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 2 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 2 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 111 | 320 | 424 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +209 | +104 | -108 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 2,388 | 1,093 | 1,326 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.42% | 1.05% | 0.85% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.56% | 1.15% | 0.88% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,531 | 429 | 652 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £32,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £40,000 | £39,201 |
| 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 | £62,715 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £102,500 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £48,250 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.63% | +7.22% | +10.16% |
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 | 93,240 | 95,005 | 150,022 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.52% | 96.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,901 | 59,761 | 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 | £52,750 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.21% | +5.50% | +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 2 May 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 2 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 |
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| England | +201 | 2,116 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 540 |
| UK excluding London | +167 | 2,077 | £50,000 | +3.63% | 481 |
| South East | +131 | 599 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 134 |
| Work from Home | +125 | 447 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 180 |
| South West | +97 | 402 | £55,000 | +15.79% | 107 |
| Midlands | +91 | 377 | £48,500 | +4.86% | 100 |
| East of England | +73 | 267 | £52,000 | -9.57% | 62 |
| North of England | +179 | 255 | £45,000 | +12.50% | 62 |
| West Midlands | +55 | 238 | £50,000 | +2.56% | 63 |
| London | +102 | 213 | £55,000 | -18.52% | 77 |
| North West | +102 | 160 | £50,000 | +14.16% | 41 |
| East Midlands | +84 | 139 | £42,500 | -2.86% | 37 |
| Scotland | +29 | 126 | £44,000 | -20.00% | 23 |
| Yorkshire | +152 | 75 | £45,000 | +2.27% | 16 |
| Wales | +43 | 43 | £36,250 | -3.33% | 11 |
| North East | -6 | 20 | £40,000 | +11.11% | 7 |
| Northern Ireland | +39 | 8 | £35,000 | -36.36% | 4 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 May 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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