Lead System Engineer
UK
The median Lead System Engineer salary in the UK is £61,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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 10 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 786 | 901 | 1155 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +115 | +254 | -277 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer | 112 | 79 | 46 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.078% | 0.029% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.086% | 0.030% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24 | 13 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £59,500 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £83,750 | £35,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £61,000 | £85,000 | £51,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.24% | +64.25% | -17.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £112,500 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £160,000 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £61,000 | £85,000 | £41,375 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.24% | +105.44% | -2.65% |
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 | 93,878 | 92,381 | 151,160 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.45% | 96.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,248 | 58,258 | 84,340 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,000 | £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% |
Lead Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Lead Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer.
Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.
Lead Systems Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +39 | 96 | £61,000 | -28.24% | 17 |
| England | +102 | 83 | £55,000 | -35.29% | 17 |
| East of England | - | 30 | £62,000 | - | |
| Midlands | -32 | 18 | £60,000 | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | -18 | 17 | - | - | 1 |
| North of England | - | 15 | - | - | 2 |
| Work from Home | +57 | 12 | £62,000 | -34.74% | 4 |
| South East | +6 | 9 | £40,000 | -52.94% | 2 |
| South West | - | 9 | £55,000 | - | 10 |
| Scotland | - | 9 | £65,000 | - | 2 |
| Yorkshire | - | 9 | - | - | 2 |
| North West | - | 6 | - | - | |
| Wales | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £60,000 | - |
Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Lead 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 Lead Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Lead 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: