Systems Engineer Jobs in England

System Engineer
UK > England

The median System Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 326 406
Rank change year-on-year +220 +80 -98
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 2,093 990 1,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.46% 1.06% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.61% 1.15% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,385 380 568
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £33,320
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £110,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +134 587 £50,000 -4.76% 116
South West +92 402 £55,000 +15.79% 94
Midlands +92 375 £48,500 +4.86% 90
East of England +87 265 £52,000 -9.57% 61
North of England +200 251 £45,000 +18.42% 51
West Midlands +56 237 £50,000 +2.56% 58
London +104 210 £55,000 -18.52% 68
North West +123 155 £50,000 +29.05% 36
East Midlands +87 138 £42,500 -2.86% 32
Yorkshire +155 76 £45,000 +2.27% 12
North East +4 20 £40,000 +11.11% 3
Systems Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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.

1 419 (20.02%) Security Cleared
2 390 (18.63%) Systems Engineering
3 336 (16.05%) Degree
4 246 (11.75%) Windows
5 238 (11.37%) Microsoft
6 226 (10.80%) Problem-Solving
7 218 (10.42%) Social Skills
8 199 (9.51%) Linux
9 190 (9.08%) Manufacturing
9 190 (9.08%) Azure
10 181 (8.65%) VMware
11 174 (8.31%) Active Directory
12 170 (8.12%) SC Cleared
13 164 (7.84%) Aerospace
14 142 (6.78%) Validation
15 130 (6.21%) Automotive
16 123 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
17 120 (5.73%) Windows Server
17 120 (5.73%) SQL
18 110 (5.26%) Customer Service
19 109 (5.21%) Cybersecurity
20 106 (5.06%) Firewall
21 103 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
22 96 (4.59%) Agile
23 91 (4.35%) Electronics
24 89 (4.25%) BPSS Clearance
25 88 (4.20%) Finance
26 87 (4.16%) Python
27 82 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
28 80 (3.82%) Project Management

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 62 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (2.63%) IIS
3 41 (1.96%) SharePoint
4 24 (1.15%) Confluence
5 13 (0.62%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.29%) WinCC
7 5 (0.24%) Apache
7 5 (0.24%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.14%) JBoss
8 3 (0.14%) Kinematics
9 2 (0.096%) nginx
9 2 (0.096%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.096%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.096%) WordPress
10 1 (0.048%) SAS
10 1 (0.048%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 47 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (2.20%) Simulink
3 17 (0.81%) Stateflow
4 11 (0.53%) AutoCAD
4 11 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.14%) Revit
7 2 (0.096%) CATIA
7 2 (0.096%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.048%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.048%) Solid Edge
8 1 (0.048%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.24%) C-CURE
3 3 (0.14%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.096%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.096%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.096%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.048%) iTrent
5 1 (0.048%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.048%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 190 (9.08%) Azure
2 123 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (3.15%) AWS
4 42 (2.01%) Entra ID
5 20 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
6 17 (0.81%) OneDrive
7 13 (0.62%) SaaS
8 8 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (0.38%) PaaS
9 7 (0.33%) GCP
9 7 (0.33%) IaaS
10 6 (0.29%) Azure App Service
10 6 (0.29%) Mimecast
11 5 (0.24%) GitHub
12 3 (0.14%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.14%) Dropbox
12 3 (0.14%) Google Drive
12 3 (0.14%) Google Sheets
13 2 (0.096%) Google Docs
13 2 (0.096%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 106 (5.06%) Firewall
2 75 (3.58%) DNS
3 57 (2.72%) WAN
4 51 (2.44%) DHCP
5 37 (1.77%) TCP/IP
6 27 (1.29%) VPN
7 25 (1.19%) LAN
7 25 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
8 24 (1.15%) Internet
8 24 (1.15%) Software-Defined Radio
8 24 (1.15%) VLAN
9 22 (1.05%) Wireless
10 17 (0.81%) PBX
10 17 (0.81%) VSAN
11 15 (0.72%) SNMP
12 14 (0.67%) 4G
12 14 (0.67%) 5G
12 14 (0.67%) Network Security
12 14 (0.67%) SAN
13 11 (0.53%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (2.20%) SQL Server
2 44 (2.10%) MySQL
3 26 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (0.91%) NoSQL
5 16 (0.76%) MongoDB
6 8 (0.38%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.33%) Big Data
8 6 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.29%) InfluxDB
8 6 (0.29%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.24%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.096%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.096%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.096%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.096%) OLTP
10 2 (0.096%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.096%) QlikView
10 2 (0.096%) Redis
11 1 (0.048%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.048%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 72 (3.44%) Rational DOORS
2 50 (2.39%) JIRA
3 28 (1.34%) LabVIEW
4 27 (1.29%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.96%) Rational Rhapsody
6 18 (0.86%) Git
7 17 (0.81%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.57%) Rational Team Concert
9 5 (0.24%) GitLab
10 3 (0.14%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.14%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.096%) Apache Continuum
11 2 (0.096%) git-flow
11 2 (0.096%) Subversion
11 2 (0.096%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 218 (10.42%) Social Skills
2 190 (9.08%) Manufacturing
3 164 (7.84%) Aerospace
4 130 (6.21%) Automotive
5 91 (4.35%) Electronics
6 88 (4.20%) Finance
7 82 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
8 49 (2.34%) Telecoms
9 40 (1.91%) Legal
10 35 (1.67%) Retail
11 31 (1.48%) Military
12 27 (1.29%) Games
13 24 (1.15%) Public Sector
14 20 (0.96%) Marketing
15 17 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 16 (0.76%) Law
17 15 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
19 13 (0.62%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (0.67%) REST
1 14 (0.67%) WebRTC
2 10 (0.48%) .NET
3 9 (0.43%) Web Services
4 8 (0.38%) LAMP
5 6 (0.29%) LEMP Stack
5 6 (0.29%) Middleware
6 4 (0.19%) JSON
6 4 (0.19%) Keycloak
6 4 (0.19%) XMPP
7 3 (0.14%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (0.14%) LDAP
8 2 (0.096%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.096%) WebCenter
8 2 (0.096%) WPF
8 2 (0.096%) WSE
9 1 (0.048%) ISPF
9 1 (0.048%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.048%) SAML
9 1 (0.048%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 57 (2.72%) Management Information System
2 55 (2.63%) Embedded Systems
3 53 (2.53%) Algorithms
3 53 (2.53%) SCADA
4 50 (2.39%) Data Centre
5 33 (1.58%) Clustering
6 32 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (1.34%) IoT
8 27 (1.29%) FPGA
9 26 (1.24%) CCTV
9 26 (1.24%) CMDB
10 25 (1.19%) Robotics
11 22 (1.05%) Driving Licence
11 22 (1.05%) Public Cloud
12 18 (0.86%) AS400
12 18 (0.86%) Mainframe
13 17 (0.81%) NHS
14 16 (0.76%) Replication
14 16 (0.76%) Verilog
14 16 (0.76%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 246 (11.75%) Windows
2 199 (9.51%) Linux
3 120 (5.73%) Windows Server
4 38 (1.82%) Windows 10
5 27 (1.29%) Mac OS
5 27 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (1.19%) Ubuntu
6 25 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 20 (0.96%) Debian
8 19 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (0.72%) CentOS
11 11 (0.53%) Unix
11 11 (0.53%) Windows 7
12 9 (0.43%) VMS
13 7 (0.33%) Android
14 4 (0.19%) Apple iOS
14 4 (0.19%) SUSE
14 4 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.14%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (18.63%) Systems Engineering
2 226 (10.80%) Problem-Solving
3 142 (6.78%) Validation
4 110 (5.26%) Customer Service
5 109 (5.21%) Cybersecurity
6 96 (4.59%) Agile
7 80 (3.82%) Project Management
8 78 (3.73%) Configuration Management
9 77 (3.68%) Computer Science
10 76 (3.63%) Customer Requirements
11 75 (3.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 75 (3.58%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 75 (3.58%) Software Engineering
12 68 (3.25%) Project Delivery
13 65 (3.11%) Verification and Validation
14 61 (2.91%) Mentoring
15 59 (2.82%) Mathematics
16 51 (2.44%) High Availability
16 51 (2.44%) Software Testing
17 49 (2.34%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 120 (5.73%) SQL
2 87 (4.16%) Python
3 76 (3.63%) C
4 72 (3.44%) PowerShell
5 63 (3.01%) Bash
6 62 (2.96%) MATLAB
7 54 (2.58%) C#
8 32 (1.53%) Java
9 29 (1.39%) C++
10 11 (0.53%) Perl
10 11 (0.53%) Shell Script
11 9 (0.43%) JavaScript
12 7 (0.33%) PHP
12 7 (0.33%) VB
13 6 (0.29%) Embedded C
13 6 (0.29%) Ladder Logic
13 6 (0.29%) RPG
14 3 (0.14%) REXX
15 2 (0.096%) COBOL
15 2 (0.096%) HLASM
Qualifications
1 419 (20.02%) Security Cleared
2 336 (16.05%) Degree
3 170 (8.12%) SC Cleared
4 89 (4.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 67 (3.20%) DV Cleared
6 58 (2.77%) Master's Degree
7 48 (2.29%) Chartered Engineer
8 36 (1.72%) HNC
9 31 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (1.29%) DBS Check
10 27 (1.29%) HND
11 26 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (1.19%) CCNA
13 12 (0.57%) Azure Certification
13 12 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (0.48%) CTC Cleared
15 8 (0.38%) PMI Certification
16 7 (0.33%) MCSE
17 5 (0.24%) PhD
17 5 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 19 (0.91%) ISO 9001
2 19 (0.91%) QA
3 18 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (0.76%) PMO
5 14 (0.67%) ISO 26262
6 13 (0.62%) Automotive SPICE
6 13 (0.62%) GDPR
7 12 (0.57%) IEC 61508
8 10 (0.48%) COSHH
9 7 (0.33%) Def Stans
9 7 (0.33%) ISO 14001
9 7 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 5 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.24%) SLA
11 4 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.14%) ECSS
13 2 (0.096%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.096%) NCSC
14 1 (0.048%) NIST
System Software
1 174 (8.31%) Active Directory
2 103 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (3.49%) Hyper-V
4 60 (2.87%) Firmware
5 29 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (1.10%) vSphere
7 14 (0.67%) Docker
7 14 (0.67%) VMware NSX
8 13 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
8 13 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
9 12 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (0.43%) Forefront TMG
10 9 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.19%) NFS
14 3 (0.14%) XenApp
14 3 (0.14%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
15 2 (0.096%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 47 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (1.53%) Ansible
3 31 (1.48%) SCOM
4 29 (1.39%) Functional Safety
5 28 (1.34%) SCCM
6 27 (1.29%) Kubernetes
7 26 (1.24%) Puppet
8 19 (0.91%) Terraform
9 18 (0.86%) vCenter Server
10 11 (0.53%) WSUS
11 10 (0.48%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.43%) ZABBIX
13 7 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 5 (0.24%) Red Hat Spacewalk
15 5 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
15 5 (0.24%) Wonderware InTouch
16 4 (0.19%) Autotask
16 4 (0.19%) Backup Exec
16 4 (0.19%) Podman
Vendors
1 238 (11.37%) Microsoft
2 181 (8.65%) VMware
3 53 (2.53%) Cisco
4 52 (2.48%) EMC
4 52 (2.48%) IBM
5 24 (1.15%) Red Hat
6 23 (1.10%) Citrix
7 20 (0.96%) Palo Alto
7 20 (0.96%) Siemens
8 19 (0.91%) Atlassian
8 19 (0.91%) HP
8 19 (0.91%) Oracle
9 17 (0.81%) NetApp
9 17 (0.81%) Thales
9 17 (0.81%) Veeam
10 16 (0.76%) Dell
11 15 (0.72%) Dynatrace
11 15 (0.72%) Meraki
12 14 (0.67%) CheckPoint
13 13 (0.62%) Fortinet