Systems Engineer Job Trends in Bath

System Engineer
Somerset > Bath

The median System Engineer salary in Bath is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 11 30
Rank change year-on-year -2 +19 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 33 18 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Bath 9.30% 14.52% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.06% 19.35% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile - - £51,025
25th Percentile - - £51,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £52,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.50%
75th Percentile - - £53,563
90th Percentile - - £53,675
Somerset median annual salary £60,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +27.37% -20.83% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bath

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bath. 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 Bath with a recognized job title 328 93 267
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 75.00% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 198 33 200
10th Percentile £25,850 £29,200 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,750 £86,000 £76,250
Somerset median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bath.

Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Bath

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Bath

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Bath.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Bath

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bath

For the 6 months to 12 September 2026, Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bath region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 27 (81.82%) Active Directory
1 27 (81.82%) Amazon RDS
1 27 (81.82%) Azure
1 27 (81.82%) Brocade
1 27 (81.82%) Customer Experience
1 27 (81.82%) Customer Service
1 27 (81.82%) Cyber Essentials
1 27 (81.82%) DHCP
1 27 (81.82%) DNS
1 27 (81.82%) Email Filtering
1 27 (81.82%) Hyper-V
1 27 (81.82%) Kalman Filter
1 27 (81.82%) Linux
1 27 (81.82%) Microsoft
1 27 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
1 27 (81.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 27 (81.82%) Migration
1 27 (81.82%) Nimble Storage
1 27 (81.82%) PCI DSS
1 27 (81.82%) Problem-Solving
1 27 (81.82%) SC Cleared
1 27 (81.82%) Security Cleared
1 27 (81.82%) SolarWinds
1 27 (81.82%) Splunk
1 27 (81.82%) Tanium
1 27 (81.82%) Terminal Server
1 27 (81.82%) Veeam
1 27 (81.82%) VMware
1 27 (81.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 27 (81.82%) Vulnerability Scanning

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bath by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 27 (81.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 27 (81.82%) Azure
1 27 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (81.82%) DHCP
1 27 (81.82%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (81.82%) Amazon RDS
General
1 27 (81.82%) Analytical Skills
1 27 (81.82%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 27 (81.82%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (18.18%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 27 (81.82%) Linux
1 27 (81.82%) Windows
1 27 (81.82%) Windows Server
1 27 (81.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (81.82%) Customer Experience
1 27 (81.82%) Customer Service
1 27 (81.82%) Email Filtering
1 27 (81.82%) Kalman Filter
1 27 (81.82%) Migration
1 27 (81.82%) Problem-Solving
1 27 (81.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 27 (81.82%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 27 (81.82%) Web Filtering
2 6 (18.18%) Agile
Qualifications
1 27 (81.82%) SC Cleared
1 27 (81.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (81.82%) Cyber Essentials
1 27 (81.82%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (81.82%) Active Directory
1 27 (81.82%) Hyper-V
1 27 (81.82%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 27 (81.82%) Brocade
1 27 (81.82%) Microsoft
1 27 (81.82%) Nimble Storage
1 27 (81.82%) SolarWinds
1 27 (81.82%) Splunk
1 27 (81.82%) Tanium
1 27 (81.82%) Veeam
1 27 (81.82%) VMware