Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Merton

Senior System Engineer
South London > Merton

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Merton is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 32 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merton 0.82% 0.82% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.85% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £51,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -
South London median annual salary £54,000 £51,000 -
% change year-on-year +5.88% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Merton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Merton. 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 Merton with a recognized job title 113 118 82
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 96.72% 96.47%
Number of salaries quoted 48 27 63
10th Percentile £46,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,375 £32,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £107,500 £75,438 £76,250
90th Percentile £111,250 £91,500 £91,250
South London median annual salary £61,125 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.14% - +10.00%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Merton

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Merton

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Merton

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Merton

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 Merton region over the 6 months to 29 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
New Malden +15 1 £54,000 +5.88%
Senior Systems Engineer
South London

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merton

For the 6 months to 29 July 2025, 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 Merton region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merton 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 1 (100.00%) CMS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering