Systems Test Engineer Jobs in England

System Test Engineer
UK > England

The median System Test Engineer salary in England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 672 803 881
Rank change year-on-year +131 +78 +259
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Test Engineer 3 32 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.006% 0.037% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.039% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 15
10th Percentile £41,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £30,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -32.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £47,875 £44,125 £72,647
90th Percentile £49,600 £68,484 -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £39,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.92% -21.00% +4.17%

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 44,182 81,825 80,489
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 94.55% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,287 60,848 51,240
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Systems Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Test Engineer in England

Systems Test Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Systems Test Engineer in England

Systems Test 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 Test Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 22 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
South East +81 2 £47,250 +38.97% 5
London - 1 £40,000 - 1
Systems Test Engineer
UK

Systems Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Systems Test 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 Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Validation
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Stress Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Avionics
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Data Collection
2 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (33.33%) LabVIEW
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Advertising
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering

Systems Test 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Avionics
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Collection
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Stress Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
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