System Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham
The median System Engineer salary in Birmingham is £51,913 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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 15 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 52 | 119 | 123 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +67 | +4 | +44 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 55 | 27 | 7 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham | 3.93% | 0.98% | 0.36% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 4.15% | 1.04% | 0.39% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 11 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,916 | £30,000 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £45,416 | £48,125 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £51,913 | £55,000 | £68,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.61% | -19.71% | +5.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £59,491 | £70,250 | £79,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £62,639 | £80,000 | £91,600 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £35,000 | £50,000 | £44,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.00% | +12.99% | +20.41% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title | 1,326 | 2,602 | 1,799 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.65% | 94.38% | 93.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 773 | 2,116 | 1,376 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £40,997 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £70,000 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,500 | £84,964 | £82,125 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £52,500 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in Birmingham.
Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 15 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 Birmingham region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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: