Systems Engineering Jobs in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Systems Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 189 150
Rank change year-on-year +186 -39 +22
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 1,602 137 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.55% 1.13% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.60% 1.39% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 80 58 12
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,400 £49,125
25th Percentile £37,574 £42,313 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% - +19.57%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £62,625 £71,725 -
England median annual salary £50,055 £58,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.07% -16.79% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Systems Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,511 9,858 8,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.64% 81.50% 96.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 7,185 4,441
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,875 £35,000 £38,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,374 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Systems Engineering in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
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 Engineering within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 May 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 +161 954 £35,000 -36.36% 107
East Midlands +137 648 £47,683 -4.63% 32
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
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 16 (1.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 221 (13.80%) Simulink
2 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.062%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (0.87%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (0.81%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.81%) BGP
1 13 (0.81%) DHCP
1 13 (0.81%) DNS
1 13 (0.81%) Firewall
1 13 (0.81%) OSPF
1 13 (0.81%) TCP/IP
1 13 (0.81%) VLAN
1 13 (0.81%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.00%) MySQL
1 16 (1.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 100 (6.24%) Rational DOORS
2 43 (2.68%) JIRA
3 16 (1.00%) Bitbucket
3 16 (1.00%) Git
General
1 378 (23.60%) Automotive
2 221 (13.80%) Aerospace
3 173 (10.80%) Law
4 154 (9.61%) Telecoms
5 121 (7.55%) Social Skills
6 54 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
7 45 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
8 39 (2.43%) Electronics
9 26 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (1.62%) Legal
10 13 (0.81%) Retail
11 2 (0.12%) Agriculture
11 2 (0.12%) Avionics
12 1 (0.062%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.062%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.062%) Marketing
12 1 (0.062%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1,006 (62.80%) Principal Engineer
2 987 (61.61%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 519 (32.40%) Systems Engineer
4 308 (19.23%) Senior
5 160 (9.99%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 130 (8.11%) Integration Engineer
6 130 (8.11%) System Verification Engineer
6 130 (8.11%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 130 (8.11%) Validation Engineer
7 127 (7.93%) Requirements Engineer
8 99 (6.18%) Development Engineer
8 99 (6.18%) Software Development Engineer
8 99 (6.18%) Software Engineer
9 81 (5.06%) Principal Modelling Engineer
10 77 (4.81%) Engineering Manager
11 63 (3.93%) Principal Software Engineer
12 52 (3.25%) Lead
13 36 (2.25%) Senior Development Engineer
13 36 (2.25%) Senior Software Development Engineer
13 36 (2.25%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.00%) .NET
2 1 (0.062%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 62 (3.87%) Management Information System
2 13 (0.81%) Smartphone
3 6 (0.37%) Product Ownership
4 2 (0.12%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (0.12%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (0.12%) SCADA
5 1 (0.062%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.062%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.062%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.062%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 29 (1.81%) Linux
1 29 (1.81%) Windows
2 13 (0.81%) Mac OS X
2 13 (0.81%) Ubuntu
2 13 (0.81%) Windows 10
2 13 (0.81%) Windows Server
2 13 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
2 13 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 622 (38.83%) Validation
2 552 (34.46%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 400 (24.97%) Collaborative Working
4 355 (22.16%) SysML
5 300 (18.73%) Physics
6 299 (18.66%) Mathematics
7 288 (17.98%) Project Planning
8 286 (17.85%) Verification and Validation
9 282 (17.60%) Agile
10 204 (12.73%) Software Testing
11 173 (10.80%) Chemistry
11 173 (10.80%) Logistics
12 153 (9.55%) Systems Thinking
13 125 (7.80%) Acceptance Criteria
14 123 (7.68%) Software Engineering
15 120 (7.49%) Requirements Management
16 90 (5.62%) Ergonomics
16 90 (5.62%) Human Factors
17 67 (4.18%) UML
18 59 (3.68%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 274 (17.10%) MATLAB
2 16 (1.00%) C#
3 13 (0.81%) PowerShell
3 13 (0.81%) SQL
4 3 (0.19%) C
5 2 (0.12%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1,402 (87.52%) BPSS Clearance
2 905 (56.49%) Degree
3 133 (8.30%) Chartered Engineer
4 122 (7.62%) ISTQB
5 14 (0.87%) Master's Degree
6 13 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (0.81%) HNC
6 13 (0.81%) HND
6 13 (0.81%) MCSE
6 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.062%) PhD
7 1 (0.062%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.062%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (9.55%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 45 (2.81%) IEC 61508
3 31 (1.94%) Def Stans
4 14 (0.87%) ARP4754
4 14 (0.87%) DO-254
5 6 (0.37%) ISO 26262
6 5 (0.31%) Automotive SPICE
System Software
1 13 (0.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (1.00%) Ansible
2 6 (0.37%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.062%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 16 (1.00%) Atlassian
2 14 (0.87%) IBM
3 13 (0.81%) Apple
3 13 (0.81%) Cisco
3 13 (0.81%) Dell
3 13 (0.81%) Fortinet
3 13 (0.81%) Google
3 13 (0.81%) Microsoft
3 13 (0.81%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (0.062%) Facebook
4 1 (0.062%) HP
4 1 (0.062%) MathWorks
4 1 (0.062%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.062%) Oracle
4 1 (0.062%) PayPal
4 1 (0.062%) YouTube