System Engineer
Essex > Chelmsford
The median System Engineer salary in Chelmsford is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
18 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
18 |
16 |
32 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-2 |
+16 |
-2 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer |
2 |
7 |
1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford |
1.82% |
5.43% |
0.67% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.96% |
6.03% |
0.80% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2 |
7 |
0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£75,900 |
£30,000 |
- |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+153.00% |
- |
- |
| Essex median annual salary |
£75,900 |
£37,500 |
£37,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+102.40% |
- |
-25.00% |
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 |
102 |
116 |
125 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
92.73% |
89.92% |
83.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
84 |
103 |
76 |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,500 |
£30,000 |
£23,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£45,938 |
£38,500 |
£25,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£53,000 |
£55,000 |
£46,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-3.64% |
+18.28% |
-15.23% |
| 75th Percentile |
£70,000 |
£60,000 |
£52,144 |
| 90th Percentile |
£79,000 |
£70,000 |
£68,421 |
| Essex median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£47,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-5.26% |
+1.77% |
