Systems Engineer Jobs in the East of England

System Engineer
England > East of England

The median System Engineer salary in the East of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 34 75
Rank change year-on-year -21 +41 +99
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 203 290 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 5.23% 4.84% 3.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.58% 5.14% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 101 170 36
10th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £29,125
25th Percentile £47,683 £42,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% +25.00%
75th Percentile £63,150 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,900 £64,571 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,600 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.19% - +6.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,636 5,640 3,230
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 94.08% 83.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,912 4,149 1,868
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £26,175
25th Percentile £34,875 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £48,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -8.92% +6.50%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% -

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
Norfolk +45 84 £47,683 -4.63% 5
Essex +31 56 £75,900 +116.86% 26
Hertfordshire -33 47 £55,000 -8.33% 35
Bedfordshire -6 7 £70,000 +55.56% 5
Cambridgeshire -9 7 £50,000 -9.09% 13
Suffolk -47 2 £30,000 -44.19% 2
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 July 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 of England region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 131 (64.53%) Systems Engineering
2 125 (61.58%) BPSS Clearance
3 83 (40.89%) Electronics
4 78 (38.42%) Degree
5 66 (32.51%) Rational DOORS
6 65 (32.02%) IBM
7 56 (27.59%) Signal Processing
7 56 (27.59%) Technical Leadership
8 55 (27.09%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 55 (27.09%) Algorithms
9 50 (24.63%) MATLAB
10 49 (24.14%) SysML
10 49 (24.14%) Test Planning
11 48 (23.65%) UML
12 39 (19.21%) Cybersecurity
13 38 (18.72%) MODAF
13 38 (18.72%) Agile
13 38 (18.72%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (12.81%) Social Skills
15 25 (12.32%) Mathematics
15 25 (12.32%) Physics
16 24 (11.82%) Windows
17 23 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
18 20 (9.85%) Computer Science
19 17 (8.37%) Project Management
19 17 (8.37%) Microsoft
20 16 (7.88%) Azure
20 16 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
20 16 (7.88%) Windows Server
21 15 (7.39%) Coaching

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (5.91%) Simulink
2 1 (0.49%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (4.93%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (7.88%) Azure
1 16 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (3.94%) AWS
3 6 (2.96%) Azure Storage
3 6 (2.96%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (0.99%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.90%) DNS
2 13 (6.40%) DHCP
3 10 (4.93%) Broadband
4 6 (2.96%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.96%) Wireless
4 6 (2.96%) Wireless Security
5 2 (0.99%) Firewall
6 1 (0.49%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.49%) LAN
6 1 (0.49%) SpaceWire
6 1 (0.49%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 66 (32.51%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.49%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 83 (40.89%) Electronics
2 38 (18.72%) Presentation Skills
3 26 (12.81%) Social Skills
4 11 (5.42%) Aerospace
5 3 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (0.99%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.49%) Automotive
7 1 (0.49%) Aviation
7 1 (0.49%) Legal
7 1 (0.49%) Military
7 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 55 (27.09%) Algorithms
2 4 (1.97%) SCADA
3 2 (0.99%) PKI
4 1 (0.49%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.49%) FMCG
4 1 (0.49%) FPGA
4 1 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.82%) Windows
2 16 (7.88%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.94%) Linux
4 6 (2.96%) VMS
5 1 (0.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (64.53%) Systems Engineering
2 56 (27.59%) Signal Processing
2 56 (27.59%) Technical Leadership
3 49 (24.14%) SysML
3 49 (24.14%) Test Planning
4 48 (23.65%) UML
5 39 (19.21%) Cybersecurity
6 38 (18.72%) Agile
6 38 (18.72%) MODAF
7 25 (12.32%) Mathematics
7 25 (12.32%) Physics
8 23 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (9.85%) Computer Science
10 17 (8.37%) Project Management
11 15 (7.39%) Coaching
12 11 (5.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (5.42%) Mentoring
12 11 (5.42%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 11 (5.42%) Roadmaps
13 10 (4.93%) Broadcast Engineering
Programming Languages
1 50 (24.63%) MATLAB
2 9 (4.43%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.49%) Bash
3 1 (0.49%) C
3 1 (0.49%) Java
3 1 (0.49%) Python
3 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.49%) Tcl
3 1 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 125 (61.58%) BPSS Clearance
2 78 (38.42%) Degree
3 10 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.48%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.48%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.49%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.49%) MCSA
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (27.09%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 14 (6.90%) ARP4754
2 14 (6.90%) DO-254
2 14 (6.90%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 15 (7.39%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.45%) Docker
2 7 (3.45%) vSphere
3 3 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (5.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (32.02%) IBM
2 17 (8.37%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.93%) VMware
4 3 (1.48%) Allen-Bradley
4 3 (1.48%) Rockwell
5 2 (0.99%) EMC
5 2 (0.99%) Siemens
5 2 (0.99%) Wonderware
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle
6 1 (0.49%) Palo Alto