Systems Engineer Jobs in England

System Engineer
UK > England

The median System Engineer salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 247 361
Rank change year-on-year +162 +114 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 2,203 1,042 1,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.81% 1.47% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.97% 1.60% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,391 422 635
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £34,825
25th Percentile £40,875 £41,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £62,629
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +5.26%

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 74,198 65,186 140,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.70% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 51,681 46,119 77,508
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in England

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in England

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in England

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 Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
South East +137 552 £50,000 -9.09% 57
South West +86 505 £60,000 - 47
Midlands +85 407 £49,000 +1.98% 41
North of England +56 268 £45,000 +2.74% 41
East of England +37 264 £55,000 - 27
West Midlands +44 241 £49,000 +1.98% 27
London +62 202 £60,000 -1.64% 22
North West +46 186 £50,000 +14.16% 27
East Midlands +82 166 £50,000 +17.65% 14
Yorkshire +80 72 £40,000 -11.11% 10
North East -30 10 £52,500 +47.89% 4
Systems Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 481 (21.83%) Systems Engineering
2 364 (16.52%) Security Cleared
3 291 (13.21%) Degree
4 197 (8.94%) Aerospace
5 182 (8.26%) Social Skills
6 161 (7.31%) Microsoft
7 157 (7.13%) Linux
8 154 (6.99%) Manufacturing
8 154 (6.99%) SC Cleared
9 146 (6.63%) Windows
10 140 (6.35%) Problem-Solving
11 136 (6.17%) Validation
12 117 (5.31%) Automotive
13 115 (5.22%) Azure
14 110 (4.99%) Active Directory
15 108 (4.90%) VMware
16 100 (4.54%) Electronics
17 92 (4.18%) SQL
18 90 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
19 86 (3.90%) Customer Service
19 86 (3.90%) Verification and Validation
20 79 (3.59%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
21 78 (3.54%) Cybersecurity
22 77 (3.50%) Project Management
23 75 (3.40%) Agile
23 75 (3.40%) Software Engineering
23 75 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
23 75 (3.40%) Embedded Systems
23 75 (3.40%) Windows Server
24 74 (3.36%) Computer Science

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 57 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.77%) IIS
4 11 (0.50%) OpenStack
5 10 (0.45%) WinCC
6 9 (0.41%) Confluence
7 8 (0.36%) Kinematics
8 6 (0.27%) Apache
8 6 (0.27%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.045%) CMS
9 1 (0.045%) JBoss
9 1 (0.045%) nginx
9 1 (0.045%) WebSphere
Applications
1 45 (2.04%) Simulink
2 25 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (0.54%) Stateflow
5 9 (0.41%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.41%) OrCAD
6 4 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.18%) Revit
7 2 (0.091%) CATIA
7 2 (0.091%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.045%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.14%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.091%) iTrent
3 2 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.091%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.045%) C-CURE
4 1 (0.045%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.045%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.045%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 115 (5.22%) Azure
2 90 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (2.04%) AWS
4 32 (1.45%) Entra ID
5 17 (0.77%) SaaS
6 12 (0.54%) OneDrive
7 10 (0.45%) IaaS
8 9 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (0.41%) GCP
8 9 (0.41%) PaaS
9 7 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (0.27%) Azure App Service
10 6 (0.27%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.14%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.14%) Google Drive
12 2 (0.091%) Cohesity
12 2 (0.091%) Google Sheets
12 2 (0.091%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.091%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.045%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (2.41%) Firewall
2 43 (1.95%) DNS
3 32 (1.45%) DHCP
4 31 (1.41%) TCP/IP
5 25 (1.13%) WAN
6 21 (0.95%) Software-Defined Radio
6 21 (0.95%) VLAN
6 21 (0.95%) VPN
7 18 (0.82%) Wireless
8 15 (0.68%) Internet
8 15 (0.68%) SAN
9 14 (0.64%) Ethernet
9 14 (0.64%) LAN
10 13 (0.59%) VSAN
11 12 (0.54%) Profibus
12 10 (0.45%) Modbus
13 8 (0.36%) 4G
13 8 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.32%) 5G
14 7 (0.32%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 24 (1.09%) MySQL
3 12 (0.54%) Big Data
3 12 (0.54%) MongoDB
4 7 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (0.27%) MS Access
6 5 (0.23%) InfluxDB
6 5 (0.23%) MariaDB
6 5 (0.23%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.18%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.18%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.091%) Power BI
9 2 (0.091%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.045%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.045%) DB2
10 1 (0.045%) GIS
10 1 (0.045%) QlikView
10 1 (0.045%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 51 (2.32%) Rational DOORS
2 26 (1.18%) LabVIEW
3 23 (1.04%) JIRA
4 14 (0.64%) Git
5 10 (0.45%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.41%) Rational Team Concert
7 7 (0.32%) Rational Rhapsody
8 4 (0.18%) GitLab
8 4 (0.18%) MSI
9 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.091%) Apache Continuum
10 2 (0.091%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.045%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.045%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.045%) JIRA Agile
11 1 (0.045%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.045%) Postman
11 1 (0.045%) Rational Statemate
General
1 197 (8.94%) Aerospace
2 182 (8.26%) Social Skills
3 154 (6.99%) Manufacturing
4 117 (5.31%) Automotive
5 100 (4.54%) Electronics
6 73 (3.31%) Finance
7 58 (2.63%) Retail
8 54 (2.45%) Military
9 47 (2.13%) Telecoms
10 44 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
11 28 (1.27%) Games
12 24 (1.09%) Legal
13 14 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (0.64%) Public Sector
14 12 (0.54%) Advertising
15 10 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.41%) Avionics
17 8 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (0.59%) JSON
1 13 (0.59%) Middleware
2 10 (0.45%) .NET
3 9 (0.41%) Web Services
4 7 (0.32%) WPF
5 6 (0.27%) JSP
5 6 (0.27%) XML
6 4 (0.18%) Keycloak
6 4 (0.18%) Unreal Engine
6 4 (0.18%) XMPP
7 3 (0.14%) LAMP
7 3 (0.14%) LEMP Stack
8 2 (0.091%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.091%) LDAP
8 2 (0.091%) REST
8 2 (0.091%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.091%) WebRTC
9 1 (0.045%) Node-RED
9 1 (0.045%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.045%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 75 (3.40%) Embedded Systems
2 67 (3.04%) Management Information System
3 61 (2.77%) SCADA
4 51 (2.32%) Data Centre
5 39 (1.77%) Robotics
6 36 (1.63%) Algorithms
6 36 (1.63%) IoT
7 33 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (1.45%) CCTV
9 18 (0.82%) FPGA
10 15 (0.68%) Driving Licence
10 15 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
11 13 (0.59%) Clustering
11 13 (0.59%) Onboarding
11 13 (0.59%) Renewable Energy
12 12 (0.54%) Mainframe
12 12 (0.54%) Video Conferencing
13 11 (0.50%) Acoustics
14 10 (0.45%) Public Cloud
14 10 (0.45%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 157 (7.13%) Linux
2 146 (6.63%) Windows
3 75 (3.40%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.23%) Ubuntu
4 27 (1.23%) Windows 10
5 25 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 25 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (0.82%) Unix
7 17 (0.77%) Debian
7 17 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.54%) CentOS
10 10 (0.45%) VMS
11 8 (0.36%) Mac OS X
12 7 (0.32%) Mac OS
13 6 (0.27%) SUSE
13 6 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (0.23%) Windows 7
15 3 (0.14%) Android
16 2 (0.091%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 481 (21.83%) Systems Engineering
2 140 (6.35%) Problem-Solving
3 136 (6.17%) Validation
4 86 (3.90%) Customer Service
4 86 (3.90%) Verification and Validation
5 79 (3.59%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 78 (3.54%) Cybersecurity
7 77 (3.50%) Project Management
8 75 (3.40%) Agile
8 75 (3.40%) Software Engineering
9 74 (3.36%) Computer Science
10 63 (2.86%) Project Delivery
11 61 (2.77%) Customer Requirements
12 59 (2.68%) Mathematics
13 54 (2.45%) Physics
14 50 (2.27%) Configuration Management
15 46 (2.09%) Requirements Management
16 44 (2.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 43 (1.95%) Mentoring
18 40 (1.82%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 92 (4.18%) SQL
2 72 (3.27%) Python
3 61 (2.77%) MATLAB
4 60 (2.72%) C
5 54 (2.45%) C#
6 52 (2.36%) PowerShell
7 44 (2.00%) Bash
8 37 (1.68%) C++
9 20 (0.91%) Java
10 12 (0.54%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.45%) Perl
12 8 (0.36%) Ladder Logic
13 7 (0.32%) XAML
14 6 (0.27%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.27%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.27%) Tcl
15 4 (0.18%) VB
16 3 (0.14%) PHP
16 3 (0.14%) R
16 3 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 364 (16.52%) Security Cleared
2 291 (13.21%) Degree
3 154 (6.99%) SC Cleared
4 61 (2.77%) DV Cleared
5 49 (2.22%) Master's Degree
6 43 (1.95%) Chartered Engineer
7 39 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 38 (1.72%) HNC
9 32 (1.45%) HND
10 22 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (0.68%) DBS Check
13 14 (0.64%) Azure Certification
13 14 (0.64%) MCSE
14 9 (0.41%) CCNA
14 9 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.36%) PMI Certification
16 7 (0.32%) CTC Cleared
17 6 (0.27%) MBA
17 6 (0.27%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (1.09%) QA
2 18 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 15 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (0.59%) ISO 9001
5 12 (0.54%) GDPR
5 12 (0.54%) PMO
6 10 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.32%) COSHH
7 7 (0.32%) ISO 14001
8 5 (0.23%) Def Stans
8 5 (0.23%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.14%) Automotive SPICE
9 3 (0.14%) ISO 26262
9 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.091%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.091%) NIST
11 1 (0.045%) ECSS
11 1 (0.045%) HAZOP
11 1 (0.045%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.045%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 110 (4.99%) Active Directory
2 75 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (3.04%) Firmware
4 52 (2.36%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.13%) vSphere
6 17 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
7 14 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
7 14 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
9 10 (0.45%) Docker
10 8 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 7 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
12 6 (0.27%) Forefront TMG
13 5 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.23%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.18%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.18%) XenApp
15 3 (0.14%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.091%) KVM
16 2 (0.091%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (1.41%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.13%) Ansible
2 25 (1.13%) Puppet
3 22 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (0.77%) vCenter Server
5 16 (0.73%) Functional Safety
6 14 (0.64%) SCOM
6 14 (0.64%) Terraform
7 13 (0.59%) SCCM
7 13 (0.59%) WSUS
8 10 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.45%) ZABBIX
9 9 (0.41%) Backup Exec
10 7 (0.32%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.27%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.23%) Red Hat Spacewalk
13 4 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.18%) Autotask
13 4 (0.18%) Podman
13 4 (0.18%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 161 (7.31%) Microsoft
2 108 (4.90%) VMware
3 53 (2.41%) EMC
4 38 (1.72%) Cisco
5 36 (1.63%) Oracle
6 25 (1.13%) Red Hat
7 23 (1.04%) Siemens
8 22 (1.00%) Citrix
8 22 (1.00%) Dell
9 21 (0.95%) Rockwell
10 17 (0.77%) Fortinet
11 16 (0.73%) IBM
12 15 (0.68%) Google
13 12 (0.54%) Apple
13 12 (0.54%) HP
13 12 (0.54%) QinetiQ
13 12 (0.54%) Veeam
14 11 (0.50%) Thales
15 10 (0.45%) AVEVA
15 10 (0.45%) Meraki