Control Systems Engineer Jobs in London

Control Systems Engineer
England > London

The median Control Systems Engineer salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 389 495 570
Rank change year-on-year +106 +75 +327
Permanent jobs requiring a Control Systems Engineer 6 16 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.047% 0.065% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.068% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 4
10th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £34,125
25th Percentile £62,500 £73,125 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +57.89% -
75th Percentile £67,500 - £51,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,680 23,380 29,073
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 94.41% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 7,029 17,214 21,899
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,193 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Control Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Control Systems Engineer in London

Control Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Control Systems Engineer in London

Control Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Control Systems Engineer in London over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Control Systems Engineer in London

Control Systems Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Control Systems Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 24 June 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 London +11 5 £65,000 -7.14% 8
Control Systems Engineer
England

Control Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, Control 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 London region featuring Control Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Siemens
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SCADA
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Functional Safety
2 3 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (50.00%) High Availability
3 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Red Hat
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) C#
3 2 (33.33%) C++
3 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) VB
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) Rockwell
3 2 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (33.33%) WinCC
4 1 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) HNC
4 1 (16.67%) HND
4 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
4 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Modbus
4 1 (16.67%) Profibus

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
1 1 (16.67%) Modbus
1 1 (16.67%) Profibus
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 3 (50.00%) High Availability
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) C++
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) HNC
2 1 (16.67%) HND
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Siemens
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 2 (33.33%) Rockwell