Systems Engineering Jobs in Manchester

Systems Engineering
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Systems Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 204 231
Rank change year-on-year +69 +27 +6
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 30 16 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.32% 0.31% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 0.36% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 16 5 8
10th Percentile £57,500 £33,000 £44,400
25th Percentile £72,500 £37,500 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -18.52% +28.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £60,000 £71,875
90th Percentile - £67,500 £81,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.58% -14.29% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,160 4,498 4,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.32% 86.33% 96.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 3,431 2,489
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £32,773
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £69,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in Manchester

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineering in Manchester

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in Manchester over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in Manchester

Systems Engineering
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineering within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Bolton - 14 £75,000 - 3
Systems Engineering
North West

Systems Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.67%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft Project
1 14 (46.67%) Trello
2 1 (3.33%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Big Data
1 2 (6.67%) Hadoop
1 2 (6.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (46.67%) JIRA
General
1 16 (53.33%) Finance
2 15 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Marketing
3 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Head of Delivery
1 14 (46.67%) Head of IT
2 9 (30.00%) Systems Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) Principal Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Data Scientist
5 2 (6.67%) Lead
5 2 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Data Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (46.67%) Social Media
2 2 (6.67%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (66.67%) Agile
2 16 (53.33%) Computer Science
2 16 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (50.00%) Data Management
4 14 (46.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (46.67%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (46.67%) ITIL
4 14 (46.67%) PRINCE2
4 14 (46.67%) Process Improvement
4 14 (46.67%) Project Delivery
4 14 (46.67%) Project Management
4 14 (46.67%) Scrum
4 14 (46.67%) Service Delivery
5 8 (26.67%) Project Planning
6 4 (13.33%) Adaptive Web Design
6 4 (13.33%) ArchiMate
6 4 (13.33%) Architecture Roadmap
6 4 (13.33%) Roadmaps
6 4 (13.33%) Technical Architecture
6 4 (13.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) Python
1 2 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (83.33%) Degree
2 14 (46.67%) DBS Check
2 14 (46.67%) PMI Certification
2 14 (46.67%) PMP
3 8 (26.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (10.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.33%) PhD
5 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (3.33%) PayPal