Systems Engineer Job Trends in London

System Engineer
England > London

The median System Engineer salary in London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 320 263
Rank change year-on-year +99 -57 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 235 69 205
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.97% 0.59% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.64% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 119 58 139
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,600 £78,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - +0.92% +3.81%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 22,485 10,761 18,212
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 91.25% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 15,504 7,000 11,965
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in London

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in London over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

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 4 September 2026. 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
West London - 34 £35,000 - 9
East London +12 19 £45,000 -22.08% 2
Central London +2 19 £65,000 -16.13% 14
South London +11 18 £60,000 -25.00% 8
North London - 3 £45,000 -
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 September 2026, Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 48 (20.43%) Azure
2 38 (16.17%) Systems Engineering
3 37 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (14.89%) Microsoft
5 33 (14.04%) Windows
6 32 (13.62%) AI
7 30 (12.77%) Linux
8 29 (12.34%) Python
9 28 (11.91%) Degree
10 25 (10.64%) PowerShell
11 24 (10.21%) Active Directory
12 23 (9.79%) AWS
13 20 (8.51%) Entra ID
14 19 (8.09%) Machine Learning
14 19 (8.09%) SQL
15 18 (7.66%) Presales
16 17 (7.23%) Performance Tuning
16 17 (7.23%) Power BI
16 17 (7.23%) Power Platform
17 16 (6.81%) Business Intelligence
17 16 (6.81%) Microsoft Intune
17 16 (6.81%) Storytelling
17 16 (6.81%) VMware
18 15 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
18 15 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
19 14 (5.96%) Kubernetes
19 14 (5.96%) PyTorch
20 13 (5.53%) Citrix
20 13 (5.53%) TensorFlow
21 12 (5.11%) Data Pipeline

Systems Engineer Skill Set
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 10 (4.26%) Apache Airflow
1 10 (4.26%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.43%) PowerFactory
3 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 48 (20.43%) Azure
2 23 (9.79%) AWS
3 20 (8.51%) Entra ID
4 17 (7.23%) Power Platform
5 15 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (5.11%) GCP
7 10 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (4.26%) dbt
7 10 (4.26%) Snowflake
8 8 (3.40%) SaaS
9 6 (2.55%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.70%) IaaS
10 4 (1.70%) PaaS
11 3 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.28%) GitHub
11 3 (1.28%) n8n
12 2 (0.85%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.85%) Datadog
12 2 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.40%) Firewall
2 5 (2.13%) Broadband
2 5 (2.13%) DNS
2 5 (2.13%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.13%) VPN
3 4 (1.70%) DHCP
3 4 (1.70%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.28%) Network Security
4 3 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.85%) DWDM
5 2 (0.85%) SAN
5 2 (0.85%) VoIP
6 1 (0.43%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.43%) LAN
6 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.23%) Power BI
2 10 (4.26%) Amazon Redshift
2 10 (4.26%) BigQuery
2 10 (4.26%) Data Lake
2 10 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (4.26%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (4.26%) Looker
2 10 (4.26%) Milvus
2 10 (4.26%) Snowflake Schema
2 10 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.26%) Tableau
3 7 (2.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (2.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (1.28%) Redis
7 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (4.26%) MLflow
2 6 (2.55%) Git
3 3 (1.28%) JIRA
4 2 (0.85%) NUnit
5 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
General
1 27 (11.49%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (5.11%) Law
4 11 (4.68%) Finance
4 11 (4.68%) Legal
5 7 (2.98%) Aerospace
6 5 (2.13%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.70%) Banking
7 4 (1.70%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.28%) Automotive
8 3 (1.28%) Front Office
9 2 (0.85%) Aviation
9 2 (0.85%) Games
9 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.43%) Electronics
10 1 (0.43%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.96%) PyTorch
2 13 (5.53%) TensorFlow
3 10 (4.26%) Kafka
3 10 (4.26%) LangChain
3 10 (4.26%) LlamaIndex
3 10 (4.26%) pgvector
3 10 (4.26%) scikit-learn
4 9 (3.83%) Terraform
5 4 (1.70%) .NET
5 4 (1.70%) React
6 2 (0.85%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.85%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.85%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.85%) gRPC
6 2 (0.85%) MassTransit
6 2 (0.85%) MediatR
6 2 (0.85%) Next.js
6 2 (0.85%) OpenID
6 2 (0.85%) REST
6 2 (0.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.49%) CCTV
2 17 (7.23%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.11%) SCADA
4 11 (4.68%) Public Cloud
5 10 (4.26%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.26%) Clustering
5 10 (4.26%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.98%) Replication
7 5 (2.13%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.70%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.70%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.70%) Robotics
9 3 (1.28%) 3D Graphics
9 3 (1.28%) Augmented Reality
9 3 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.28%) Virtual Reality
10 2 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.85%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 33 (14.04%) Windows
2 30 (12.77%) Linux
3 11 (4.68%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.13%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.85%) CentOS
5 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.85%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (16.17%) Systems Engineering
2 37 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (13.62%) AI
4 19 (8.09%) Machine Learning
5 18 (7.66%) Presales
6 17 (7.23%) Performance Tuning
7 16 (6.81%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (6.81%) Storytelling
8 12 (5.11%) Data Pipeline
8 12 (5.11%) Data Science
9 11 (4.68%) Analytics
9 11 (4.68%) Collaborative Culture
9 11 (4.68%) Generative AI
9 11 (4.68%) Mentoring
9 11 (4.68%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
9 11 (4.68%) Semantic Search
10 10 (4.26%) Data Governance
10 10 (4.26%) DevOps
10 10 (4.26%) Dimensional Modelling
10 10 (4.26%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 29 (12.34%) Python
2 25 (10.64%) PowerShell
3 19 (8.09%) SQL
4 8 (3.40%) Bash
4 8 (3.40%) C
5 5 (2.13%) C++
6 4 (1.70%) C#
7 3 (1.28%) Perl
8 2 (0.85%) Go
8 2 (0.85%) Java
8 2 (0.85%) Scala
8 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (11.91%) Degree
2 7 (2.98%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.55%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.13%) PhD
5 4 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.70%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.28%) CCNA
6 3 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.28%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.28%) MCSE
6 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.43%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 10 (4.26%) GDPR
2 3 (1.28%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.28%) DO-254
2 3 (1.28%) HAZOP
2 3 (1.28%) IEC 61508
2 3 (1.28%) ISO 26262
3 2 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (10.21%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.40%) Docker
4 6 (2.55%) BitLocker
4 6 (2.55%) vSphere
5 3 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (6.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.96%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.81%) VMware
3 13 (5.53%) Citrix
4 12 (5.11%) Databricks
5 10 (4.26%) Cloudera
5 10 (4.26%) Dell
6 6 (2.55%) Tenable
7 5 (2.13%) Allen-Bradley
7 5 (2.13%) AVEVA
7 5 (2.13%) Rockwell
7 5 (2.13%) Siemens
7 5 (2.13%) Wonderware
8 4 (1.70%) Google
8 4 (1.70%) iManage
8 4 (1.70%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.28%) Cisco
9 3 (1.28%) Intapp
10 2 (0.85%) Juniper
10 2 (0.85%) Progress
10 2 (0.85%) Remedy