Systems Engineer Jobs in London

System Engineer
England > London

The median System Engineer salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 284 365
Rank change year-on-year -15 +81 +219
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 112 239 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.85% 1.02% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 1.08% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 52 165 122
10th Percentile £40,500 - £32,625
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -1.64% +1.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £79,688
90th Percentile £91,925 £75,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.66% +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 12,123 22,059 27,518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 94.39% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7,433 16,017 21,601
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.66% -12.42% -

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in London

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in London

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in London over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in London

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 Systems Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 13 July 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 +23 27 £65,000 +28.71% 6
Central London +38 19 £77,500 +47.62% 6
West London +30 18 £36,000 -28.00% 7
North London -16 4 - - 7
East London - 4 £57,750 - 3
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 July 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 London region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 63 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 58 (51.79%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (50.89%) Degree
4 56 (50.00%) Mentoring
5 52 (46.43%) High Availability
6 51 (45.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (45.54%) Computer Science
7 47 (41.96%) Broadband
7 47 (41.96%) Broadcast Engineering
7 47 (41.96%) Product Management
7 47 (41.96%) Roadmaps
8 21 (18.75%) Microsoft
9 20 (17.86%) Systems Engineering
10 18 (16.07%) Linux
11 16 (14.29%) Windows
11 16 (14.29%) Security Cleared
12 14 (12.50%) PowerShell
13 13 (11.61%) Finance
14 12 (10.71%) Azure
15 11 (9.82%) AWS
15 11 (9.82%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (9.82%) VMware
16 10 (8.93%) Python
17 8 (7.14%) Active Directory
17 8 (7.14%) Aerospace
17 8 (7.14%) Agile
17 8 (7.14%) SC Cleared
18 7 (6.25%) Project Delivery
18 7 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
18 7 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure

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 6 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.79%) Confluence
3 2 (1.79%) WinCC
4 1 (0.89%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (2.68%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.79%) Simulink
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.89%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.71%) Azure
2 11 (9.82%) AWS
2 11 (9.82%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (4.46%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.68%) Copilot Studio
5 3 (2.68%) GCP
5 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.89%) Google App Engine
6 1 (0.89%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.89%) IaaS
6 1 (0.89%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.89%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.89%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.89%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 47 (41.96%) Broadband
2 7 (6.25%) TCP/IP
3 6 (5.36%) DNS
4 5 (4.46%) DHCP
4 5 (4.46%) Firewall
5 4 (3.57%) Ethernet
5 4 (3.57%) Modbus
5 4 (3.57%) Profibus
6 3 (2.68%) LAN
6 3 (2.68%) WAN
7 2 (1.79%) Network Security
7 2 (1.79%) SSH
7 2 (1.79%) VLAN
7 2 (1.79%) VPN
8 1 (0.89%) HTTP
8 1 (0.89%) Multicast
8 1 (0.89%) OpenLDAP
8 1 (0.89%) SAN
8 1 (0.89%) SSL
8 1 (0.89%) Unicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.89%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (0.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.68%) JIRA
2 2 (1.79%) Git
3 1 (0.89%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.89%) Maven
3 1 (0.89%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 63 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 13 (11.61%) Finance
3 8 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 6 (5.36%) Law
5 5 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.46%) Legal
6 4 (3.57%) Banking
6 4 (3.57%) Retail
7 3 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.68%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.68%) Military
8 2 (1.79%) Electronics
8 2 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.89%) Advertising
9 1 (0.89%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.89%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.89%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.79%) LDAP
2 1 (0.89%) Django
2 1 (0.89%) React
2 1 (0.89%) REST
2 1 (0.89%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.25%) SCADA
2 4 (3.57%) CCTV
2 4 (3.57%) Hedge funds
3 2 (1.79%) Clustering
3 2 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.79%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.89%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.89%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.89%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (0.89%) Home Automation
4 1 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.89%) Learning Management System
4 1 (0.89%) Media Streaming
4 1 (0.89%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.89%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.89%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (16.07%) Linux
2 16 (14.29%) Windows
3 6 (5.36%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.89%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.89%) CentOS
6 1 (0.89%) Debian
6 1 (0.89%) Solaris
6 1 (0.89%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.89%) Unix
6 1 (0.89%) VMS
6 1 (0.89%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (51.79%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 52 (46.43%) High Availability
4 51 (45.54%) Computer Science
5 47 (41.96%) Broadcast Engineering
5 47 (41.96%) Product Management
5 47 (41.96%) Roadmaps
6 20 (17.86%) Systems Engineering
7 8 (7.14%) Agile
8 7 (6.25%) Project Delivery
9 6 (5.36%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (5.36%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 6 (5.36%) Task Automation
10 5 (4.46%) Change Control
10 5 (4.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (4.46%) Customer Service
10 5 (4.46%) Full-Stack Development
10 5 (4.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (4.46%) Systems Thinking
10 5 (4.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 10 (8.93%) Python
3 4 (3.57%) Shell Script
3 4 (3.57%) SQL
4 3 (2.68%) Bash
5 2 (1.79%) C
5 2 (1.79%) C#
5 2 (1.79%) C++
5 2 (1.79%) Go
5 2 (1.79%) MATLAB
5 2 (1.79%) Perl
5 2 (1.79%) Rust
5 2 (1.79%) VB
6 1 (0.89%) Bourne shell
6 1 (0.89%) C-shell
6 1 (0.89%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.89%) Ruby
6 1 (0.89%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.89%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (50.89%) Degree
2 51 (45.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.68%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.68%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.79%) HNC
7 2 (1.79%) HND
7 2 (1.79%) MCSA
7 2 (1.79%) MCSE
8 1 (0.89%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.89%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.89%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.36%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.57%) SLA
3 2 (1.79%) IEC 61131
4 1 (0.89%) GDPR
4 1 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.79%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.79%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.79%) vSphere
4 1 (0.89%) Docker
4 1 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.46%) Ansible
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (2.68%) Functional Safety
3 3 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.79%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.79%) Puppet
4 2 (1.79%) SCCM
4 2 (1.79%) Terraform
5 1 (0.89%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.89%) Nessus
5 1 (0.89%) Oracle ZFS
5 1 (0.89%) VxRail
Vendors
1 21 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.82%) VMware
3 6 (5.36%) Siemens
4 3 (2.68%) Red Hat
4 3 (2.68%) Sparx
5 2 (1.79%) Bloomberg
5 2 (1.79%) Dell
5 2 (1.79%) Google
5 2 (1.79%) Oracle
5 2 (1.79%) Reuters
5 2 (1.79%) Rockwell
6 1 (0.89%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.89%) HP
6 1 (0.89%) Isilon
6 1 (0.89%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (0.89%) Qualys
6 1 (0.89%) SkyKick
6 1 (0.89%) Splunk
6 1 (0.89%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (0.89%) VocaLink