Systems Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

System Engineer
England > Midlands

The median System Engineer salary in the Midlands is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 February 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 152 108
Rank change year-on-year +106 -44 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 387 80 212
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.22% 1.41% 2.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.62% 1.52% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 126 45 121
10th Percentile £30,633 - £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -30.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £51,564 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.66% +3.13% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 8,382 5,277 7,926
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.41% 93.02% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 5,170 2,597 6,421
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 25 February 2026.

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 25 February 2026. 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 +112 281 £60,000 +71.43% 52
East Midlands +26 106 £50,000 -9.09% 15
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 February 2026, 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.

1 187 (48.32%) Mentoring
2 186 (48.06%) City & Guilds
2 186 (48.06%) COSHH
2 186 (48.06%) Inventory Management
2 186 (48.06%) NVQ Level 3
2 186 (48.06%) Postgraduate
2 186 (48.06%) Preventative Maintenance
3 40 (10.34%) Systems Engineering
4 37 (9.56%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 35 (9.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 32 (8.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 26 (6.72%) Validation
8 23 (5.94%) Verification and Validation
9 22 (5.68%) Project Planning
10 21 (5.43%) Degree
10 21 (5.43%) Requirements Management
11 13 (3.36%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (3.10%) Rational DOORS
12 12 (3.10%) SysML
13 11 (2.84%) LabVIEW
14 10 (2.58%) Enterprise Architecture
15 6 (1.55%) Software Testing
16 5 (1.29%) Actionable Insight
16 5 (1.29%) Active Directory
16 5 (1.29%) Agile
16 5 (1.29%) Continuous Improvement
16 5 (1.29%) Entra ID
16 5 (1.29%) Issue Tracking
16 5 (1.29%) JIRA
16 5 (1.29%) Performance Testing

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 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.03%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.26%) CATIA
2 1 (0.26%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 5 (1.29%) Entra ID
2 4 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.26%) Azure
3 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
3 1 (0.26%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.29%) Tactical Data Link
2 2 (0.52%) Firewall
3 1 (0.26%) Broadband
3 1 (0.26%) Internet
3 1 (0.26%) Network Security
3 1 (0.26%) SAN
3 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 12 (3.10%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (2.84%) LabVIEW
3 5 (1.29%) JIRA
3 5 (1.29%) Subversion
4 4 (1.03%) CANoe
General
1 186 (48.06%) Finance
1 186 (48.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 16 (4.13%) Automotive
3 14 (3.62%) Electronics
4 12 (3.10%) Manufacturing
5 9 (2.33%) Social Skills
6 6 (1.55%) Aeronautics
6 6 (1.55%) Aerospace
6 6 (1.55%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.26%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.26%) LDAP
1 1 (0.26%) OAuth
1 1 (0.26%) OpenID
1 1 (0.26%) REST
1 1 (0.26%) SAML
1 1 (0.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (1.81%) Driving Licence
1 7 (1.81%) Robotics
1 7 (1.81%) SCADA
2 5 (1.29%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (1.29%) Online Gambling
3 3 (0.78%) CCTV
3 3 (0.78%) Operational Technology
3 3 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (0.78%) Smart Home
3 3 (0.78%) Smartphone
4 2 (0.52%) Algorithms
4 2 (0.52%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.26%) Clustering
5 1 (0.26%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.26%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.26%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.78%) Windows
1 3 (0.78%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.52%) CentOS
2 2 (0.52%) Linux
2 2 (0.52%) SUSE
2 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (48.32%) Mentoring
2 186 (48.06%) Inventory Management
2 186 (48.06%) Preventative Maintenance
3 40 (10.34%) Systems Engineering
4 37 (9.56%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 26 (6.72%) Validation
6 23 (5.94%) Verification and Validation
7 22 (5.68%) Project Planning
8 21 (5.43%) Requirements Management
9 13 (3.36%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (3.10%) SysML
11 10 (2.58%) Enterprise Architecture
12 6 (1.55%) Software Testing
13 5 (1.29%) Actionable Insight
13 5 (1.29%) Agile
13 5 (1.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 5 (1.29%) Performance Testing
13 5 (1.29%) Regression Testing
13 5 (1.29%) Test Automation
13 5 (1.29%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.78%) SQL
2 1 (0.26%) Bash
2 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.26%) Python
2 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 186 (48.06%) City & Guilds
1 186 (48.06%) NVQ Level 3
1 186 (48.06%) Postgraduate
2 35 (9.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 21 (5.43%) Degree
4 4 (1.03%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.78%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (48.06%) COSHH
2 32 (8.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 1 (0.26%) IEC 61131
3 1 (0.26%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.26%) NCSC
3 1 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (1.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 3 (0.78%) ServiceNow
1 3 (0.78%) VMware
2 2 (0.52%) IBM
2 2 (0.52%) Red Hat
2 2 (0.52%) Siemens
3 1 (0.26%) Allen-Bradley
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.26%) Rockwell
3 1 (0.26%) SonicWALL
3 1 (0.26%) Veeam