Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Lancashire

Senior System Engineer
North West > Lancashire

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Lancashire is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 74 71
Rank change year-on-year +64 -3 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 527 14 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 24.59% 1.08% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 25.96% 1.16% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 428 14 2
10th Percentile £47,863 £46,500 -
25th Percentile £48,869 £50,000 £36,356
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £55,000 £39,113
Median % change year-on-year -8.99% +40.62% -
75th Percentile £54,793 £57,500 £41,869
90th Percentile £55,000 - -
North West median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £42,056
% change year-on-year -8.99% +30.78% -47.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 2,030 1,208 570
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.73% 92.92% 82.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 1,028 363
10th Percentile £41,250 £28,000 £27,050
25th Percentile £47,683 £33,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,249 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.62% -4.74% +11.11%
75th Percentile £54,793 £60,741 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,943 £75,000 £64,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Lancashire

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Lancashire

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Blackburn - 103 £50,055 - 1
Lytham St Annes - 103 £50,055 - 1
Blackpool - 102 £50,055 - 1
Preston - 100 £50,055 -
Senior Systems Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Senior 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 Lancashire region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 505 (95.83%) Systems Engineering
2 467 (88.61%) Degree
3 450 (85.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 367 (69.64%) Aerospace
5 249 (47.25%) Coaching
6 212 (40.23%) Avionics
7 206 (39.09%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 192 (36.43%) Customer Requirements
9 171 (32.45%) HND
10 168 (31.88%) Mathematics
10 168 (31.88%) Physics
11 161 (30.55%) Requirements Management
12 141 (26.76%) Aeronautics
13 131 (24.86%) SDLC
13 131 (24.86%) Hazard Analysis
13 131 (24.86%) Business Case
13 131 (24.86%) Feasibility Study
14 126 (23.91%) Social Skills
15 110 (20.87%) Automotive
16 106 (20.11%) HNC
17 80 (15.18%) SysML
17 80 (15.18%) Agile
18 76 (14.42%) Cost Control
18 76 (14.42%) Performance Management
19 65 (12.33%) Microsoft Office
19 65 (12.33%) Microsoft
20 61 (11.57%) Cryptography
20 61 (11.57%) Influencing Skills
20 61 (11.57%) Collaborative Working
21 55 (10.44%) MATLAB

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

Applications
1 65 (12.33%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (9.49%) Simulink
3 15 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (8.54%) Teamcenter
General
1 367 (69.64%) Aerospace
2 212 (40.23%) Avionics
3 141 (26.76%) Aeronautics
4 126 (23.91%) Social Skills
5 110 (20.87%) Automotive
6 61 (11.57%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (1.90%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (1.90%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 505 (95.83%) Systems Engineering
2 249 (47.25%) Coaching
3 206 (39.09%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 192 (36.43%) Customer Requirements
5 168 (31.88%) Mathematics
5 168 (31.88%) Physics
6 161 (30.55%) Requirements Management
7 131 (24.86%) Business Case
7 131 (24.86%) Feasibility Study
7 131 (24.86%) Hazard Analysis
7 131 (24.86%) SDLC
8 80 (15.18%) Agile
8 80 (15.18%) SysML
9 76 (14.42%) Cost Control
9 76 (14.42%) Performance Management
10 61 (11.57%) Collaborative Working
10 61 (11.57%) Cryptography
11 50 (9.49%) Project Management
11 50 (9.49%) Safety Engineering
11 50 (9.49%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 55 (10.44%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 467 (88.61%) Degree
2 450 (85.39%) BPSS Clearance
3 171 (32.45%) HND
4 106 (20.11%) HNC
5 6 (1.14%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.33%) ARP4754
1 7 (1.33%) DO-254
1 7 (1.33%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 65 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.49%) MathWorks
3 45 (8.54%) ANSYS