872 985 1214
Rank change year-on-year +113 +229 -304
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Systems Engineer 16 10 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.010% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.011% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 10
10th Percentile £28,750 £21,000 £29,138
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £41,250 £30,400
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% +35.69% +10.55%
75th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £35,925
90th Percentile - £48,125 £42,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £38,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year -16.13% +29.17% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Junior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Systems Engineer in the UK

Junior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Junior Systems Engineer in the UK

Junior Systems Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +85 16 £32,500 -21.21% 6
UK excluding London -1 16 £32,500 -16.13% 6
South West - 13 £35,000 -
South East +13 2 £30,000 -29.41% 3
Work from Home +65 1 £30,000 -29.41% 2
North West - 1 £30,000 - 1
North of England - 1 £30,000 - 1

Junior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Junior 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 featuring Junior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) C
1 8 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 8 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
2 7 (43.75%) C++
3 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Systems Engineering
4 4 (25.00%) Service Design
4 4 (25.00%) Systems Thinking
4 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 4 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Degree
4 4 (25.00%) Requirements Engineering
5 3 (18.75%) Business Development
5 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
5 3 (18.75%) Product Breakdown Structure
5 3 (18.75%) Feasibility Study
5 3 (18.75%) Technology Roadmap
5 3 (18.75%) Architectural Design
5 3 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (6.25%) Post-Production
6 1 (6.25%) Project Planning
6 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
6 1 (6.25%) Windows
6 1 (6.25%) Linux

Junior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (31.25%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 4 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (25.00%) Requirements Engineering
3 4 (25.00%) Service Design
3 4 (25.00%) Systems Thinking
4 3 (18.75%) Architectural Design
4 3 (18.75%) Business Development
4 3 (18.75%) Feasibility Study
4 3 (18.75%) Product Breakdown Structure
4 3 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
4 3 (18.75%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (6.25%) Post-Production
5 1 (6.25%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) C
2 7 (43.75%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
1 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared