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 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 450 748 856
Rank change year-on-year +298 +108 +237
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer 247 83 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.097% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.10% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 163 18 15
10th Percentile £47,683 - £65,250
25th Percentile £52,600 £40,000 £84,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £55,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -35.29% +64.25%
75th Percentile - £62,000 £101,875
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% +64.25%

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 44,309 80,989 82,470
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 94.48% 91.56%
Number of salaries quoted 24,260 60,410 52,484
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,613 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -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 14 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 14 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 +192 173 £54,793 - 3
North West +131 165 £54,793 - 3
South West +126 28 £52,600 -4.36% 4
South East +117 25 £67,500 +68.75% 5
Midlands +52 9 £61,325 +2.21% 2
Yorkshire +74 8 - -
East Midlands +40 8 - -
East of England +24 8 - - 6
London - 4 £62,500 - 2
West Midlands +38 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 14 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.

1 239 (96.76%) Systems Engineering
2 218 (88.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 134 (54.25%) Aerospace
4 130 (52.63%) Coaching
5 115 (46.56%) Degree
6 103 (41.70%) Performance Management
7 90 (36.44%) Mathematics
7 90 (36.44%) Physics
8 88 (35.63%) Cost Control
8 88 (35.63%) Aeronautics
9 77 (31.17%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 75 (30.36%) SysML
10 75 (30.36%) Agile
11 55 (22.27%) Social Skills
12 50 (20.24%) Safety Engineering
12 50 (20.24%) System Testing
12 50 (20.24%) Simulink
12 50 (20.24%) Project Management
12 50 (20.24%) Microsoft Office
12 50 (20.24%) Microsoft
12 50 (20.24%) MathWorks
13 40 (16.19%) Line Management
13 40 (16.19%) Technical Leadership
13 40 (16.19%) Software Delivery
14 25 (10.12%) UML
14 25 (10.12%) Business Continuity
15 21 (8.50%) Roadmaps
16 20 (8.10%) Situational Awareness
16 20 (8.10%) Supply Chain Management
17 16 (6.48%) 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 (20.24%) Microsoft Office
1 50 (20.24%) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.43%) MongoDB
General
1 134 (54.25%) Aerospace
2 88 (35.63%) Aeronautics
3 55 (22.27%) Social Skills
4 6 (2.43%) Public Sector
5 2 (0.81%) Electronics
5 2 (0.81%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.43%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.48%) Management Information System
2 2 (0.81%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (0.81%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (96.76%) Systems Engineering
2 130 (52.63%) Coaching
3 103 (41.70%) Performance Management
4 90 (36.44%) Mathematics
4 90 (36.44%) Physics
5 88 (35.63%) Cost Control
6 77 (31.17%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 75 (30.36%) Agile
7 75 (30.36%) SysML
8 50 (20.24%) Project Management
8 50 (20.24%) Safety Engineering
8 50 (20.24%) System Testing
9 40 (16.19%) Line Management
9 40 (16.19%) Software Delivery
9 40 (16.19%) Technical Leadership
10 25 (10.12%) Business Continuity
10 25 (10.12%) UML
11 21 (8.50%) Roadmaps
12 20 (8.10%) Situational Awareness
12 20 (8.10%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.07%) C
1 15 (6.07%) Java
2 10 (4.05%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 218 (88.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 115 (46.56%) Degree
3 15 (6.07%) HND
4 9 (3.64%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.43%) Def Stans
System Software
1 15 (6.07%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 50 (20.24%) MathWorks
1 50 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.43%) VMware
3 1 (0.40%) Siemens