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 18 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 74 134
Rank change year-on-year -46 +60 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 122 277 99
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.20% 3.03% 1.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.37% 3.20% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 70 142 36
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £37,813
25th Percentile £48,262 £32,500 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £47,775
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +4.66% +3.86%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £79,000 £66,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +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 5,153 8,657 5,111
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 94.80% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3,173 4,425 3,948
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Systems Engineer job vacancy trend 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 18 October 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 18 October 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 -8 67 £55,000 +57.14% 52
East Midlands -45 55 £50,000 -16.67% 35
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (22.95%) Degree
2 21 (17.21%) Siemens
3 19 (15.57%) Validation
4 18 (14.75%) Rockwell
4 18 (14.75%) Systems Engineering
5 16 (13.11%) Modbus
6 15 (12.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (12.30%) Ethernet
6 15 (12.30%) Profibus
7 14 (11.48%) Ladder Logic
7 14 (11.48%) Risk Assessment
8 13 (10.66%) Master's Degree
9 12 (9.84%) Allen-Bradley
9 12 (9.84%) Mechatronics
10 11 (9.02%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (7.38%) Azure
12 8 (6.56%) Active Directory
12 8 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (6.56%) Technical Leadership
13 7 (5.74%) City & Guilds
13 7 (5.74%) Microsoft
13 7 (5.74%) SaaS
14 6 (4.92%) Entra ID
14 6 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
14 6 (4.92%) VMware
15 5 (4.10%) LabVIEW
15 5 (4.10%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 5 (4.10%) Problem-Solving
15 5 (4.10%) Rational DOORS

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.46%) WinCC
3 2 (1.64%) ArchestrA
3 2 (1.64%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Simulink
2 1 (0.82%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.38%) Azure
2 8 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.74%) SaaS
4 6 (4.92%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.64%) AWS
5 2 (1.64%) Serverless
6 1 (0.82%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.82%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.82%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.82%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.82%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.82%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.11%) Modbus
2 15 (12.30%) Ethernet
2 15 (12.30%) Profibus
3 4 (3.28%) Wireless
4 2 (1.64%) Firewall
4 2 (1.64%) MQTT
4 2 (1.64%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.82%) MySQL
1 1 (0.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (4.10%) LabVIEW
1 5 (4.10%) Rational DOORS
General
1 23 (18.85%) Manufacturing
2 17 (13.93%) Electronics
2 17 (13.93%) Social Skills
3 6 (4.92%) Automotive
4 4 (3.28%) Finance
4 4 (3.28%) Legal
5 3 (2.46%) Aerospace
5 3 (2.46%) Law
5 3 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (2.46%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.46%) Wearables
6 2 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.64%) Avionics
6 2 (1.64%) Back Office
7 1 (0.82%) Advertising
7 1 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.82%) .NET
1 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (0.82%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.39%) SCADA
2 10 (8.20%) Data Centre
3 9 (7.38%) Operational Technology
4 8 (6.56%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (4.10%) FMCG
6 4 (3.28%) CCTV
6 4 (3.28%) Driving Licence
6 4 (3.28%) IoT
7 3 (2.46%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.64%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (1.64%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.64%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.82%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.10%) Windows
1 5 (4.10%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (15.57%) Validation
2 18 (14.75%) Systems Engineering
3 14 (11.48%) Risk Assessment
4 12 (9.84%) Mechatronics
5 11 (9.02%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (6.56%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (4.10%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 5 (4.10%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (4.10%) Signal Processing
7 5 (4.10%) Software Engineering
8 4 (3.28%) Agile
8 4 (3.28%) CRM
8 4 (3.28%) Project Management
8 4 (3.28%) Prototyping
9 3 (2.46%) Mentoring
9 3 (2.46%) Physics
9 3 (2.46%) Requirements Management
9 3 (2.46%) Software Testing
9 3 (2.46%) Test Planning
10 2 (1.64%) Chemistry
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.48%) Ladder Logic
2 4 (3.28%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.46%) MATLAB
4 2 (1.64%) SQL
5 1 (0.82%) Bicep
5 1 (0.82%) Java
5 1 (0.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (22.95%) Degree
2 15 (12.30%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (10.66%) Master's Degree
4 7 (5.74%) City & Guilds
5 4 (3.28%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.46%) HND
7 2 (1.64%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (1.64%) HNC
8 1 (0.82%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.82%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (2.46%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.64%) IEC 61131
3 2 (1.64%) IEC 61508
3 2 (1.64%) QA
4 1 (0.82%) GDPR
4 1 (0.82%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (6.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.46%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.64%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (17.21%) Siemens
2 18 (14.75%) Rockwell
3 12 (9.84%) Allen-Bradley
4 7 (5.74%) Microsoft
5 6 (4.92%) VMware
6 4 (3.28%) HubSpot
6 4 (3.28%) IBM
6 4 (3.28%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.28%) Zoho
7 3 (2.46%) AVEVA
8 1 (0.82%) Dell
8 1 (0.82%) EMC
8 1 (0.82%) IBM Sterling
8 1 (0.82%) PayPal
8 1 (0.82%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.82%) Veeam