Lead Systems Engineer Jobs in London

Lead System Engineer
England > London

The median Lead System Engineer salary in London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 - 587
Rank change year-on-year - - +327
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer 4 0 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.031% - 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% - 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - £88,500
25th Percentile £61,250 - £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £160,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +178.26%
75th Percentile £69,300 - -
90th Percentile £72,630 - -
England median annual salary £54,793 £55,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% -35.29% +131.29%

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 11,673 22,288 32,092
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.23% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7,198 16,617 23,725
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,444
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Lead Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Systems Engineer in London

Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Lead Systems Engineer in London

Lead 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 Lead Systems Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Central London - 1 £70,900 - 3
Lead Systems Engineer
England

Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (50.00%) Physics
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Coaching
1 2 (50.00%) People Management
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) SCADA
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System

Lead 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Coaching
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (50.00%) People Management
1 2 (50.00%) Physics
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared