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 12 July 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 68 168
Rank change year-on-year +52 +100 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 644 458 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.29% 3.43% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.12% 3.64% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 115 253 28
10th Percentile £32,718 £30,000 £36,375
25th Percentile £40,250 £40,000 £42,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £49,000 £48,050
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +1.98% +16.17%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,250 £80,000 £64,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £50,750
% change year-on-year -4.66% +3.45% +1.50%

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 6,363 12,597 7,170
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 94.26% 90.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,268 8,683 4,533
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,256 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% -

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 +54 364 £55,000 +10.00% 60
East Midlands +37 279 £47,683 -1.68% 53
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 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.

1 474 (73.60%) Systems Engineering
2 418 (64.91%) BPSS Clearance
3 281 (43.63%) Degree
4 225 (34.94%) Validation
5 204 (31.68%) Automotive
6 153 (23.76%) Project Planning
7 147 (22.83%) MATLAB
8 139 (21.58%) Agile
9 110 (17.08%) Aerospace
10 109 (16.93%) Simulink
11 102 (15.84%) SysML
12 101 (15.68%) Software Testing
12 101 (15.68%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 100 (15.53%) Telecoms
14 61 (9.47%) Physics
15 60 (9.32%) Mathematics
16 56 (8.70%) Acceptance Criteria
17 54 (8.39%) Verification and Validation
17 54 (8.39%) Requirements Management
18 48 (7.45%) UML
19 43 (6.68%) Cybersecurity
20 38 (5.90%) Presentation Skills
20 38 (5.90%) MODAF
21 37 (5.75%) Law
22 36 (5.59%) Logistics
22 36 (5.59%) Chemistry
22 36 (5.59%) Collaborative Working
23 35 (5.43%) Social Skills
24 24 (3.73%) Electronics
25 22 (3.42%) SCADA

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 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.31%) WinCC
2 1 (0.16%) Confluence
2 1 (0.16%) FactoryTalk
2 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 109 (16.93%) Simulink
2 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (1.55%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (1.09%) Azure
1 7 (1.09%) SaaS
2 6 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (0.78%) Google Workspace
4 4 (0.62%) AWS
5 3 (0.47%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.31%) Serverless
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.16%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.16%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.16%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.16%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.16%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.16%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.33%) Ethernet
2 14 (2.17%) Modbus
3 13 (2.02%) Profibus
4 7 (1.09%) Firewall
5 6 (0.93%) DHCP
5 6 (0.93%) DNS
5 6 (0.93%) VLAN
6 5 (0.78%) BGP
6 5 (0.78%) OSPF
6 5 (0.78%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.78%) WLAN
7 4 (0.62%) Broadband
7 4 (0.62%) Wireless
8 2 (0.31%) MQTT
8 2 (0.31%) SAN
8 2 (0.31%) SSL
9 1 (0.16%) HTTP
9 1 (0.16%) Network Security
9 1 (0.16%) OpenLDAP
9 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.47%) MySQL
2 2 (0.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (1.55%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (0.62%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.16%) Git
3 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.16%) JIRA
3 1 (0.16%) Maven
3 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 204 (31.68%) Automotive
2 110 (17.08%) Aerospace
3 100 (15.53%) Telecoms
4 38 (5.90%) Presentation Skills
5 37 (5.75%) Law
6 35 (5.43%) Social Skills
7 24 (3.73%) Electronics
8 21 (3.26%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.09%) Retail
10 6 (0.93%) Avionics
10 6 (0.93%) Back Office
11 5 (0.78%) Legal
12 4 (0.62%) Finance
13 3 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.47%) Wearables
14 2 (0.31%) Analytical Skills
15 1 (0.16%) Advertising
15 1 (0.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.16%) Marketing
15 1 (0.16%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.31%) .NET
2 1 (0.16%) LDAP
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.16%) SPFx
2 1 (0.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.42%) SCADA
2 11 (1.71%) Data Centre
3 5 (0.78%) FMCG
3 5 (0.78%) Management Information System
3 5 (0.78%) Operational Technology
3 5 (0.78%) Smartphone
4 4 (0.62%) CCTV
4 4 (0.62%) IoT
4 4 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (0.47%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (0.31%) Biopharmaceutical
6 2 (0.31%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.31%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (0.31%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.16%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.16%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.71%) Windows
2 9 (1.40%) Linux
3 8 (1.24%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.93%) Ubuntu
4 6 (0.93%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.78%) Mac OS X
5 5 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.16%) CentOS
6 1 (0.16%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (73.60%) Systems Engineering
2 225 (34.94%) Validation
3 153 (23.76%) Project Planning
4 139 (21.58%) Agile
5 102 (15.84%) SysML
6 101 (15.68%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 101 (15.68%) Software Testing
7 61 (9.47%) Physics
8 60 (9.32%) Mathematics
9 56 (8.70%) Acceptance Criteria
10 54 (8.39%) Requirements Management
10 54 (8.39%) Verification and Validation
11 48 (7.45%) UML
12 43 (6.68%) Cybersecurity
13 38 (5.90%) MODAF
14 36 (5.59%) Chemistry
14 36 (5.59%) Collaborative Working
14 36 (5.59%) Logistics
15 20 (3.11%) Computer Science
16 16 (2.48%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 147 (22.83%) MATLAB
2 13 (2.02%) Ladder Logic
3 9 (1.40%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.24%) SQL
5 4 (0.62%) Python
6 1 (0.16%) Bash
6 1 (0.16%) Java
6 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 418 (64.91%) BPSS Clearance
2 281 (43.63%) Degree
3 14 (2.17%) Master's Degree
4 9 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.24%) HND
6 7 (1.09%) HNC
7 5 (0.78%) MCSE
7 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.62%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (0.62%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.16%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.16%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.16%) PhD
9 1 (0.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.17%) ARP4754
1 14 (2.17%) DO-254
1 14 (2.17%) IEC 61508
2 3 (0.47%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.31%) GDPR
3 2 (0.31%) IEC 61131
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 10 (1.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.16%) Docker
4 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (0.31%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.16%) Nessus
2 1 (0.16%) Puppet
2 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (2.95%) Siemens
2 18 (2.80%) Rockwell
3 12 (1.86%) Allen-Bradley
4 11 (1.71%) IBM
5 10 (1.55%) Microsoft
6 7 (1.09%) VMware
7 6 (0.93%) Dell
8 5 (0.78%) Apple
8 5 (0.78%) Cisco
8 5 (0.78%) Fortinet
8 5 (0.78%) Google
8 5 (0.78%) Ubiquiti
9 3 (0.47%) AVEVA
10 2 (0.31%) Veeam
11 1 (0.16%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.16%) IBM Sterling
11 1 (0.16%) PayPal
11 1 (0.16%) SAP
11 1 (0.16%) SonicWALL
11 1 (0.16%) Zoho