Systems Engineer Jobs in the North of England

System Engineer
England > North of England

The median System Engineer salary in the North of England is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 170 379
Rank change year-on-year +157 +209 -41
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 1,227 254 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.20% 1.47% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.26% 1.55% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 881 173 49
10th Percentile - £32,500 £30,050
25th Percentile £47,683 £40,000 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £38,744
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% +16.15% -13.90%
75th Percentile £54,793 £57,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £58,943 £65,000 £54,250
England median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%

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 10,008 16,414 15,566
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 94.99% 89.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,788 12,702 8,239
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,125
90th Percentile £78,678 £78,725 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the North of England

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the North of England

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the North of England

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 Systems Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +130 1,083 £50,055 +0.11% 82
Yorkshire +104 133 £47,683 +5.96% 57
North East +41 11 £52,500 +31.25% 13
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1,099 (89.57%) Degree
2 960 (78.24%) Systems Engineering
3 884 (72.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 478 (38.96%) Aerospace
5 463 (37.73%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 451 (36.76%) HND
7 400 (32.60%) HNC
8 397 (32.36%) MATLAB
9 379 (30.89%) SysML
10 344 (28.04%) Social Skills
11 294 (23.96%) Mathematics
12 270 (22.00%) Teamcenter
13 268 (21.84%) Automotive
14 246 (20.05%) Microsoft Office
15 240 (19.56%) Agile
16 230 (18.74%) Coaching
17 229 (18.66%) Requirements Management
18 200 (16.30%) Microsoft
19 198 (16.14%) PLM
20 183 (14.91%) Physics
21 182 (14.83%) Simulink
21 182 (14.83%) Avionics
22 174 (14.18%) ANSYS
23 155 (12.63%) Customer Requirements
24 140 (11.41%) UML
25 139 (11.33%) Microsoft Excel
25 139 (11.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
26 138 (11.25%) Validation
27 135 (11.00%) Software Engineering
27 135 (11.00%) MODAF

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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (1.22%) WinCC
2 3 (0.24%) Confluence
3 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.081%) SharePoint
Applications
1 246 (20.05%) Microsoft Office
2 182 (14.83%) Simulink
3 139 (11.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 139 (11.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.14%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 270 (22.00%) Teamcenter
2 65 (5.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 7 (0.57%) Azure
2 6 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (0.16%) AWS
3 2 (0.16%) Azure Stack
4 1 (0.081%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.081%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.081%) Nutanix
4 1 (0.081%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.30%) Ethernet
2 15 (1.22%) Profibus
2 15 (1.22%) RS-485
3 14 (1.14%) Modbus
4 3 (0.24%) LAN
4 3 (0.24%) WLAN
5 2 (0.16%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.16%) Firewall
5 2 (0.16%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.16%) VoIP
5 2 (0.16%) VPN
6 1 (0.081%) DNS
6 1 (0.081%) NAS
6 1 (0.081%) RS-232
6 1 (0.081%) SAN
6 1 (0.081%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.16%) Oracle Database
1 2 (0.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 129 (10.51%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (0.65%) ClearCase
2 8 (0.65%) Git
3 4 (0.33%) JIRA
4 1 (0.081%) ClearQuest
General
1 478 (38.96%) Aerospace
2 344 (28.04%) Social Skills
3 268 (21.84%) Automotive
4 182 (14.83%) Avionics
5 121 (9.86%) Aeronautics
6 70 (5.70%) Presentation Skills
7 51 (4.16%) Telecoms
8 41 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (1.87%) Electronics
10 17 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
10 17 (1.39%) Aviation
10 17 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (1.39%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.22%) Retail
12 12 (0.98%) Finance
13 10 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.24%) Public Sector
16 2 (0.16%) Local Government
16 2 (0.16%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.57%) XML
1 7 (0.57%) XSD
2 2 (0.16%) CSS
2 2 (0.16%) HTML
2 2 (0.16%) Middleware
3 1 (0.081%) DirectX
3 1 (0.081%) Flash
3 1 (0.081%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (0.081%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 65 (5.30%) Product Ownership
2 34 (2.77%) Management Information System
3 16 (1.30%) SCADA
4 12 (0.98%) FMCG
4 12 (0.98%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 12 (0.98%) Operational Technology
5 11 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.16%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.16%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (0.16%) PDA
7 1 (0.081%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.081%) CCTV
7 1 (0.081%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.081%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.081%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.081%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.081%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.90%) Linux
2 8 (0.65%) Windows
3 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.081%) CentOS
4 1 (0.081%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 960 (78.24%) Systems Engineering
2 463 (37.73%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 379 (30.89%) SysML
4 294 (23.96%) Mathematics
5 240 (19.56%) Agile
6 230 (18.74%) Coaching
7 229 (18.66%) Requirements Management
8 198 (16.14%) PLM
9 183 (14.91%) Physics
10 155 (12.63%) Customer Requirements
11 140 (11.41%) UML
12 138 (11.25%) Validation
13 135 (11.00%) MODAF
13 135 (11.00%) Software Engineering
14 133 (10.84%) Business Case
15 113 (9.21%) SDLC
15 113 (9.21%) Verification and Validation
16 111 (9.05%) Digital Twin
16 111 (9.05%) Feasibility Study
16 111 (9.05%) Hazard Analysis
Programming Languages
1 397 (32.36%) MATLAB
2 23 (1.87%) C
3 22 (1.79%) Java
4 5 (0.41%) Bash
4 5 (0.41%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.41%) SQL
5 4 (0.33%) C++
5 4 (0.33%) Python
6 2 (0.16%) C#
7 1 (0.081%) Perl
7 1 (0.081%) R
Qualifications
1 1,099 (89.57%) Degree
2 884 (72.05%) BPSS Clearance
3 451 (36.76%) HND
4 400 (32.60%) HNC
5 65 (5.30%) TOGAF Certification
6 22 (1.79%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (0.57%) Security Cleared
8 6 (0.49%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.16%) CCNA
10 2 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.16%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.16%) MCSA
10 2 (0.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.081%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.081%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.081%) Linux+ Certification
11 1 (0.081%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.36%) ISO 9001
2 21 (1.71%) ARP4754
2 21 (1.71%) DO-254
2 21 (1.71%) IEC 61508
3 5 (0.41%) GDPR
4 2 (0.16%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.081%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.081%) QA
5 1 (0.081%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (0.41%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.41%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.081%) Docker
4 1 (0.081%) Dovecot
4 1 (0.081%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 14 (1.14%) Wonderware InTouch
2 5 (0.41%) SCCM
3 4 (0.33%) SCOM
3 4 (0.33%) SCOrch
4 3 (0.24%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.081%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 200 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 174 (14.18%) ANSYS
3 65 (5.30%) Sparx
4 50 (4.07%) MathWorks
5 27 (2.20%) Siemens
6 22 (1.79%) IBM
7 14 (1.14%) Allen-Bradley
7 14 (1.14%) Google
7 14 (1.14%) Wonderware
8 13 (1.06%) Rockwell
9 7 (0.57%) Oracle
10 5 (0.41%) VMware
11 2 (0.16%) Cisco
11 2 (0.16%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (0.16%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.081%) AVEVA
12 1 (0.081%) Okta
12 1 (0.081%) Ping Identity
12 1 (0.081%) Tanium
12 1 (0.081%) Veritas