System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer salary in the UK 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 | |
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| Rank | 112 | 340 | 422 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +228 | +82 | -109 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 2,372 | 1,051 | 1,323 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.42% | 1.00% | 0.86% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.56% | 1.10% | 0.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,516 | 415 | 650 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,875 | £31,700 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £40,000 | £39,276 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +10.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £68,750 | £62,971 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £105,000 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +11.11% | +12.50% |
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 | 92,756 | 95,826 | 148,057 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.61% | 91.56% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,592 | 60,202 | 85,221 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,550 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.42% | - | +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 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer.
Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
Systems Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 |
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| England | +218 | 2,101 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 467 |
| UK excluding London | +180 | 2,066 | £50,000 | - | 422 |
| South East | +140 | 589 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 114 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 441 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 158 |
| South West | +105 | 401 | £55,000 | +15.79% | 93 |
| Midlands | +92 | 376 | £48,500 | +4.86% | 90 |
| East of England | +82 | 267 | £52,000 | -9.57% | 56 |
| North of England | +218 | 254 | £45,000 | +18.42% | 51 |
| West Midlands | +63 | 237 | £50,000 | +2.56% | 58 |
| London | +109 | 211 | £55,000 | -18.52% | 69 |
| North West | +127 | 158 | £50,000 | +29.05% | 37 |
| East Midlands | +87 | 139 | £42,500 | -2.86% | 32 |
| Scotland | +26 | 129 | £44,000 | -20.00% | 24 |
| Yorkshire | +160 | 76 | £45,000 | +2.27% | 11 |
| Wales | +44 | 42 | £37,500 | - | 9 |
| North East | +2 | 20 | £40,000 | +11.11% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | +35 | 8 | £35,000 | -36.36% | 3 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
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 featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.
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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:
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