Systems Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

System Engineer
England > Midlands

The median System Engineer salary in the Midlands is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 60 140
Rank change year-on-year -48 +80 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 133 353 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.38% 3.52% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.58% 3.71% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 69 194 32
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £39,125
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,000 £42,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,500 £47,775
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +3.61% +6.17%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £51,656
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £64,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,714 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.52% +9.43% -

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 5,149 9,505 5,356
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 94.80% 93.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 5,373 4,059
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,119 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the Midlands

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the Midlands

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 Systems Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 September 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 -28 75 £55,000 +37.50% 57
East Midlands -38 58 £50,000 -13.04% 30
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, 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 Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (22.56%) Degree
2 25 (18.80%) Systems Engineering
3 24 (18.05%) Validation
4 23 (17.29%) Siemens
4 23 (17.29%) SCADA
4 23 (17.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (16.54%) Manufacturing
6 20 (15.04%) Rockwell
7 16 (12.03%) Social Skills
7 16 (12.03%) Modbus
7 16 (12.03%) Electronics
8 15 (11.28%) Ethernet
8 15 (11.28%) Profibus
8 15 (11.28%) Ladder Logic
9 14 (10.53%) Risk Assessment
10 13 (9.77%) Master's Degree
11 12 (9.02%) Allen-Bradley
11 12 (9.02%) Mechatronics
12 11 (8.27%) Automotive
13 10 (7.52%) Software Engineering
13 10 (7.52%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (7.52%) Data Centre
14 9 (6.77%) Azure
14 9 (6.77%) Operational Technology
15 8 (6.02%) Renewable Energy
15 8 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
15 8 (6.02%) Software Testing
15 8 (6.02%) Agile
15 8 (6.02%) Active Directory
16 7 (5.26%) Microsoft

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.01%) WinCC
3 3 (2.26%) FactoryTalk
4 2 (1.50%) ArchestrA
5 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.51%) Simulink
2 1 (0.75%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (3.01%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.77%) Azure
2 8 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.26%) SaaS
4 6 (4.51%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.50%) AWS
5 2 (1.50%) Serverless
6 1 (0.75%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.75%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.75%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.75%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.75%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.75%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.03%) Modbus
2 15 (11.28%) Ethernet
2 15 (11.28%) Profibus
3 4 (3.01%) Wireless
4 2 (1.50%) Firewall
4 2 (1.50%) MQTT
4 2 (1.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.75%) MySQL
1 1 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.76%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 22 (16.54%) Manufacturing
2 16 (12.03%) Electronics
2 16 (12.03%) Social Skills
3 11 (8.27%) Automotive
4 7 (5.26%) Aerospace
5 5 (3.76%) Law
5 5 (3.76%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.01%) Finance
6 4 (3.01%) Legal
7 3 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.26%) Wearables
8 2 (1.50%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.50%) Avionics
8 2 (1.50%) Back Office
9 1 (0.75%) Advertising
9 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.75%) .NET
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (0.75%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.29%) SCADA
2 10 (7.52%) Data Centre
3 9 (6.77%) Operational Technology
4 8 (6.02%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (3.76%) FMCG
6 4 (3.01%) CCTV
6 4 (3.01%) IoT
7 3 (2.26%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.50%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.50%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (1.50%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.50%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.75%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.76%) Windows
1 5 (3.76%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (18.80%) Systems Engineering
2 24 (18.05%) Validation
3 14 (10.53%) Risk Assessment
4 12 (9.02%) Mechatronics
5 10 (7.52%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (7.52%) Software Engineering
6 8 (6.02%) Agile
6 8 (6.02%) Software Testing
7 7 (5.26%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 7 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (4.51%) Project Planning
9 5 (3.76%) Physics
9 5 (3.76%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (3.01%) Chemistry
10 4 (3.01%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (3.01%) CRM
10 4 (3.01%) Logistics
10 4 (3.01%) Mathematics
10 4 (3.01%) Prototyping
10 4 (3.01%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.28%) Ladder Logic
2 7 (5.26%) MATLAB
3 4 (3.01%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.50%) SQL
5 1 (0.75%) Bicep
5 1 (0.75%) Java
5 1 (0.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (22.56%) Degree
2 23 (17.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (9.77%) Master's Degree
4 7 (5.26%) City & Guilds
5 4 (3.01%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.26%) HND
7 2 (1.50%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (1.50%) HNC
8 1 (0.75%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.75%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.01%) IEC 61131
2 3 (2.26%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.26%) QA
3 2 (1.50%) IEC 61508
3 2 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 1 (0.75%) GDPR
4 1 (0.75%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (6.02%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.26%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.50%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (17.29%) Siemens
2 20 (15.04%) Rockwell
3 12 (9.02%) Allen-Bradley
4 7 (5.26%) Microsoft
5 6 (4.51%) VMware
6 4 (3.01%) HubSpot
6 4 (3.01%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.01%) Zoho
7 3 (2.26%) AVEVA
7 3 (2.26%) IBM
8 1 (0.75%) Dell
8 1 (0.75%) EMC
8 1 (0.75%) IBM Sterling
8 1 (0.75%) PayPal
8 1 (0.75%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.75%) Veeam