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 2 September 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 310 275
Rank change year-on-year +89 -35 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 234 74 206
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.97% 0.62% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 0.68% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 116 62 140
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £79,688 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,000 £77,750
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 22,429 10,931 18,469
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 91.36% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 15,433 7,131 12,211
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £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 2 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 2 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 +9 33 £35,000 -2.78% 11
Central London +4 20 £65,000 -16.13% 15
East London +13 19 £45,000 -22.08% 2
South London +9 19 £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 2 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 51 (21.79%) Azure
2 41 (17.52%) Systems Engineering
3 37 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (14.96%) AI
4 35 (14.96%) Microsoft
5 33 (14.10%) Windows
6 32 (13.68%) Python
7 30 (12.82%) Linux
8 28 (11.97%) Degree
9 26 (11.11%) AWS
10 25 (10.68%) PowerShell
11 24 (10.26%) Active Directory
12 22 (9.40%) Machine Learning
12 22 (9.40%) SQL
13 20 (8.55%) Entra ID
13 20 (8.55%) Performance Tuning
13 20 (8.55%) Power BI
13 20 (8.55%) Power Platform
13 20 (8.55%) Presales
14 19 (8.12%) Business Intelligence
14 19 (8.12%) Storytelling
15 17 (7.26%) PyTorch
16 16 (6.84%) Microsoft Intune
16 16 (6.84%) TensorFlow
16 16 (6.84%) VMware
17 15 (6.41%) Data Pipeline
17 15 (6.41%) Data Science
17 15 (6.41%) Databricks
17 15 (6.41%) GCP
17 15 (6.41%) Microsoft 365

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 13 (5.56%) Apache Airflow
1 13 (5.56%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.43%) PowerFactory
3 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 51 (21.79%) Azure
2 26 (11.11%) AWS
3 20 (8.55%) Entra ID
3 20 (8.55%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.41%) GCP
4 15 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 13 (5.56%) dbt
5 13 (5.56%) Snowflake
6 8 (3.42%) SaaS
7 6 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.71%) IaaS
8 4 (1.71%) PaaS
9 3 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.28%) GitHub
9 3 (1.28%) n8n
10 2 (0.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.85%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.85%) Cloudflare
10 2 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.42%) Firewall
2 5 (2.14%) Broadband
2 5 (2.14%) DNS
2 5 (2.14%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.14%) VPN
3 4 (1.71%) DHCP
3 4 (1.71%) 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 20 (8.55%) Power BI
2 13 (5.56%) Amazon Redshift
2 13 (5.56%) BigQuery
2 13 (5.56%) Data Lake
2 13 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (5.56%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (5.56%) Looker
2 13 (5.56%) Milvus
2 13 (5.56%) Snowflake Schema
2 13 (5.56%) Tableau
3 10 (4.27%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (2.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (1.28%) Redis
8 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.43%) Parquet
9 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (5.56%) MLflow
2 6 (2.56%) Git
3 3 (1.28%) JIRA
4 2 (0.85%) NUnit
5 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
General
1 27 (11.54%) Social Skills
2 22 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (5.13%) Law
4 11 (4.70%) Finance
4 11 (4.70%) Legal
5 6 (2.56%) Aerospace
6 5 (2.14%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.71%) Banking
7 4 (1.71%) 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 17 (7.26%) PyTorch
2 16 (6.84%) TensorFlow
3 13 (5.56%) Kafka
3 13 (5.56%) LangChain
3 13 (5.56%) LlamaIndex
3 13 (5.56%) pgvector
3 13 (5.56%) scikit-learn
4 9 (3.85%) Terraform
5 4 (1.71%) .NET
5 4 (1.71%) React
6 2 (0.85%) .NET Core
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%) 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 (11.54%) CCTV
2 17 (7.26%) Data Centre
3 14 (5.98%) Public Cloud
4 13 (5.56%) Cloud Native
4 13 (5.56%) Clustering
5 12 (5.13%) SCADA
6 10 (4.27%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.99%) Replication
8 5 (2.14%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.71%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.71%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.71%) Robotics
10 3 (1.28%) 3D Graphics
10 3 (1.28%) Augmented Reality
10 3 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.28%) Virtual Reality
11 2 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.85%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 33 (14.10%) Windows
2 30 (12.82%) Linux
3 11 (4.70%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.14%) 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 41 (17.52%) Systems Engineering
2 37 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (14.96%) AI
4 22 (9.40%) Machine Learning
5 20 (8.55%) Performance Tuning
5 20 (8.55%) Presales
6 19 (8.12%) Business Intelligence
6 19 (8.12%) Storytelling
7 15 (6.41%) Data Pipeline
7 15 (6.41%) Data Science
8 14 (5.98%) Analytics
8 14 (5.98%) Generative AI
8 14 (5.98%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
8 14 (5.98%) Semantic Search
9 13 (5.56%) Data Governance
9 13 (5.56%) Data Management
9 13 (5.56%) Dimensional Modelling
9 13 (5.56%) Knowledge Management
9 13 (5.56%) Predictive Modelling
9 13 (5.56%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 32 (13.68%) Python
2 25 (10.68%) PowerShell
3 22 (9.40%) SQL
4 8 (3.42%) Bash
4 8 (3.42%) C
5 5 (2.14%) C++
6 4 (1.71%) 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 (11.97%) Degree
2 7 (2.99%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.56%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.14%) PhD
5 4 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.71%) 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 13 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 13 (5.56%) 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 (10.26%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.42%) Docker
4 6 (2.56%) BitLocker
4 6 (2.56%) vSphere
5 3 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (6.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.98%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (14.96%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.84%) VMware
3 15 (6.41%) Databricks
4 13 (5.56%) Citrix
4 13 (5.56%) Cloudera
4 13 (5.56%) Dell
5 6 (2.56%) Tenable
6 5 (2.14%) Allen-Bradley
6 5 (2.14%) AVEVA
6 5 (2.14%) Rockwell
6 5 (2.14%) Siemens
6 5 (2.14%) Wonderware
7 4 (1.71%) Google
7 4 (1.71%) iManage
7 4 (1.71%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.28%) Cisco
8 3 (1.28%) Intapp
9 2 (0.85%) Arista
9 2 (0.85%) Remedy
9 2 (0.85%) Veeam