Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Central London

Senior System Engineer
London > Central London

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Central London is £100,000 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 157 189 237
Rank change year-on-year +32 +48 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 4 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.16% 0.027% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.028% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 8
10th Percentile £93,600 - £45,600
25th Percentile £96,000 £65,000 £57,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £70,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -30.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £116,250 £75,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £126,000 - -
London median annual salary £76,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +16.92% -7.14% -5.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,277 3,593 4,926
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 95.36% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,606 2,786 4,099
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,813 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year - -1.69% +1.72%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Central London

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Central London

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

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

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Engineer in Central London

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the Central London 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
City of London +42 4 £100,000 +42.86% 2
Senior Systems Engineer
London

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 16 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 Central London region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 3 (75.00%) Copilot Studio
2 3 (75.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (75.00%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Law
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) Financial Institution
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Management
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Terraform
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (25.00%) High-Frequency Trading

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (75.00%) Copilot Studio
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Financial Institution
2 3 (75.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (75.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (75.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (75.00%) Platform Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) High-Frequency Trading
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Trading
2 1 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft