Lead System Engineer
Essex > Chelmsford
The median Lead System Engineer salary in Chelmsford is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 September 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to 5 Sep 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 33 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Chelmsford | 0.67% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.74% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | - | - |
| Essex median annual salary | £100,000 | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Chelmsford
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford with a recognized job title | 272 | 123 | 93 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 91.58% | 93.89% | 81.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 214 | 97 | 78 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £30,000 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,000 | £37,500 | £46,262 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £50,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | -16.67% | +26.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £67,500 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £79,000 | £70,000 |
| Essex median annual salary | £45,000 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -10.00% | +2.46% |
Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 1 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford
For the 6 months to 5 September 2026, Lead Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Chelmsford region featuring Lead Systems Engineer in the job title.
|
Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
|
||||||