Systems Engineering Job Trends in Glasgow

Systems Engineering
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 84 139
Rank change year-on-year +16 +55 -63
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 9 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.64% 0.13% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.15% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 8
10th Percentile £41,250 - -
25th Percentile £62,813 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.50%
75th Percentile £81,250 - £45,000
90th Percentile - - £48,375
Scotland median annual salary £42,500 £63,000 £55,267
% change year-on-year -32.54% +13.99% -21.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Systems Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,057 678 1,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 75.34% 90.52% 90.44%
Number of salaries quoted 665 275 559
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £82,700
Scotland median annual salary £53,575 £38,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +40.99% -30.91% +4.76%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Systems Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Systems Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in Glasgow over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in Glasgow

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (44.44%) Electronics
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Aviation
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Architect
1 4 (44.44%) Hardware Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) SCADA
2 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 2 (22.22%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) IT Strategy
1 4 (44.44%) Product Management
1 4 (44.44%) Requirements Management
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
1 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
1 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
1 4 (44.44%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Building Information Modelling
2 2 (22.22%) Fintech
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Community of Practice
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (11.11%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Chartered Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Siemens