System Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire
The median System Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £55,000 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 | 53 | 58 | 104 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +46 | +24 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 6 | 45 | 9 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire | 1.20% | 2.87% | 0.63% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.27% | 3.06% | 0.73% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 34 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,500 | £40,000 | £32,600 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,875 | £42,500 | £33,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £35,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +57.14% | -30.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £64,375 | £60,000 | £42,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £68,500 | £64,571 | £47,000 |
| East of England median annual salary | £47,683 | £52,250 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.74% | -9.13% | +17.95% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title | 472 | 1,471 | 1,225 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.02% | 93.69% | 86.39% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 309 | 1,136 | 579 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,950 | £27,000 | £27,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £36,250 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £52,500 | £54,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.78% | +8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,250 | £70,000 | £70,600 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,550 | £80,001 | £86,250 |
| East of England median annual salary | £50,967 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.30% | -13.64% | +10.00% |
Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.
Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in Cambridgeshire.
Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.
Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 15 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 |
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| Cambridge | +19 | 2 | £67,500 | +22.73% | 11 |
| Peterborough | 0 | 1 | £42,500 | -34.18% | 5 |
| Systems Engineer East of England |
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Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire
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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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: