Systems Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

System Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median System Engineer salary in Berkshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 42 160
Rank change year-on-year -75 +118 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 8 163 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.50% 5.33% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 5.58% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3 126 12
10th Percentile £44,000 £30,000 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £34,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,175
Median % change year-on-year - -5.97% -13.40%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £63,500 £70,000 £73,625
South East median annual salary £62,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +24.00% -9.09% +10.00%

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 1,271 2,919 2,869
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 78.99% 95.49% 92.46%
Number of salaries quoted 575 2,064 1,632
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -9.09% +0.43%
75th Percentile £76,875 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £92,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Berkshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Berkshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Berkshire

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 Systems Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Bracknell +30 3 - - 2
Reading -32 3 £50,000 - 10
Slough -28 1 - - 4
Windsor - 1 - - 1
Systems Engineer
South East

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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 across the Berkshire region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) WSUS
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (37.50%) SMTP
2 3 (37.50%) DHCP
2 3 (37.50%) DNS
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) Citrix
2 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
2 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Product Management
3 2 (25.00%) High Availability
3 2 (25.00%) Broadcast Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Broadband
4 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
4 1 (12.50%) PLM
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 1 (12.50%) SCADA
4 1 (12.50%) Siemens
4 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) DHCP
1 3 (37.50%) DNS
1 3 (37.50%) SMTP
2 2 (25.00%) Broadband
3 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
3 1 (12.50%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Advertising
2 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (12.50%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Broadcast Engineering
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (25.00%) High Availability
1 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (25.00%) Product Management
1 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) PLM
2 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Citrix
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) AVEVA
2 1 (12.50%) Rockwell
2 1 (12.50%) Siemens