Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Senior System Engineer
England > North of England

The median Senior System Engineer salary in the North of England is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 341 383
Rank change year-on-year +297 +42 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 645 49 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.55% 0.28% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.02% 0.29% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 459 31 8
10th Percentile £47,683 - £36,356
25th Percentile £48,869 £45,000 £40,589
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +5.26% -29.63%
75th Percentile £54,793 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 -
England median annual salary £52,600 £59,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.60% -0.83% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 10,709 16,656 15,224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.98% 89.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,748 12,889 8,062
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Senior Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the North of England

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the North of England

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Engineer in the North of England

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 16 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
North West +225 611 £50,055 -4.66% 12
Yorkshire +92 34 £57,560 +27.61% 7
Senior Systems Engineer
England

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Senior Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 602 (93.33%) Systems Engineering
2 547 (84.81%) BPSS Clearance
3 504 (78.14%) Degree
4 373 (57.83%) Aerospace
5 263 (40.78%) Coaching
6 233 (36.12%) HND
7 212 (32.87%) Avionics
8 206 (31.94%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 193 (29.92%) Customer Requirements
10 182 (28.22%) Mathematics
10 182 (28.22%) Physics
11 168 (26.05%) HNC
12 167 (25.89%) Requirements Management
13 141 (21.86%) Aeronautics
14 131 (20.31%) Business Case
14 131 (20.31%) Feasibility Study
14 131 (20.31%) SDLC
14 131 (20.31%) Hazard Analysis
15 127 (19.69%) Social Skills
16 116 (17.98%) Automotive
17 80 (12.40%) Agile
17 80 (12.40%) SysML
18 76 (11.78%) Performance Management
18 76 (11.78%) Cost Control
19 75 (11.63%) Acceptance Criteria
20 69 (10.70%) Microsoft
21 66 (10.23%) Safety Engineering
22 65 (10.08%) Microsoft Office
23 61 (9.46%) MATLAB
23 61 (9.46%) Cryptography

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 65 (10.08%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (7.75%) Simulink
3 15 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 51 (7.91%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.16%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.16%) DNS
1 1 (0.16%) VPN
General
1 373 (57.83%) Aerospace
2 212 (32.87%) Avionics
3 141 (21.86%) Aeronautics
4 127 (19.69%) Social Skills
5 116 (17.98%) Automotive
6 61 (9.46%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (2.48%) Aviation
8 14 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.55%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.62%) Linux
1 4 (0.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 602 (93.33%) Systems Engineering
2 263 (40.78%) Coaching
3 206 (31.94%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 193 (29.92%) Customer Requirements
5 182 (28.22%) Mathematics
5 182 (28.22%) Physics
6 167 (25.89%) Requirements Management
7 131 (20.31%) Business Case
7 131 (20.31%) Feasibility Study
7 131 (20.31%) Hazard Analysis
7 131 (20.31%) SDLC
8 80 (12.40%) Agile
8 80 (12.40%) SysML
9 76 (11.78%) Cost Control
9 76 (11.78%) Performance Management
10 75 (11.63%) Acceptance Criteria
11 66 (10.23%) Safety Engineering
12 61 (9.46%) Collaborative Working
12 61 (9.46%) Cryptography
13 56 (8.68%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 61 (9.46%) MATLAB
2 4 (0.62%) Bash
2 4 (0.62%) PowerShell
2 4 (0.62%) Python
Qualifications
1 547 (84.81%) BPSS Clearance
2 504 (78.14%) Degree
3 233 (36.12%) HND
4 168 (26.05%) HNC
5 19 (2.95%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.26%) ARP4754
1 21 (3.26%) DO-254
1 21 (3.26%) IEC 61508
2 4 (0.62%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.62%) SCCM
1 4 (0.62%) SCOM
1 4 (0.62%) SCOrch
2 2 (0.31%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.16%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 69 (10.70%) Microsoft
2 51 (7.91%) ANSYS
3 50 (7.75%) MathWorks
4 1 (0.16%) Veeam
4 1 (0.16%) Veritas
4 1 (0.16%) VMware