Systems Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

System Engineer
England > Midlands

The median System Engineer salary in the Midlands is £49,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 149 153
Rank change year-on-year +85 +4 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 407 147 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.50% 1.94% 2.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.71% 2.15% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 243 29 116
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,750 £34,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £48,050 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% +6.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £49,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £64,000 £66,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

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 10,958 6,838 11,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 90.04% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,238 4,339 7,425
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,004 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +44 241 £49,000 +1.98% 27
East Midlands +82 166 £50,000 +17.65% 14
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 69 (16.95%) Systems Engineering
2 61 (14.99%) Automotive
3 46 (11.30%) Degree
4 40 (9.83%) Manufacturing
5 29 (7.13%) Linux
5 29 (7.13%) Microsoft
5 29 (7.13%) Embedded Systems
5 29 (7.13%) Social Skills
6 23 (5.65%) Customer Service
6 23 (5.65%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (5.16%) Security Cleared
8 20 (4.91%) SQL
9 19 (4.67%) Firewall
9 19 (4.67%) Project Delivery
10 18 (4.42%) Windows
10 18 (4.42%) EMC
10 18 (4.42%) Computer Science
11 17 (4.18%) Active Directory
11 17 (4.18%) Telecoms
11 17 (4.18%) Software Engineering
11 17 (4.18%) Retail
12 16 (3.93%) C#
13 15 (3.69%) Test Automation
13 15 (3.69%) Management Information System
14 14 (3.44%) Project Management
14 14 (3.44%) VMware
15 13 (3.19%) Azure
15 13 (3.19%) Windows Server
15 13 (3.19%) Master's Degree
16 12 (2.95%) Chartered Engineer

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 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.98%) IIS
3 1 (0.25%) WinCC
Applications
1 9 (2.21%) OrCAD
2 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.23%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.49%) Simulink
7 1 (0.25%) CATIA
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 13 (3.19%) Azure
2 10 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (1.47%) Google Workspace
4 3 (0.74%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.49%) AWS
5 2 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.25%) Azure Storage
6 1 (0.25%) IaaS
6 1 (0.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.67%) Firewall
2 10 (2.46%) DHCP
2 10 (2.46%) DNS
3 9 (2.21%) VPN
3 9 (2.21%) WAN
4 7 (1.72%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.47%) BGP
5 6 (1.47%) OSPF
5 6 (1.47%) VLAN
5 6 (1.47%) WLAN
6 5 (1.23%) Internet
6 5 (1.23%) IPsec
7 4 (0.98%) LAN
8 3 (0.74%) FlexRay
8 3 (0.74%) SAN
8 3 (0.74%) Software-Defined Radio
9 2 (0.49%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.49%) Profibus
10 1 (0.25%) MQTT
10 1 (0.25%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.21%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.47%) MySQL
3 4 (0.98%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (1.97%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.25%) JIRA
2 1 (0.25%) Postman
2 1 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (14.99%) Automotive
2 40 (9.83%) Manufacturing
3 29 (7.13%) Social Skills
4 17 (4.18%) Retail
4 17 (4.18%) Telecoms
5 12 (2.95%) Electronics
6 6 (1.47%) Finance
6 6 (1.47%) Military
7 5 (1.23%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.49%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.49%) Legal
8 2 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.25%) Advertising
9 1 (0.25%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.49%) REST
1 2 (0.49%) WebRTC
2 1 (0.25%) .NET
2 1 (0.25%) JSON
2 1 (0.25%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.13%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (3.69%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.70%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.70%) IoT
4 8 (1.97%) CCTV
5 6 (1.47%) Smartphone
6 5 (1.23%) FMCG
7 4 (0.98%) Clustering
7 4 (0.98%) Mainframe
7 4 (0.98%) PMI
8 3 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.74%) Robotics
8 3 (0.74%) SCADA
9 2 (0.49%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.49%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.49%) State Machine
10 1 (0.25%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.13%) Linux
2 18 (4.42%) Windows
3 13 (3.19%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.70%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.47%) Mac OS X
7 6 (1.47%) SUSE
7 6 (1.47%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.23%) CentOS
9 1 (0.25%) Android
9 1 (0.25%) Unix
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (16.95%) Systems Engineering
2 23 (5.65%) Customer Service
2 23 (5.65%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (4.67%) Project Delivery
4 18 (4.42%) Computer Science
5 17 (4.18%) Software Engineering
6 15 (3.69%) Test Automation
7 14 (3.44%) Project Management
8 12 (2.95%) Software Testing
9 11 (2.70%) CAD
9 11 (2.70%) Mathematics
10 9 (2.21%) Mentoring
10 9 (2.21%) Root Cause Analysis
11 8 (1.97%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (1.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (1.72%) Server Management
13 6 (1.47%) Business Case
13 6 (1.47%) Mathematical Modelling
13 6 (1.47%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 6 (1.47%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.91%) SQL
2 16 (3.93%) C#
3 12 (2.95%) PowerShell
4 4 (0.98%) C
5 3 (0.74%) Java
5 3 (0.74%) R
6 2 (0.49%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.49%) Ladder Logic
6 2 (0.49%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.25%) C++
7 1 (0.25%) Python
7 1 (0.25%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 46 (11.30%) Degree
2 21 (5.16%) Security Cleared
3 13 (3.19%) Master's Degree
4 12 (2.95%) Chartered Engineer
5 11 (2.70%) MCSE
5 11 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.97%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.72%) HNC
7 7 (1.72%) HND
8 5 (1.23%) CCNA
8 5 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.98%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.74%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.47%) QA
2 5 (1.23%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 3 (0.74%) JSP 440
3 3 (0.74%) PMO
4 2 (0.49%) GDPR
4 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 17 (4.18%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.46%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.21%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (2.21%) Firmware
5 2 (0.49%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.49%) vSphere
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (1.47%) Functional Safety
2 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.74%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (7.13%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.42%) EMC
3 14 (3.44%) VMware
4 12 (2.95%) Siemens
5 10 (2.46%) Apple
6 9 (2.21%) Dell
6 9 (2.21%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.97%) Cisco
8 6 (1.47%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.47%) Google
8 6 (1.47%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (0.98%) HP
10 3 (0.74%) Ruckus Wireless
10 3 (0.74%) Veeam
11 2 (0.49%) Allen-Bradley
11 2 (0.49%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.49%) Meraki
11 2 (0.49%) Oracle
11 2 (0.49%) SonicWALL
12 1 (0.25%) QinetiQ