Systems Engineer Jobs in Hertfordshire

System Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median System Engineer salary in Hertfordshire is £55,320 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 14 65
Rank change year-on-year -48 +51 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 25 171 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 3.01% 8.27% 3.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.16% 8.91% 4.11%
Number of salaries quoted 16 88 24
10th Percentile - £33,500 £51,100
25th Percentile £52,554 £40,938 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,320 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% -8.33% +17.65%
75th Percentile £58,315 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,500 £62,500 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £47,683 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.18% -4.55% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 791 1,920 1,484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.30% 92.84% 85.73%
Number of salaries quoted 437 1,520 759
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,821 £31,833 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £64,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
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 Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Stevenage -13 7 £55,000 - 28
Watford - 2 £61,000 - 14
Borehamwood +2 1 - -
Hatfield -10 1 - -
Rickmansworth - 1 - - 1
Systems Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (40.00%) Windows
2 9 (36.00%) Linux
3 8 (32.00%) Degree
3 8 (32.00%) Azure
3 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (28.00%) AWS
4 7 (28.00%) Docker
4 7 (28.00%) Roadmaps
4 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
5 6 (24.00%) Product Management
5 6 (24.00%) High Availability
5 6 (24.00%) Broadcast Engineering
5 6 (24.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
5 6 (24.00%) Computer Science
5 6 (24.00%) Broadband
6 4 (16.00%) Electronics
7 2 (8.00%) VMware
7 2 (8.00%) PKI
7 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
7 2 (8.00%) EMC
8 1 (4.00%) Data Acquisition
8 1 (4.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 1 (4.00%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineering
8 1 (4.00%) Technical Leadership

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Azure
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (28.00%) AWS
2 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) Broadband
2 1 (4.00%) DNS
2 1 (4.00%) Kerberos
2 1 (4.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (4.00%) SpaceWire
General
1 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) PKI
2 1 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.00%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 10 (40.00%) Windows
2 9 (36.00%) Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (24.00%) Broadcast Engineering
2 6 (24.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (24.00%) High Availability
2 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (24.00%) Product Management
3 1 (4.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (4.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (4.00%) Data Acquisition
3 1 (4.00%) FPGA Design
3 1 (4.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (4.00%) Image Processing
3 1 (4.00%) Line Management
3 1 (4.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (4.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (4.00%) System Testing
3 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (4.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (4.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Bash
1 1 (4.00%) C
1 1 (4.00%) Java
1 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.00%) Python
1 1 (4.00%) Tcl
1 1 (4.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Degree
2 6 (24.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 7 (28.00%) Docker
2 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Firmware
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) Ansible
2 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) EMC
1 2 (8.00%) VMware
2 1 (4.00%) Intel
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Xilinx