Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Senior System Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Manchester is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 238 255
Rank change year-on-year +42 +17 -56
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 21 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.41% 0.10% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.11% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £65,000 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £70,250 - -
North West median annual salary £55,000 £42,056 £80,000
% change year-on-year +30.78% -47.43% +42.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,853 4,545 5,496
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.58% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,746 2,666 3,695
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,017 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Manchester

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Manchester

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Engineer in Manchester

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Bury - 1 £70,000 -
Cheadle - 1 - -
Senior Systems Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Senior 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 Manchester region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (28.57%) LabVIEW
1 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 5 (23.81%) Linux
2 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (23.81%) Cloud Security
3 4 (19.05%) Data Centre
3 4 (19.05%) Windows
4 3 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 3 (14.29%) Presales
4 3 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 2 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (9.52%) Systems Thinking
6 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (4.76%) Architectural Design
6 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.76%) Business Strategy
6 1 (4.76%) Data Centre Operations
6 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
6 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (4.76%) Machine Learning
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Analysis
6 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.76%) People Management
6 1 (4.76%) GCP
6 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
6 1 (4.76%) Terraform
6 1 (4.76%) Cryptocurrency
6 1 (4.76%) Blockchain
6 1 (4.76%) Thales

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
1 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
1 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Acoustics
2 1 (4.76%) Blockchain
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Linux
2 4 (19.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 5 (23.81%) Cloud Security
2 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 3 (14.29%) Presales
3 3 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 2 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (9.52%) Systems Thinking
5 1 (4.76%) Agile
5 1 (4.76%) Architectural Design
5 1 (4.76%) Business Strategy
5 1 (4.76%) Cryptocurrency
5 1 (4.76%) Data Protection
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (4.76%) Machine Learning
5 1 (4.76%) People Management
5 1 (4.76%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Thales
1 1 (4.76%) VMware