Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Senior System Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Senior System Engineer salary in the Midlands is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 254 277
Rank change year-on-year +143 +23 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 176 66 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.49% 0.55% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.70% 0.59% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4 42 8
10th Percentile - £45,250 £63,325
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year - -17.97% +13.78%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £76,188
90th Percentile - £64,550 £79,300
England median annual salary £52,600 £59,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.60% -0.83% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,520 11,242 8,195
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.38% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,801 8,341 4,592
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the Midlands

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the Midlands

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +108 98 £50,000 -6.98% 14
East Midlands +79 78 £55,000 +10.00% 6
Senior Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 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 Midlands region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 160 (90.91%) Systems Engineering
2 104 (59.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 92 (52.27%) Automotive
4 85 (48.30%) Degree
5 54 (30.68%) Requirements Management
5 54 (30.68%) Project Planning
5 54 (30.68%) Telecoms
6 38 (21.59%) Aerospace
6 38 (21.59%) MATLAB
6 38 (21.59%) Simulink
6 38 (21.59%) Validation
7 36 (20.45%) Agile
7 36 (20.45%) Software Testing
8 14 (7.95%) IEC 61508
8 14 (7.95%) DO-254
8 14 (7.95%) ARP4754
8 14 (7.95%) Mathematics
8 14 (7.95%) Physics
8 14 (7.95%) Coaching
9 13 (7.39%) Use Case
9 13 (7.39%) Chartered Engineer
9 13 (7.39%) Acceptance Criteria
10 4 (2.27%) Social Skills
11 2 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.14%) Problem-Solving
11 2 (1.14%) Technical Leadership
11 2 (1.14%) Proactive Maintenance
11 2 (1.14%) Project Delivery
11 2 (1.14%) Product Requirements
11 2 (1.14%) Creative Problem-Solving

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

Applications
1 38 (21.59%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.57%) Azure
1 1 (0.57%) IaaS
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.14%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (1.14%) Network Security
General
1 92 (52.27%) Automotive
2 54 (30.68%) Telecoms
3 38 (21.59%) Aerospace
4 4 (2.27%) Social Skills
5 2 (1.14%) Agriculture
5 2 (1.14%) Avionics
5 2 (1.14%) Electronics
5 2 (1.14%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.14%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (0.57%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (90.91%) Systems Engineering
2 54 (30.68%) Project Planning
2 54 (30.68%) Requirements Management
3 38 (21.59%) Validation
4 36 (20.45%) Agile
4 36 (20.45%) Software Testing
5 14 (7.95%) Coaching
5 14 (7.95%) Mathematics
5 14 (7.95%) Physics
6 13 (7.39%) Acceptance Criteria
6 13 (7.39%) Use Case
7 2 (1.14%) Computer Science
7 2 (1.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 2 (1.14%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (1.14%) ITIL
7 2 (1.14%) Proactive Maintenance
7 2 (1.14%) Project Management
7 2 (1.14%) Security Management
7 2 (1.14%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (1.14%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 38 (21.59%) MATLAB
2 2 (1.14%) C
2 2 (1.14%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 104 (59.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 85 (48.30%) Degree
3 13 (7.39%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.57%) CCNA
4 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.95%) ARP4754
1 14 (7.95%) DO-254
1 14 (7.95%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 2 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 1 (0.57%) Barracuda Networks
1 1 (0.57%) Datto
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft
1 1 (0.57%) Veeam