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 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 65 161
Rank change year-on-year +37 +96 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 264 133 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 5.07% 3.66% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.39% 4.35% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 151 34 39
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,975 £34,373
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - +17.02% -21.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £64,571 £75,000 £55,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

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 4,895 3,058 6,715
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 84.10% 92.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,500 1,809 3,011
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,743 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £64,756 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Hertfordshire +45 163 £60,000 -7.69% 15
Cambridgeshire +17 39 £55,000 +57.14% 5
Essex +25 20 £37,500 - 1
Norfolk -24 18 £50,000 +25.00% 2
Suffolk +6 16 £55,000 -
Bedfordshire -7 8 £45,000 -18.18% 4
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 69 (26.14%) Systems Engineering
2 53 (20.08%) Degree
3 38 (14.39%) Customer Service
4 34 (12.88%) Aerospace
5 31 (11.74%) Security Cleared
6 25 (9.47%) Manufacturing
7 20 (7.58%) Automotive
7 20 (7.58%) Linux
8 19 (7.20%) EMC
8 19 (7.20%) Chartered Engineer
8 19 (7.20%) Project Delivery
8 19 (7.20%) Master's Degree
9 18 (6.82%) Social Skills
9 18 (6.82%) Microsoft
10 16 (6.06%) Windows
10 16 (6.06%) MATLAB
11 15 (5.68%) Active Directory
11 15 (5.68%) Azure
12 14 (5.30%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (5.30%) C
12 14 (5.30%) Electronics
13 13 (4.92%) Python
13 13 (4.92%) Robotics
13 13 (4.92%) Computer Science
13 13 (4.92%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 12 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (4.55%) Algorithms
15 11 (4.17%) Auto-Scaling
15 11 (4.17%) Use Case
16 10 (3.79%) FPGA

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 5 (1.89%) OpenStack
1 5 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.65%) Simulink
2 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (5.68%) Azure
2 12 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (2.65%) AWS
3 7 (2.65%) Entra ID
4 5 (1.89%) GCP
5 3 (1.14%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.14%) SaaS
6 2 (0.76%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.65%) DHCP
1 7 (2.65%) DNS
2 6 (2.27%) VLAN
3 5 (1.89%) Software-Defined Networking
3 5 (1.89%) VPN
4 4 (1.52%) Wireless
5 2 (0.76%) Firewall
5 2 (0.76%) LAN
5 2 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.38%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.14%) Big Data
2 2 (0.76%) MySQL
3 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (2.27%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (1.89%) Rational Team Concert
3 2 (0.76%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (12.88%) Aerospace
2 25 (9.47%) Manufacturing
3 20 (7.58%) Automotive
4 18 (6.82%) Social Skills
5 14 (5.30%) Electronics
6 8 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (1.89%) Finance
8 4 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.52%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.14%) Legal
9 3 (1.14%) Military
9 3 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.14%) Retail
10 2 (0.76%) French Language
10 2 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.92%) Robotics
2 12 (4.55%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.79%) FPGA
3 10 (3.79%) Verilog
3 10 (3.79%) VHDL
4 8 (3.03%) SCADA
5 5 (1.89%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.52%) CCTV
6 4 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.14%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (1.14%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.14%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.76%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.76%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.76%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.38%) Life Science
9 1 (0.38%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.58%) Linux
2 16 (6.06%) Windows
3 7 (2.65%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.89%) Debian
5 4 (1.52%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (26.14%) Systems Engineering
2 38 (14.39%) Customer Service
3 19 (7.20%) Project Delivery
4 14 (5.30%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (4.92%) Computer Science
5 13 (4.92%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 11 (4.17%) Auto-Scaling
6 11 (4.17%) Use Case
7 10 (3.79%) Validation
8 8 (3.03%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (3.03%) Project Management
8 8 (3.03%) Requirements Management
9 7 (2.65%) ITIL
9 7 (2.65%) Physics
10 6 (2.27%) Cloud Security
10 6 (2.27%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (2.27%) Verification and Validation
11 5 (1.89%) CI/CD
11 5 (1.89%) Configuration Management
11 5 (1.89%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.06%) MATLAB
2 14 (5.30%) C
3 13 (4.92%) Python
4 9 (3.41%) C#
5 8 (3.03%) Bash
6 7 (2.65%) C++
7 6 (2.27%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.89%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.52%) Java
10 3 (1.14%) Perl
10 3 (1.14%) PHP
10 3 (1.14%) SQL
10 3 (1.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 53 (20.08%) Degree
2 31 (11.74%) Security Cleared
3 19 (7.20%) Chartered Engineer
3 19 (7.20%) Master's Degree
4 8 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.52%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.76%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.76%) HNC
6 2 (0.76%) HND
6 2 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.38%) MCP
7 1 (0.38%) MCSA
7 1 (0.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (5.68%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.27%) Firmware
2 6 (2.27%) Virtual Servers
3 5 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.14%) Docker
5 2 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.38%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (3.41%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.52%) Grafana
2 4 (1.52%) WSUS
3 3 (1.14%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (7.20%) EMC
2 18 (6.82%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.65%) VMware
4 5 (1.89%) Meraki
4 5 (1.89%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.76%) IBM
5 2 (0.76%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.38%) Acronis
6 1 (0.38%) SonicWALL
6 1 (0.38%) Sophos
6 1 (0.38%) Synology