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 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 122 125
Rank change year-on-year +78 +3 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 344 147 91
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.41% 2.16% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.87% 2.29% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 92 76 59
10th Percentile £36,625 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £35,000 £48,050
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -27.16% +2.23%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,563 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,250 £61,650
England median annual salary £55,000 £51,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.28% -1.43% +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 7,070 6,422 4,407
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.33% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,280 3,038 3,646
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,575
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,225 £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 24 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 24 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 +92 254 £65,000 +85.71% 47
East Midlands +15 90 £55,000 -8.33% 23
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 (54.07%) City & Guilds
1 186 (54.07%) COSHH
1 186 (54.07%) Inventory Management
1 186 (54.07%) Mentoring
1 186 (54.07%) NVQ Level 3
1 186 (54.07%) Postgraduate
1 186 (54.07%) Preventative Maintenance
2 28 (8.14%) Systems Engineering
3 25 (7.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 25 (7.27%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 22 (6.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 18 (5.23%) Degree
6 17 (4.94%) Validation
7 15 (4.36%) LabVIEW
7 15 (4.36%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (4.36%) Requirements Management
8 14 (4.07%) Verification and Validation
9 13 (3.78%) Project Planning
10 11 (3.20%) Rational DOORS
11 9 (2.62%) Technical Leadership
12 8 (2.33%) Active Directory
12 8 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (2.03%) Enterprise Architecture
13 7 (2.03%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.03%) Siemens
13 7 (2.03%) Software Testing
14 6 (1.74%) Rockwell
14 6 (1.74%) Signal Processing
14 6 (1.74%) SysML
14 6 (1.74%) VMware

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 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.87%) WinCC
3 2 (0.58%) ArchestrA
3 2 (0.58%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.29%) CATIA
1 1 (0.29%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 4 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (2.03%) Entra ID
3 5 (1.45%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.45%) Profibus
2 4 (1.16%) Modbus
3 3 (0.87%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.58%) Firewall
5 1 (0.29%) SAN
Development Applications
1 15 (4.36%) LabVIEW
2 11 (3.20%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (1.45%) JIRA
3 5 (1.45%) Subversion
General
1 186 (54.07%) Finance
1 186 (54.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 15 (4.36%) Electronics
3 14 (4.07%) Manufacturing
4 13 (3.78%) Social Skills
5 12 (3.49%) Automotive
6 6 (1.74%) Aeronautics
6 6 (1.74%) Aerospace
6 6 (1.74%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.29%) Advertising
8 1 (0.29%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (2.62%) SCADA
2 7 (2.03%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (1.74%) Driving Licence
4 5 (1.45%) Online Gambling
4 5 (1.45%) Operational Technology
5 4 (1.16%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.16%) FMCG
5 4 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (0.87%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.58%) IoT
8 1 (0.29%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.29%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.74%) Windows
1 6 (1.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (54.07%) Inventory Management
1 186 (54.07%) Mentoring
1 186 (54.07%) Preventative Maintenance
2 28 (8.14%) Systems Engineering
3 25 (7.27%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 17 (4.94%) Validation
5 15 (4.36%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (4.36%) Requirements Management
6 14 (4.07%) Verification and Validation
7 13 (3.78%) Project Planning
8 9 (2.62%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (2.03%) Enterprise Architecture
9 7 (2.03%) Software Testing
10 6 (1.74%) Signal Processing
10 6 (1.74%) SysML
11 5 (1.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (1.45%) Issue Tracking
11 5 (1.45%) Performance Testing
11 5 (1.45%) Test Automation
11 5 (1.45%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.16%) Ladder Logic
2 1 (0.29%) Bicep
2 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.29%) Python
2 1 (0.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 186 (54.07%) City & Guilds
1 186 (54.07%) NVQ Level 3
1 186 (54.07%) Postgraduate
2 25 (7.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 18 (5.23%) Degree
4 4 (1.16%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.87%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.87%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (54.07%) COSHH
2 22 (6.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 3 (0.87%) IEC 61131
3 3 (0.87%) IEC 61508
4 2 (0.58%) QA
System Software
1 8 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (2.03%) Siemens
2 6 (1.74%) Rockwell
2 6 (1.74%) VMware
3 4 (1.16%) HubSpot
3 4 (1.16%) IBM
3 4 (1.16%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.16%) Salesforce
3 4 (1.16%) Zoho
4 3 (0.87%) Allen-Bradley
4 3 (0.87%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.29%) AVEVA