The median System Engineer salary in Cambridge is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
42 |
59 |
88 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+17 |
+29 |
+15 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer |
2 |
25 |
5 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge |
0.76% |
2.49% |
0.53% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.83% |
2.56% |
0.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
21 |
3 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£32,600 |
| 25th Percentile |
£63,750 |
£42,500 |
£33,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£67,500 |
£55,000 |
£35,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+22.73% |
+57.14% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£71,250 |
£57,500 |
£42,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£60,000 |
£47,000 |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
£35,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+57.14% |
-30.00% |
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 |
241 |
975 |
805 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
91.29% |
97.21% |
84.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
151 |
752 |
387 |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,750 |
£30,663 |
£30,800 |
| 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 |
£66,875 |
£73,250 |
£75,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£83,750 |
£85,000 |
£92,500 |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
£54,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.76% |
-2.78% |
+8.00% |
