Systems Engineer Jobs in Central London

System Engineer
London > Central London

The median System Engineer salary in Central London is £75,450 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 180 229
Rank change year-on-year +37 +49 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 17 8 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.67% 0.21% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.22% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 15
10th Percentile £49,000 £41,050 £44,700
25th Percentile £49,750 £46,938 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,450 £52,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +43.71% -22.22% -3.57%
75th Percentile £91,438 £57,813 £110,000
90th Percentile £99,200 £65,125 -
London median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -18.52% +12.50%

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 2,305 3,595 5,095
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 95.16% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 2,829 4,254
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £111,250
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Central London

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Central London

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Central London

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 Systems Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 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 +40 15 £76,700 +46.10% 5
City of Westminster - 4 - -
West End of London - 1 £55,000 -
Systems Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Central London region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) AWS
2 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
3 8 (47.06%) Python
3 8 (47.06%) Degree
4 7 (41.18%) PowerShell
4 7 (41.18%) Computer Science
4 7 (41.18%) SLA
4 7 (41.18%) Windows
4 7 (41.18%) Linux
4 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (41.18%) Finance
4 7 (41.18%) Azure
4 7 (41.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (41.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (35.29%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (29.41%) SCADA
6 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
6 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (23.53%) Data Analytics
7 4 (23.53%) Analytics
7 4 (23.53%) Process Improvement
7 4 (23.53%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
7 4 (23.53%) R
7 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (23.53%) Microservices
7 4 (23.53%) API Integration
7 4 (23.53%) SQL Optimisation
7 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing Engineering

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 4 (23.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) AWS
2 7 (41.18%) Azure
3 6 (35.29%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (23.53%) Serverless
6 3 (17.65%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
7 1 (5.88%) GCP
7 1 (5.88%) Nutanix
7 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) HTTP
2 1 (5.88%) DHCP
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) LAN
2 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Electronics
3 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing
4 3 (17.65%) Banking
4 3 (17.65%) Financial Institution
4 3 (17.65%) Law
5 2 (11.76%) Legal
6 1 (5.88%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) JSON
2 1 (5.88%) Django
2 1 (5.88%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) SCADA
2 4 (23.53%) Product Ownership
2 4 (23.53%) Robotics
3 1 (5.88%) Hedge funds
3 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Learning Management System
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Linux
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Computer Science
1 7 (41.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (23.53%) API Integration
3 4 (23.53%) Business Case
3 4 (23.53%) Data Extraction
3 4 (23.53%) Data Pipeline
3 4 (23.53%) Escalation Management
3 4 (23.53%) Experimental Design
3 4 (23.53%) FMEA
3 4 (23.53%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (23.53%) Kaizen
3 4 (23.53%) Lean Six Sigma
3 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing Engineering
3 4 (23.53%) Motion Control
3 4 (23.53%) Preventative Maintenance
3 4 (23.53%) Process Improvement
3 4 (23.53%) SQL Optimisation
3 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) Python
2 7 (41.18%) PowerShell
3 4 (23.53%) C
3 4 (23.53%) R
3 4 (23.53%) SQL
4 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Degree
2 7 (41.18%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (23.53%) Azure Certification
3 4 (23.53%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (11.76%) MCSA
5 1 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (5.88%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) SLA
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.88%) Docker
3 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (5.88%) Ansible
1 1 (5.88%) Nagios
1 1 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) VMware
3 1 (5.88%) Dell
3 1 (5.88%) Google
3 1 (5.88%) Isilon
3 1 (5.88%) Splunk