Lead System Engineer
South East > Berkshire
The median Lead System Engineer salary in Berkshire is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 August 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 141 | 147 | 166 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +6 | +19 | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire | 0.056% | 0.075% | 0.076% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.060% | 0.078% | 0.082% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £53,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,000 | - | £57,500 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £61,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median annual salary | £70,000 | - | £85,000 |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title | 1,676 | 2,558 | 2,443 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 93.58% | 95.52% | 93.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 764 | 1,552 | 1,455 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £31,250 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £40,000 | £40,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | - | -3.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £71,250 | £74,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £82,500 | £94,350 |
| South East median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -9.09% | - |
Lead Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings that featured Lead Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer in Berkshire.
Lead Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire
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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 3 August 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | - | 1 | £85,000 | - | |
| Lead Systems Engineer South East |
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