System Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham
The median System Engineer salary in Cheltenham is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 September 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 25 | 42 | 43 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | +1 | +28 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 1 | 11 | 24 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 0.72% | 3.68% | 6.50% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.74% | 3.78% | 6.86% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 11 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £53,125 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | - | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £37,500 | £50,000 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.00% | -25.93% | +8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £38,750 | - | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £65,000 | - |
| Gloucestershire median annual salary | £51,300 | £55,000 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.73% | -18.52% | +8.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title | 136 | 291 | 350 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 98.55% | 97.32% | 94.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 100 | 166 | 186 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,150 | £33,125 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,375 | £43,750 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £60,000 | £55,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +7.62% | +11.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £93,750 | £70,000 | £72,375 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £83,750 | £78,625 |
| Gloucestershire median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | +10.00% |
Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheltenham
Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Cheltenham.
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham
For the 6 months to 22 September 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 Cheltenham region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:
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