Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Cambridge

Senior System Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Cambridge is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 78 93
Rank change year-on-year +36 +15 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 1 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.38% 0.50% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.51% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £57,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year +22.73% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 242 971 818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 97.20% 85.03%
Number of salaries quoted 153 750 388
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,563 £31,350
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Cambridge

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Cambridge

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Senior 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 Cambridge region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle