Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in England

Senior System Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior System Engineer salary in England is £53,697 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 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
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 450 597
Rank change year-on-year +337 +147 +313
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 1,328 449 332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.75% 0.51% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.03% 0.54% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 768 321 77
10th Percentile £48,289 £45,000 £36,356
25th Percentile £48,869 £50,000 £45,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,697 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £58,943 £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £62,000 £75,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £54,793 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.68% - -11.11%

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 43,803 83,462 79,794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.65% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 22,985 62,077 51,018
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £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% -

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in England

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in England

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in England over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Engineer in England

Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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 +293 649 £50,055 -4.66% 55
North West +215 615 £50,055 -8.99% 28
South East +154 297 £62,000 +12.73% 127
Midlands +145 175 £55,000 +4.76% 58
South West +142 154 £52,600 -12.33% 56
West Midlands +116 96 - - 36
East Midlands +83 79 £55,000 +10.00% 20
Yorkshire +88 34 £57,560 +27.61% 22
East of England +44 31 £85,000 +41.67% 40
London +71 18 £76,000 +16.92% 61
Senior Systems Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1,129 (85.02%) Systems Engineering
2 949 (71.46%) BPSS Clearance
3 882 (66.42%) Degree
4 442 (33.28%) Aerospace
5 376 (28.31%) Coaching
6 329 (24.77%) Mathematics
6 329 (24.77%) Physics
7 291 (21.91%) Requirements Management
8 246 (18.52%) HND
9 236 (17.77%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 231 (17.39%) Customer Requirements
11 225 (16.94%) Automotive
12 213 (16.04%) Avionics
13 196 (14.76%) Acceptance Criteria
14 186 (14.01%) Technical Leadership
15 181 (13.63%) HNC
16 163 (12.27%) Electronics
17 162 (12.20%) Rational DOORS
17 162 (12.20%) Social Skills
18 154 (11.60%) Aeronautics
19 146 (10.99%) IBM
19 146 (10.99%) Signal Processing
19 146 (10.99%) Algorithms
19 146 (10.99%) ISO/IEC 15288
20 137 (10.32%) Agile
21 131 (9.86%) Feasibility Study
21 131 (9.86%) SDLC
21 131 (9.86%) Hazard Analysis
21 131 (9.86%) Business Case
22 126 (9.49%) MATLAB

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (0.75%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 102 (7.68%) Simulink
2 78 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.075%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 64 (4.82%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.075%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 16 (1.20%) Azure
2 15 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
3 9 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
3 9 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
4 7 (0.53%) OneDrive
5 5 (0.38%) AWS
5 5 (0.38%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.23%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (0.15%) SaaS
8 1 (0.075%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.075%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.075%) GCP
8 1 (0.075%) IaaS
8 1 (0.075%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.30%) SD-WAN
1 4 (0.30%) WAN
2 2 (0.15%) ATM
2 2 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.15%) Network Security
2 2 (0.15%) SAN
3 1 (0.075%) DNS
3 1 (0.075%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.15%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.075%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.075%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 162 (12.20%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.075%) Git
2 1 (0.075%) JIRA
2 1 (0.075%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.075%) rollup.js
2 1 (0.075%) Vite
General
1 442 (33.28%) Aerospace
2 225 (16.94%) Automotive
3 213 (16.04%) Avionics
4 163 (12.27%) Electronics
5 162 (12.20%) Social Skills
6 154 (11.60%) Aeronautics
7 64 (4.82%) Telecoms
8 62 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (1.43%) Aviation
10 17 (1.28%) Military
11 16 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
12 11 (0.83%) Law
13 10 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.53%) Legal
15 6 (0.45%) Finance
16 4 (0.30%) Banking
17 3 (0.23%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.23%) Retail
18 2 (0.15%) Local Government
18 2 (0.15%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.23%) OpenCL
2 1 (0.075%) CSS
2 1 (0.075%) HTML
2 1 (0.075%) Next.js
2 1 (0.075%) React
2 1 (0.075%) REST
2 1 (0.075%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 146 (10.99%) Algorithms
2 17 (1.28%) Management Information System
3 4 (0.30%) Device Driver
3 4 (0.30%) Driving Licence
4 3 (0.23%) CUDA
4 3 (0.23%) Data Centre
4 3 (0.23%) PCIe
5 2 (0.15%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (0.15%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.15%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.075%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.075%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.075%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.075%) Media Streaming
6 1 (0.075%) Optoelectronics
6 1 (0.075%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.05%) Linux
2 13 (0.98%) Windows
3 5 (0.38%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.075%) Debian
5 1 (0.075%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,129 (85.02%) Systems Engineering
2 376 (28.31%) Coaching
3 329 (24.77%) Mathematics
3 329 (24.77%) Physics
4 291 (21.91%) Requirements Management
5 236 (17.77%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 231 (17.39%) Customer Requirements
7 196 (14.76%) Acceptance Criteria
8 186 (14.01%) Technical Leadership
9 146 (10.99%) Signal Processing
10 137 (10.32%) Agile
11 131 (9.86%) Business Case
11 131 (9.86%) Feasibility Study
11 131 (9.86%) Hazard Analysis
11 131 (9.86%) SDLC
12 118 (8.89%) Mentoring
13 110 (8.28%) Project Planning
14 102 (7.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 100 (7.53%) Use Case
16 98 (7.38%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 126 (9.49%) MATLAB
2 101 (7.61%) R
3 13 (0.98%) PowerShell
4 11 (0.83%) Python
5 6 (0.45%) C
6 5 (0.38%) Bash
7 4 (0.30%) C++
8 2 (0.15%) Go
8 2 (0.15%) Rust
8 2 (0.15%) SQL
9 1 (0.075%) C#
9 1 (0.075%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.075%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.075%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.075%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 949 (71.46%) BPSS Clearance
2 882 (66.42%) Degree
3 246 (18.52%) HND
4 181 (13.63%) HNC
5 99 (7.45%) Chartered Engineer
6 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.38%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.15%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.15%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.075%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.075%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.075%) CCNA
9 1 (0.075%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.075%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.075%) MCSE
9 1 (0.075%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (10.99%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 105 (7.91%) ARP4754
2 105 (7.91%) DO-254
2 105 (7.91%) IEC 61508
3 4 (0.30%) GDPR
4 2 (0.15%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.15%) QA
5 1 (0.075%) NIST
5 1 (0.075%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.075%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (0.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.23%) Firmware
4 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (0.45%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.30%) SCCM
2 4 (0.30%) SCOM
2 4 (0.30%) SCOrch
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.15%) SmoothWall
4 2 (0.15%) Terraform
5 1 (0.075%) Ansible
5 1 (0.075%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.075%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.075%) Puppet
Vendors
1 146 (10.99%) IBM
2 99 (7.45%) Microsoft
3 64 (4.82%) ANSYS
4 50 (3.77%) MathWorks
5 16 (1.20%) Siemens
6 7 (0.53%) VMware
7 6 (0.45%) Cisco
8 4 (0.30%) Aruba
8 4 (0.30%) Juniper
9 3 (0.23%) Graphcore
9 3 (0.23%) Veeam
10 2 (0.15%) EMC
10 2 (0.15%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.075%) Barracuda Networks
11 1 (0.075%) Citrix
11 1 (0.075%) Dell
11 1 (0.075%) LogicMonitor
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle
11 1 (0.075%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.075%) Veritas