Systems Engineering Job Trends in London

Systems Engineering
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 355 365
Rank change year-on-year +33 +10 +201
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 51 91 93
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.41% 0.53% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.58% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 34 42 64
10th Percentile £55,000 £47,050 £42,500
25th Percentile £64,063 £55,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +14.75% -29.28%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £217,500 £115,000 £114,024
England median annual salary £62,000 £55,000 £68,000
% change year-on-year +12.73% -19.12% +13.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,423 15,622 18,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 92.70% 90.21% 93.64%
Number of salaries quoted 7,343 9,265 14,812
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £55,322
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,159 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.45% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in London

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Systems Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in London over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in London

Systems Engineering
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineering within the London region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 +56 14 £77,500 -26.19% 33
South London +28 3 - - 4
West London +8 3 £30,500 -75.60% 3
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 15 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (27.45%) Entra ID
3 7 (13.73%) Azure
4 4 (7.84%) AWS
4 4 (7.84%) PaaS
5 2 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.96%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.96%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.96%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 15 (29.41%) TCP/IP
1 15 (29.41%) WAN
2 14 (27.45%) DHCP
2 14 (27.45%) DNS
3 13 (25.49%) LAN
4 2 (3.92%) Firewall
4 2 (3.92%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (1.96%) 4G
5 1 (1.96%) 5G
5 1 (1.96%) DMARC
5 1 (1.96%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.96%) Modbus
5 1 (1.96%) NAS
5 1 (1.96%) Network Security
5 1 (1.96%) Profibus
5 1 (1.96%) SAN
5 1 (1.96%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.96%) VLAN
5 1 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (54.90%) Social Skills
2 19 (37.25%) Finance
3 13 (25.49%) Legal
4 8 (15.69%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (9.80%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.84%) Aerospace
6 4 (7.84%) Retail
7 3 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.88%) Law
8 2 (3.92%) Front Office
8 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.96%) Advertising
9 1 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (37.25%) Systems Engineer
2 13 (25.49%) Windows Engineer
3 10 (19.61%) Windows Systems Engineer
4 8 (15.69%) Senior
5 6 (11.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Linux Specialist
7 4 (7.84%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Platform Specialist
7 4 (7.84%) Principal Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Architect
9 2 (3.92%) Consultant
9 2 (3.92%) Data Centre Technician
9 2 (3.92%) Python Software Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Rust Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Rust Software Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Security Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (7.84%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (1.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (29.41%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (25.49%) Hedge funds
3 4 (7.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.88%) SCADA
5 2 (3.92%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.92%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.92%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.92%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.96%) IoT
6 1 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.96%) NHS
6 1 (1.96%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.96%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (39.22%) Windows
2 18 (35.29%) Windows Server
3 13 (25.49%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (17.65%) Linux
5 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 15 (29.41%) Patch Management
2 14 (27.45%) Collaborative Working
3 13 (25.49%) Batch Scripting
3 13 (25.49%) Task Automation
4 11 (21.57%) Agile
4 11 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (19.61%) Project Delivery
6 8 (15.69%) Computer Science
6 8 (15.69%) Platform Engineering
7 6 (11.76%) Low Latency
7 6 (11.76%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 6 (11.76%) Quantitative Trading
7 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (11.76%) Validation
7 6 (11.76%) Verification and Validation
8 5 (9.80%) Mentoring
8 5 (9.80%) Presales
8 5 (9.80%) Security Operations
8 5 (9.80%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (31.37%) PowerShell
2 5 (9.80%) Python
3 3 (5.88%) SQL
4 2 (3.92%) Go
4 2 (3.92%) Rust
5 1 (1.96%) Perl
Qualifications
1 17 (33.33%) Degree
2 11 (21.57%) Security Cleared
3 6 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (7.84%) DV Cleared
5 3 (5.88%) MCSA
5 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.92%) CCNA
6 2 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.96%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (1.96%) HNC
7 1 (1.96%) HND
7 1 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.84%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (9.80%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (7.84%) Docker
5 1 (1.96%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (27.45%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (25.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (17.65%) Ansible
4 5 (9.80%) Terraform
5 4 (7.84%) Kubernetes
5 4 (7.84%) Progress Chef
5 4 (7.84%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.96%) CASB
6 1 (1.96%) Functional Safety
6 1 (1.96%) QRadar
6 1 (1.96%) SCCM
6 1 (1.96%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 18 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 13 (25.49%) Bloomberg
2 13 (25.49%) Reuters
3 7 (13.73%) VMware
4 5 (9.80%) Dell
5 4 (7.84%) Foundry
5 4 (7.84%) Mellanox
5 4 (7.84%) Palantir
5 4 (7.84%) Solarflare
6 3 (5.88%) Sparx
7 2 (3.92%) Splunk
8 1 (1.96%) Avaloq
8 1 (1.96%) Cisco
8 1 (1.96%) Citrix
8 1 (1.96%) Commvault
8 1 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.96%) Forcepoint
8 1 (1.96%) Qualys
8 1 (1.96%) Siemens
8 1 (1.96%) Veeam