Systems Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

System Engineer
England > Midlands

The median System Engineer salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2026.

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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 138 72
Rank change year-on-year +95 -66 +82
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 492 82 379
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.82% 1.62% 3.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.10% 1.78% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 232 42 220
10th Percentile £26,265 - £31,250
25th Percentile £37,250 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,750 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -9.79% +2.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £64,264 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.56% +5.20% -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 11,999 4,598 10,870
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 90.71% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 7,639 2,797 8,247
10th Percentile £29,250 £27,500 £26,150
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,741
90th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 +96 371 £45,901 +31.14% 49
East Midlands +21 121 £50,000 +4.86% 18
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 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.

1 190 (38.62%) Mentoring
2 186 (37.80%) City & Guilds
2 186 (37.80%) COSHH
2 186 (37.80%) Inventory Management
2 186 (37.80%) NVQ Level 3
2 186 (37.80%) Postgraduate
2 186 (37.80%) Preventative Maintenance
3 36 (7.32%) Systems Engineering
4 30 (6.10%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 26 (5.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 22 (4.47%) Validation
8 18 (3.66%) Project Planning
8 18 (3.66%) Verification and Validation
9 16 (3.25%) QMS
9 16 (3.25%) Quality Management
10 15 (3.05%) Degree
10 15 (3.05%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (2.85%) Requirements Management
12 11 (2.24%) SysML
13 9 (1.83%) LabVIEW
14 8 (1.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 8 (1.63%) Rational DOORS
15 7 (1.42%) Active Directory
15 7 (1.42%) Enterprise Architecture
16 6 (1.22%) Agile
16 6 (1.22%) Azure
16 6 (1.22%) Entra ID
16 6 (1.22%) Firewall
16 6 (1.22%) Linux

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 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (0.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.20%) ArchestrA
2 1 (0.20%) FactoryTalk
2 1 (0.20%) PowerFactory
2 1 (0.20%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (0.81%) AutoCAD
1 4 (0.81%) CANalyzer
2 2 (0.41%) CATIA
3 1 (0.20%) Revit
3 1 (0.20%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.20%) Solid Edge
3 1 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 6 (1.22%) Azure
1 6 (1.22%) Entra ID
2 4 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (0.61%) Mimecast
4 1 (0.20%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.22%) Firewall
2 5 (1.02%) Tactical Data Link
3 3 (0.61%) Internet
3 3 (0.61%) Network Security
3 3 (0.61%) SAN
3 3 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.41%) Modbus
4 2 (0.41%) Profibus
5 1 (0.20%) Broadband
5 1 (0.20%) DHCP
5 1 (0.20%) DNS
5 1 (0.20%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 9 (1.83%) LabVIEW
2 8 (1.63%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (1.02%) JIRA
3 5 (1.02%) Subversion
4 4 (0.81%) CANoe
General
1 189 (38.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 187 (38.01%) Finance
3 32 (6.50%) Manufacturing
4 15 (3.05%) Electronics
5 11 (2.24%) Automotive
6 9 (1.83%) Social Skills
7 7 (1.42%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (1.22%) Avionics
9 5 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.61%) Aeronautics
10 3 (0.61%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.20%) Military
11 1 (0.20%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.20%) Retail
11 1 (0.20%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.20%) Flash
1 1 (0.20%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.20%) LDAP
1 1 (0.20%) OAuth
1 1 (0.20%) OpenID
1 1 (0.20%) REST
1 1 (0.20%) SAML
1 1 (0.20%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.66%) SCADA
2 9 (1.83%) CCTV
3 8 (1.63%) Driving Licence
4 7 (1.42%) Robotics
4 7 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (0.81%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.61%) Clustering
7 3 (0.61%) Online Gambling
7 3 (0.61%) Operational Technology
7 3 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.61%) Smart Home
8 1 (0.20%) 3D Printing
8 1 (0.20%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.20%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.20%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.22%) Linux
2 3 (0.61%) CentOS
2 3 (0.61%) SUSE
2 3 (0.61%) Ubuntu
2 3 (0.61%) Windows
3 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (38.62%) Mentoring
2 186 (37.80%) Inventory Management
2 186 (37.80%) Preventative Maintenance
3 36 (7.32%) Systems Engineering
4 30 (6.10%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 22 (4.47%) Validation
6 18 (3.66%) Project Planning
6 18 (3.66%) Verification and Validation
7 16 (3.25%) QMS
7 16 (3.25%) Quality Management
8 15 (3.05%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (2.85%) Requirements Management
10 11 (2.24%) SysML
11 8 (1.63%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (1.42%) Enterprise Architecture
13 6 (1.22%) Agile
13 6 (1.22%) Test Automation
14 5 (1.02%) Actionable Insight
14 5 (1.02%) Issue Tracking
14 5 (1.02%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.02%) SQL
2 2 (0.41%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.41%) Python
3 1 (0.20%) Bash
3 1 (0.20%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 186 (37.80%) City & Guilds
1 186 (37.80%) NVQ Level 3
1 186 (37.80%) Postgraduate
2 26 (5.28%) BPSS Clearance
3 15 (3.05%) Degree
4 6 (1.22%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.22%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.02%) HNC
6 3 (0.61%) HND
6 3 (0.61%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.20%) CCNA
7 1 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.20%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (37.80%) COSHH
2 25 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 4 (0.81%) QA
4 2 (0.41%) GDPR
4 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.20%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.20%) NCSC
5 1 (0.20%) NIST
5 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.81%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.61%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (1.02%) Microsoft
2 4 (0.81%) Allen-Bradley
2 4 (0.81%) Siemens
3 3 (0.61%) HP
3 3 (0.61%) Red Hat
3 3 (0.61%) SonicWALL
3 3 (0.61%) Veeam
4 2 (0.41%) Rockwell
5 1 (0.20%) DIgSILENT
5 1 (0.20%) IBM
5 1 (0.20%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.20%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.20%) VMware