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 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 98 138
Rank change year-on-year +13 +40 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 151 221 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.48% 2.59% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.68% 2.76% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 85 108 39
10th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £41,875
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 £62,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +3.26%

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 5,636 7,994 4,667
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 93.58% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,870 3,985 3,678
10th Percentile £27,725 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -0.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.45% -4.07% -

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 29 November 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 29 November 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
East Midlands +9 80 £55,000 -8.33% 19
West Midlands +18 71 £62,500 +78.57% 33
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 November 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 23 (15.23%) Degree
2 21 (13.91%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 21 (13.91%) Systems Engineering
3 19 (12.58%) BPSS Clearance
4 17 (11.26%) Validation
5 15 (9.93%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 15 (9.93%) Siemens
6 14 (9.27%) LabVIEW
7 13 (8.61%) Rockwell
8 12 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (7.28%) Requirements Management
10 10 (6.62%) Active Directory
10 10 (6.62%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (6.62%) Modbus
11 9 (5.96%) Ethernet
11 9 (5.96%) Profibus
11 9 (5.96%) Verification and Validation
12 8 (5.30%) Entra ID
12 8 (5.30%) Ladder Logic
12 8 (5.30%) Project Planning
12 8 (5.30%) Rational DOORS
12 8 (5.30%) Risk Assessment
12 8 (5.30%) Technical Leadership
12 8 (5.30%) VMware
13 7 (4.64%) Allen-Bradley
13 7 (4.64%) Azure
13 7 (4.64%) Master's Degree
13 7 (4.64%) VMware Infrastructure
13 7 (4.64%) Windows

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 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.99%) WinCC
3 2 (1.32%) ArchestrA
3 2 (1.32%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (0.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.66%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.66%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 4 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (5.30%) Entra ID
3 7 (4.64%) Azure
4 1 (0.66%) Azure Functions
4 1 (0.66%) Power Automate
4 1 (0.66%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.66%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.66%) SaaS
4 1 (0.66%) Serverless
4 1 (0.66%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.62%) Modbus
2 9 (5.96%) Ethernet
2 9 (5.96%) Profibus
3 2 (1.32%) Firewall
3 2 (1.32%) MQTT
3 2 (1.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.66%) MySQL
1 1 (0.66%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (9.27%) LabVIEW
2 8 (5.30%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.66%) JIRA
3 1 (0.66%) Subversion
General
1 19 (12.58%) Manufacturing
2 15 (9.93%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.27%) Electronics
4 12 (7.95%) Automotive
5 6 (3.97%) Aeronautics
5 6 (3.97%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.32%) Avionics
8 2 (1.32%) Back Office
9 1 (0.66%) Advertising
9 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (0.66%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.27%) SCADA
2 10 (6.62%) Operational Technology
3 8 (5.30%) Renewable Energy
4 7 (4.64%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.31%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.31%) FMCG
5 5 (3.31%) Online Gambling
6 4 (2.65%) IoT
7 3 (1.99%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.99%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.99%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.32%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (1.32%) Industry 4.0
9 1 (0.66%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.64%) Windows
1 7 (4.64%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.66%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (13.91%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 21 (13.91%) Systems Engineering
2 17 (11.26%) Validation
3 12 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (7.28%) Requirements Management
5 10 (6.62%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (5.96%) Verification and Validation
7 8 (5.30%) Project Planning
7 8 (5.30%) Risk Assessment
7 8 (5.30%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (3.97%) Mechatronics
9 5 (3.31%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (3.31%) Signal Processing
10 4 (2.65%) CRM
10 4 (2.65%) Project Management
10 4 (2.65%) Prototyping
11 3 (1.99%) ITIL
11 3 (1.99%) ITSM
11 3 (1.99%) Security Management
11 3 (1.99%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.30%) Ladder Logic
2 3 (1.99%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.66%) Bicep
3 1 (0.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (15.23%) Degree
2 19 (12.58%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (4.64%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.99%) HND
4 3 (1.99%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.99%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.32%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (1.32%) HNC
6 1 (0.66%) City & Guilds
6 1 (0.66%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.93%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (1.99%) IEC 61131
2 3 (1.99%) IEC 61508
3 2 (1.32%) QA
4 1 (0.66%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (6.62%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.99%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.32%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (9.93%) Siemens
2 13 (8.61%) Rockwell
3 8 (5.30%) VMware
4 7 (4.64%) Allen-Bradley
5 6 (3.97%) Microsoft
6 4 (2.65%) HubSpot
6 4 (2.65%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.65%) Zoho
7 3 (1.99%) AVEVA
7 3 (1.99%) IBM
7 3 (1.99%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.66%) Dell
8 1 (0.66%) EMC
8 1 (0.66%) SonicWALL