System Engineer
East of England > Essex
The median System Engineer salary in Essex is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 50 | 55 | 80 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +25 | +18 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 9 | 21 | 7 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex | 1.88% | 2.41% | 0.84% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.17% | 2.55% | 1.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 17 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £30,000 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £44,500 | £37,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.12% | +18.67% | -15.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £51,875 | £46,750 | £38,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £69,875 | £66,000 | - |
| East of England median annual salary | £47,683 | £52,500 | £56,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.18% | -6.67% | +15.38% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title | 414 | 825 | 666 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 86.43% | 94.61% | 79.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 219 | 674 | 369 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,998 | £25,759 | £26,150 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,125 | £30,000 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £41,000 | £45,000 | £47,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.89% | -4.26% | -1.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,125 | £60,675 | £66,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £75,000 | £80,000 |
| East of England median annual salary | £50,000 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -13.64% | +10.00% |
Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.
Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Essex
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in Essex.
Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Essex
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Essex over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.
Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Essex
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 17 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 |
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| Grays | - | 6 | £45,000 | - | |
| Systems Engineer East of England |
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Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex
For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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 Essex region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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: