Lead Systems Engineer Jobs in England

Lead System Engineer
UK > England

The median Lead System Engineer salary in England is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 420 748 830
Rank change year-on-year +328 +82 +295
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer 255 87 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.098% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.10% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 166 18 20
10th Percentile £47,683 - £52,848
25th Percentile £53,148 £40,000 £83,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £55,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -35.29% +131.29%
75th Percentile - £62,000 £88,438
90th Percentile £59,081 £65,900 £160,000
UK median annual salary £54,793 £61,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -10.18% -28.24% +131.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 44,066 84,104 79,158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.65% 91.44%
Number of salaries quoted 23,206 62,399 50,596
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Lead Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Systems Engineer in England

Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Lead Systems Engineer in England

Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Systems Engineer in England

Lead Systems Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
North of England +191 182 £54,793 - 2
North West +142 174 £54,793 - 2
South West +137 29 £52,600 -4.36% 5
South East +111 25 £67,500 +68.75% 4
Midlands +51 9 £61,325 +2.21% 2
Yorkshire +57 8 - -
East Midlands +41 8 - -
East of England +19 8 - - 8
London - 2 £70,900 - 3
West Midlands +40 1 £61,325 - 2
Lead Systems Engineer
UK

Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Lead 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 England region featuring Lead Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 249 (97.65%) Systems Engineering
2 227 (89.02%) BPSS Clearance
3 135 (52.94%) Aerospace
4 128 (50.20%) Coaching
5 114 (44.71%) Degree
6 103 (40.39%) Performance Management
7 88 (34.51%) Mathematics
7 88 (34.51%) Physics
7 88 (34.51%) Cost Control
7 88 (34.51%) Aeronautics
8 77 (30.20%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 75 (29.41%) SysML
9 75 (29.41%) Agile
10 55 (21.57%) Social Skills
11 50 (19.61%) Safety Engineering
11 50 (19.61%) System Testing
11 50 (19.61%) Simulink
11 50 (19.61%) Project Management
11 50 (19.61%) Microsoft Office
11 50 (19.61%) Microsoft
11 50 (19.61%) MathWorks
12 40 (15.69%) Line Management
12 40 (15.69%) Software Delivery
12 40 (15.69%) Technical Leadership
13 29 (11.37%) Supply Chain Management
14 25 (9.80%) Business Continuity
14 25 (9.80%) UML
15 21 (8.24%) Roadmaps
16 20 (7.84%) Situational Awareness
17 16 (6.27%) Management Information System

Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 50 (19.61%) Microsoft Office
1 50 (19.61%) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.75%) MongoDB
General
1 135 (52.94%) Aerospace
2 88 (34.51%) Aeronautics
3 55 (21.57%) Social Skills
4 6 (2.35%) Public Sector
5 2 (0.78%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.75%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.27%) Management Information System
2 2 (0.78%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (97.65%) Systems Engineering
2 128 (50.20%) Coaching
3 103 (40.39%) Performance Management
4 88 (34.51%) Cost Control
4 88 (34.51%) Mathematics
4 88 (34.51%) Physics
5 77 (30.20%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 75 (29.41%) Agile
6 75 (29.41%) SysML
7 50 (19.61%) Project Management
7 50 (19.61%) Safety Engineering
7 50 (19.61%) System Testing
8 40 (15.69%) Line Management
8 40 (15.69%) Software Delivery
8 40 (15.69%) Technical Leadership
9 29 (11.37%) Supply Chain Management
10 25 (9.80%) Business Continuity
10 25 (9.80%) UML
11 21 (8.24%) Roadmaps
12 20 (7.84%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.88%) C
1 15 (5.88%) Java
2 10 (3.92%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 227 (89.02%) BPSS Clearance
2 114 (44.71%) Degree
3 15 (5.88%) HND
4 9 (3.53%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.53%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.39%) CISSP
5 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.75%) Def Stans
System Software
1 15 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 50 (19.61%) MathWorks
1 50 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.75%) VMware
3 1 (0.39%) Siemens