Senior Systems Engineer Job Trends in the North East

Senior System Engineer
England > North East

The median Senior System Engineer salary in the North East is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 - 116
Rank change year-on-year - - -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 12 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.48% - 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% - 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.38%
75th Percentile £51,875 - -
90th Percentile £53,750 - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £54,793 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.50% -8.68% -6.98%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 2,401 607 2,053
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.13% 87.84% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,758 365 1,622
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,813 £28,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,249
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -0.55% -9.50%
75th Percentile £69,473 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,258 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Senior Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in the North East

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in the North East

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the North East region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
Tyne and Wear - 12 £47,500 - 2
Senior Systems Engineer
England

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 26 June 2026, Senior 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 North East region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
1 5 (41.67%) Aruba
1 5 (41.67%) Cloud Security
1 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (41.67%) DBS Check
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
1 5 (41.67%) DHCP
1 5 (41.67%) DNS
1 5 (41.67%) IT Strategy
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (41.67%) Migration
1 5 (41.67%) OneDrive
1 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
1 5 (41.67%) SCCM
1 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
1 5 (41.67%) VMware
1 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (41.67%) vSphere
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
1 5 (41.67%) Windows Server

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 (41.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (41.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) DHCP
1 5 (41.67%) DNS
General
1 5 (41.67%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Cyber Security Posture
1 5 (41.67%) IoT
1 5 (41.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
1 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Cloud Security
1 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (41.67%) IT Strategy
1 5 (41.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) DBS Check
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
1 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (41.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Aruba
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
1 5 (41.67%) VMware