Systems Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

System Engineer
England > Midlands

The median System Engineer salary in the Midlands is £47,683 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 76 161
Rank change year-on-year +60 +85 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 635 385 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.11% 3.24% 1.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.89% 3.44% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 101 222 29
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £37,574 £40,000 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £48,750 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.19% +10.17% +20.41%
75th Percentile - £55,000 £64,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £80,000 £76,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -4.76% +5.00%

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 6,421 11,194 8,325
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 94.31% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,804 8,318 4,674
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer 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 14 May 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 14 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 +56 356 £35,000 -30.00% 91
East Midlands +48 278 £47,683 +12.20% 44
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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.

1 515 (81.10%) Systems Engineering
2 443 (69.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 307 (48.35%) Degree
4 218 (34.33%) Automotive
5 213 (33.54%) Validation
6 165 (25.98%) Agile
7 164 (25.83%) MATLAB
8 153 (24.09%) Project Planning
9 117 (18.43%) SysML
10 115 (18.11%) Simulink
10 115 (18.11%) Aerospace
11 104 (16.38%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 102 (16.06%) Software Testing
13 99 (15.59%) Telecoms
14 67 (10.55%) Acceptance Criteria
15 64 (10.08%) Mathematics
15 64 (10.08%) Physics
16 63 (9.92%) UML
17 54 (8.50%) Requirements Management
17 54 (8.50%) Verification and Validation
18 50 (7.87%) Cybersecurity
19 49 (7.72%) Presentation Skills
19 49 (7.72%) MODAF
20 40 (6.30%) Social Skills
21 36 (5.67%) Collaborative Working
21 36 (5.67%) Chemistry
21 36 (5.67%) Law
21 36 (5.67%) Logistics
22 34 (5.35%) Computer Science
22 34 (5.35%) Windows

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 17 (2.68%) Confluence
2 2 (0.31%) WinCC
3 1 (0.16%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 115 (18.11%) Simulink
2 14 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (2.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (2.20%) Google Workspace
2 5 (0.79%) Azure
3 4 (0.63%) AWS
3 4 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (0.63%) SaaS
4 1 (0.16%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (0.16%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (0.16%) IaaS
4 1 (0.16%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.52%) Firewall
1 16 (2.52%) VLAN
2 15 (2.36%) DHCP
2 15 (2.36%) DNS
3 14 (2.20%) BGP
3 14 (2.20%) OSPF
3 14 (2.20%) TCP/IP
3 14 (2.20%) WLAN
4 5 (0.79%) Ethernet
4 5 (0.79%) Profibus
5 4 (0.63%) Broadband
5 4 (0.63%) Modbus
6 2 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.31%) Network Security
6 2 (0.31%) SSL
6 2 (0.31%) Wireless
7 1 (0.16%) HTTP
7 1 (0.16%) SAN
7 1 (0.16%) VRRP
7 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.83%) MySQL
2 16 (2.52%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (2.68%) Git
1 17 (2.68%) JIRA
2 16 (2.52%) Bitbucket
3 14 (2.20%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.16%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.16%) Maven
4 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 218 (34.33%) Automotive
2 115 (18.11%) Aerospace
3 99 (15.59%) Telecoms
4 49 (7.72%) Presentation Skills
5 40 (6.30%) Social Skills
6 36 (5.67%) Law
7 20 (3.15%) Electronics
8 17 (2.68%) Retail
9 12 (1.89%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.47%) Legal
11 2 (0.31%) Agriculture
11 2 (0.31%) Avionics
11 2 (0.31%) Finance
11 2 (0.31%) Wearables
12 1 (0.16%) Advertising
12 1 (0.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.16%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.16%) Marketing
12 1 (0.16%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.16%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.83%) .NET
2 1 (0.16%) LDAP
2 1 (0.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.52%) Management Information System
2 14 (2.20%) Smartphone
3 13 (2.05%) SCADA
4 5 (0.79%) Data Centre
5 4 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (0.31%) CCTV
6 2 (0.31%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.31%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.16%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.16%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.16%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.16%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.35%) Windows
2 33 (5.20%) Linux
3 15 (2.36%) Ubuntu
3 15 (2.36%) Windows 10
3 15 (2.36%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.20%) Mac OS X
4 14 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
4 14 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.16%) CentOS
5 1 (0.16%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (81.10%) Systems Engineering
2 213 (33.54%) Validation
3 165 (25.98%) Agile
4 153 (24.09%) Project Planning
5 117 (18.43%) SysML
6 104 (16.38%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 102 (16.06%) Software Testing
8 67 (10.55%) Acceptance Criteria
9 64 (10.08%) Mathematics
9 64 (10.08%) Physics
10 63 (9.92%) UML
11 54 (8.50%) Requirements Management
11 54 (8.50%) Verification and Validation
12 50 (7.87%) Cybersecurity
13 49 (7.72%) MODAF
14 36 (5.67%) Chemistry
14 36 (5.67%) Collaborative Working
14 36 (5.67%) Logistics
15 34 (5.35%) Computer Science
16 31 (4.88%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 164 (25.83%) MATLAB
2 16 (2.52%) C#
2 16 (2.52%) SQL
3 15 (2.36%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.10%) Ladder Logic
5 4 (0.63%) Python
6 2 (0.31%) C
6 2 (0.31%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.16%) Bash
7 1 (0.16%) Java
7 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 443 (69.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 307 (48.35%) Degree
3 18 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (2.36%) HNC
5 14 (2.20%) HND
5 14 (2.20%) MCSE
5 14 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (2.05%) Chartered Engineer
7 5 (0.79%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.16%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.16%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.16%) CCNA
9 1 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.20%) ARP4754
1 14 (2.20%) DO-254
1 14 (2.20%) IEC 61508
2 4 (0.63%) IEC 61131
3 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.16%) GDPR
4 1 (0.16%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.16%) PMO
4 1 (0.16%) QA
4 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (2.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.16%) Docker
4 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (2.52%) Ansible
2 1 (0.16%) Nessus
2 1 (0.16%) Puppet
2 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (2.83%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.52%) Atlassian
3 15 (2.36%) IBM
3 15 (2.36%) Ubiquiti
4 14 (2.20%) Apple
4 14 (2.20%) Cisco
4 14 (2.20%) Dell
4 14 (2.20%) Fortinet
4 14 (2.20%) Google
5 9 (1.42%) Rockwell
5 9 (1.42%) Siemens
6 5 (0.79%) VMware
7 4 (0.63%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (0.31%) SAP
8 2 (0.31%) Veeam
9 1 (0.16%) AVEVA
9 1 (0.16%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.16%) IBM Sterling
9 1 (0.16%) Meraki
9 1 (0.16%) Sophos