Senior System Engineer
Cheshire > Chester
The median Senior System Engineer salary in Chester is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 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 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 13 | - | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester | 4.00% | - | 2.31% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 4.00% | - | 2.98% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | - | £60,000 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Cheshire median annual salary | £48,306 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.49% | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chester
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title | 50 | 257 | 168 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 100.00% | 89.86% | 77.78% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27 | 222 | 85 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,000 | £23,213 | £23,300 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,750 | £35,000 | £28,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £47,500 | £43,800 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.79% | +8.45% | -7.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £59,375 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £60,000 | £65,000 | £73,750 |
| Cheshire median annual salary | £37,500 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.67% | -5.26% | - |
Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings that featured Senior Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Chester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in Chester.
Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 2 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester
For the 6 months to 16 June 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 Chester region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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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