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 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 111 142
Rank change year-on-year +66 +31 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 340 156 79
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.43% 2.23% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.89% 2.37% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 91 79 49
10th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £48,050
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -6.35% +2.23%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,625 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £66,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +0.96%

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 6,955 6,588 4,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 94.34% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,187 3,182 3,592
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,813 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,515 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 16 December 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 December 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 +81 256 £65,000 +85.71% 22
East Midlands +11 84 £55,000 -8.33% 13
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 December 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.

1 186 (54.71%) City & Guilds
1 186 (54.71%) COSHH
1 186 (54.71%) Inventory Management
1 186 (54.71%) Mentoring
1 186 (54.71%) NVQ Level 3
1 186 (54.71%) Postgraduate
1 186 (54.71%) Preventative Maintenance
2 23 (6.76%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 23 (6.76%) Systems Engineering
3 20 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 19 (5.59%) Degree
5 17 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 16 (4.71%) Validation
7 15 (4.41%) LabVIEW
8 14 (4.12%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (3.53%) Requirements Management
9 12 (3.53%) Verification and Validation
10 10 (2.94%) Project Planning
11 9 (2.65%) Active Directory
11 9 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (2.65%) Rational DOORS
11 9 (2.65%) Siemens
11 9 (2.65%) Technical Leadership
12 8 (2.35%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.06%) Rockwell
14 6 (1.76%) Azure
14 6 (1.76%) Cybersecurity
14 6 (1.76%) Enterprise Architecture
14 6 (1.76%) Profibus
14 6 (1.76%) Software 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 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.88%) WinCC
3 2 (0.59%) ArchestrA
3 2 (0.59%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.29%) CATIA
1 1 (0.29%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (2.35%) Entra ID
3 6 (1.76%) Azure
4 1 (0.29%) Azure Functions
4 1 (0.29%) Power Automate
4 1 (0.29%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.29%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.29%) Serverless
4 1 (0.29%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.76%) Profibus
2 5 (1.47%) Modbus
3 4 (1.18%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.59%) Firewall
5 1 (0.29%) SAN
Development Applications
1 15 (4.41%) LabVIEW
2 9 (2.65%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (1.18%) JIRA
3 4 (1.18%) Subversion
General
1 186 (54.71%) Finance
1 186 (54.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 16 (4.71%) Manufacturing
3 14 (4.12%) Electronics
3 14 (4.12%) Social Skills
4 12 (3.53%) Automotive
5 6 (1.76%) Aeronautics
5 6 (1.76%) Aerospace
5 6 (1.76%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.29%) Advertising
7 1 (0.29%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (0.29%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 9 (2.65%) SCADA
2 7 (2.06%) Operational Technology
3 6 (1.76%) Driving Licence
3 6 (1.76%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (1.76%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (1.47%) Online Gambling
5 4 (1.18%) FMCG
6 3 (0.88%) Algorithms
6 3 (0.88%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.59%) IoT
8 1 (0.29%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.29%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.76%) Windows
1 6 (1.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (54.71%) Inventory Management
1 186 (54.71%) Mentoring
1 186 (54.71%) Preventative Maintenance
2 23 (6.76%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 23 (6.76%) Systems Engineering
3 16 (4.71%) Validation
4 14 (4.12%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (3.53%) Requirements Management
5 12 (3.53%) Verification and Validation
6 10 (2.94%) Project Planning
7 9 (2.65%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (1.76%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (1.76%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (1.76%) Software Testing
9 5 (1.47%) Agile
9 5 (1.47%) Signal Processing
9 5 (1.47%) SysML
10 4 (1.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (1.18%) CRM
10 4 (1.18%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.47%) Ladder Logic
2 2 (0.59%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.29%) Bicep
3 1 (0.29%) Python
3 1 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 186 (54.71%) City & Guilds
1 186 (54.71%) NVQ Level 3
1 186 (54.71%) Postgraduate
2 20 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 19 (5.59%) Degree
4 5 (1.47%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.88%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (54.71%) COSHH
2 17 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 3 (0.88%) IEC 61131
3 3 (0.88%) IEC 61508
4 2 (0.59%) QA
System Software
1 9 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (2.65%) Siemens
2 7 (2.06%) Rockwell
3 6 (1.76%) VMware
4 5 (1.47%) Microsoft
5 4 (1.18%) Allen-Bradley
5 4 (1.18%) HubSpot
5 4 (1.18%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.18%) Zoho
6 3 (0.88%) IBM
6 3 (0.88%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.29%) AVEVA