System Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh
The median System Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £75,360 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 82 | 89 | 141 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +7 | +52 | -4 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 8 | 21 | 7 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 0.85% | 1.40% | 0.34% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.93% | 1.46% | 0.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 17 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £36,250 | £43,200 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £39,750 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,360 | £62,500 | £48,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.58% | +30.21% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £65,000 | £56,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £61,600 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £58,033 | £40,750 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +42.41% | -25.91% | +22.22% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title | 859 | 1,439 | 1,951 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 91.77% | 95.81% | 95.03% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 415 | 1,018 | 1,162 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £32,675 | £35,523 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £46,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £72,433 | £77,715 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,474 | £93,250 | £89,852 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £55,000 | £52,500 | £55,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -5.41% | +5.71% |
Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in Edinburgh.
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh
For the 6 months to 11 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 Edinburgh region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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: