Systems Engineer Jobs in the East Midlands

System Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median System Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £47,683 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 14 71 156
Rank change year-on-year +57 +85 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 262 139 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 10.72% 3.21% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.30% 3.39% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 63 88 4
10th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £39,412 £40,000 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £42,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -2.86% -7.89%
75th Percentile - £50,000 £45,938
90th Percentile - £58,250 £47,625
England median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,318 4,098 2,535
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 94.62% 88.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,036 2,990 1,378
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the East Midlands

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the East Midlands

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the East Midlands

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the East Midlands 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
Leicestershire +79 105 £35,000 -30.00% 9
Northamptonshire +27 98 £47,683 +5.96% 6
Lincolnshire +16 47 £47,683 +19.21% 3
Nottinghamshire +10 6 £45,000 -18.18% 5
Derbyshire -11 5 £60,500 +51.25% 18
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 215 (82.06%) Systems Engineering
2 194 (74.05%) BPSS Clearance
3 147 (56.11%) Degree
4 88 (33.59%) MATLAB
5 80 (30.53%) Agile
6 73 (27.86%) SysML
7 69 (26.34%) Validation
8 67 (25.57%) Automotive
9 55 (20.99%) UML
10 51 (19.47%) Project Planning
11 47 (17.94%) Simulink
11 47 (17.94%) Aerospace
12 43 (16.41%) Cybersecurity
13 41 (15.65%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 41 (15.65%) MODAF
13 41 (15.65%) Presentation Skills
14 37 (14.12%) Mathematics
14 37 (14.12%) Physics
15 34 (12.98%) Software Testing
16 33 (12.60%) Telecoms
17 31 (11.83%) Acceptance Criteria
18 21 (8.02%) Coaching
19 18 (6.87%) Requirements Management
19 18 (6.87%) Verification and Validation
20 16 (6.11%) Social Skills
20 16 (6.11%) Project Management
21 14 (5.34%) IBM
21 14 (5.34%) Electronics
21 14 (5.34%) PLM
21 14 (5.34%) Teamcenter

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 6 (2.29%) Confluence
2 1 (0.38%) WinCC
Applications
1 47 (17.94%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (5.34%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (1.15%) Azure
3 2 (0.76%) SaaS
4 1 (0.38%) AWS
4 1 (0.38%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (0.76%) Network Security
2 1 (0.38%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.38%) Firewall
2 1 (0.38%) Profibus
2 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.67%) MySQL
2 6 (2.29%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (5.34%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (2.67%) JIRA
3 6 (2.29%) Bitbucket
3 6 (2.29%) Git
General
1 67 (25.57%) Automotive
2 47 (17.94%) Aerospace
3 41 (15.65%) Presentation Skills
4 33 (12.60%) Telecoms
5 16 (6.11%) Social Skills
6 14 (5.34%) Electronics
7 9 (3.44%) Law
8 3 (1.15%) Retail
9 2 (0.76%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.38%) Advertising
10 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Marketing
10 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (1.15%) Data Centre
1 3 (1.15%) Management Information System
2 2 (0.76%) Operational Technology
2 2 (0.76%) SCADA
2 2 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.38%) Driving Licence
3 1 (0.38%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (0.38%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (0.38%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.44%) Windows
2 7 (2.67%) Linux
3 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (82.06%) Systems Engineering
2 80 (30.53%) Agile
3 73 (27.86%) SysML
4 69 (26.34%) Validation
5 55 (20.99%) UML
6 51 (19.47%) Project Planning
7 43 (16.41%) Cybersecurity
8 41 (15.65%) MODAF
8 41 (15.65%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 37 (14.12%) Mathematics
9 37 (14.12%) Physics
10 34 (12.98%) Software Testing
11 31 (11.83%) Acceptance Criteria
12 21 (8.02%) Coaching
13 18 (6.87%) Requirements Management
13 18 (6.87%) Verification and Validation
14 16 (6.11%) Project Management
15 14 (5.34%) Computer Science
15 14 (5.34%) Creative Problem-Solving
15 14 (5.34%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 88 (33.59%) MATLAB
2 6 (2.29%) C#
3 2 (0.76%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.76%) Python
4 1 (0.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 194 (74.05%) BPSS Clearance
2 147 (56.11%) Degree
3 13 (4.96%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (0.38%) A+ Certification
4 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.38%) CCNA
4 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.38%) HNC
4 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.34%) ARP4754
1 14 (5.34%) DO-254
1 14 (5.34%) IEC 61508
2 1 (0.38%) GDPR
2 1 (0.38%) ISO 26262
2 1 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.29%) Ansible
2 1 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (5.34%) IBM
2 6 (2.29%) Atlassian
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.76%) SAP
3 2 (0.76%) Veeam
3 2 (0.76%) VMware
4 1 (0.38%) AVEVA
4 1 (0.38%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (0.38%) Datto
4 1 (0.38%) Rockwell
4 1 (0.38%) Siemens