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 £47,683 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 43 106
Rank change year-on-year -18 +63 +82
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 150 279 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 4.51% 4.52% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.78% 4.81% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 86 163 44
10th Percentile £37,574 £30,000 £32,900
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £39,089
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £52,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.18% -6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £58,086 £62,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -4.76% +5.00%

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 3,139 5,797 4,378
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 93.95% 84.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,569 4,425 2,194
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,100 £63,284 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

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 17 May 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 17 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
Norfolk +43 102 £47,683 -4.63% 4
Hertfordshire -44 23 £55,320 +0.58% 46
Essex +5 9 £45,000 +1.12% 29
Bedfordshire -10 8 £53,000 +17.78% 26
Cambridgeshire +4 6 £55,000 - 27
Suffolk -38 2 £30,000 -42.86% 3
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 of England region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 107 (71.33%) Degree
2 92 (61.33%) Systems Engineering
3 87 (58.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 66 (44.00%) MATLAB
5 65 (43.33%) UML
5 65 (43.33%) SysML
6 53 (35.33%) Cybersecurity
7 52 (34.67%) Agile
7 52 (34.67%) MODAF
7 52 (34.67%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (19.33%) Social Skills
9 28 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (18.00%) Mathematics
10 27 (18.00%) Physics
11 23 (15.33%) Computer Science
12 20 (13.33%) Project Management
13 19 (12.67%) Windows
13 19 (12.67%) Azure
13 19 (12.67%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (10.67%) Electronics
15 15 (10.00%) Coaching
16 14 (9.33%) IEC 61508
16 14 (9.33%) DO-254
16 14 (9.33%) ARP4754
16 14 (9.33%) Use Case
16 14 (9.33%) Chartered Engineer
16 14 (9.33%) Aerospace
16 14 (9.33%) Simulink
17 13 (8.67%) PLM

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 4 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (9.33%) Simulink
2 1 (0.67%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 13 (8.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.67%) Azure
1 19 (12.67%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (6.00%) AWS
3 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (4.00%) Azure Storage
5 4 (2.67%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (1.33%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.33%) PaaS
6 2 (1.33%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.33%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.33%) SaaS
7 1 (0.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.67%) Broadband
2 9 (6.00%) DNS
3 8 (5.33%) DHCP
4 6 (4.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (4.00%) Wireless
4 6 (4.00%) Wireless Security
5 2 (1.33%) Firewall
5 2 (1.33%) VoIP
6 1 (0.67%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.67%) LAN
6 1 (0.67%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.67%) SpaceWire
6 1 (0.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.33%) Power BI
2 2 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (8.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 52 (34.67%) Presentation Skills
2 29 (19.33%) Social Skills
3 16 (10.67%) Electronics
4 14 (9.33%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.33%) Finance
5 2 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.67%) Automotive
6 1 (0.67%) Aviation
6 1 (0.67%) Legal
6 1 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.67%) SCADA
2 2 (1.33%) Client/Server
2 2 (1.33%) PKI
3 1 (0.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (0.67%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (0.67%) FPGA
3 1 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.67%) Windows
2 12 (8.00%) Linux
3 9 (6.00%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.00%) VMS
5 2 (1.33%) SUSE
6 1 (0.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (61.33%) Systems Engineering
2 65 (43.33%) SysML
2 65 (43.33%) UML
3 53 (35.33%) Cybersecurity
4 52 (34.67%) Agile
4 52 (34.67%) MODAF
5 28 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (18.00%) Mathematics
6 27 (18.00%) Physics
7 23 (15.33%) Computer Science
8 20 (13.33%) Project Management
9 16 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (10.00%) Coaching
11 14 (9.33%) Use Case
12 13 (8.67%) Acceptance Criteria
12 13 (8.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 13 (8.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 13 (8.67%) PLM
13 11 (7.33%) Mentoring
13 11 (7.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 66 (44.00%) MATLAB
2 9 (6.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.33%) SQL
4 1 (0.67%) Bash
4 1 (0.67%) C
4 1 (0.67%) Java
4 1 (0.67%) Python
4 1 (0.67%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.67%) Tcl
4 1 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 107 (71.33%) Degree
2 87 (58.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (9.33%) Chartered Engineer
4 10 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.33%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.67%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.67%) MCSA
6 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.33%) ARP4754
1 14 (9.33%) DO-254
1 14 (9.33%) IEC 61508
2 1 (0.67%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 10 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.33%) Docker
3 5 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.33%) vSphere
5 1 (0.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (8.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.33%) SCCM
2 2 (1.33%) SCOM
3 1 (0.67%) Ansible
3 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (8.67%) IBM
2 12 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.00%) VMware
4 3 (2.00%) Allen-Bradley
4 3 (2.00%) Rockwell
5 2 (1.33%) Ab Initio
5 2 (1.33%) arcserve
5 2 (1.33%) Aruba
5 2 (1.33%) Avaya
5 2 (1.33%) Cisco
5 2 (1.33%) Citrix
5 2 (1.33%) EMC
5 2 (1.33%) Linksys
5 2 (1.33%) Siemens
5 2 (1.33%) Wonderware
6 1 (0.67%) Intel
6 1 (0.67%) Oracle
6 1 (0.67%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.67%) Xilinx