Lead Systems Engineer Jobs in the North West

Lead System Engineer
England > North West

The median Lead System Engineer salary in the North West is £54,793 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 152 291 -
Rank change year-on-year +139 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer 170 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.12% 0.061% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.31% 0.064% -
Number of salaries quoted 144 0 0
10th Percentile £47,683 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £59,039 - -
England median annual salary £54,793 £55,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% -35.29% +64.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,357 9,353 6,927
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 94.63% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,011 7,192 4,022
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Lead Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Systems Engineer in the North West

Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer in the North West.

Salary trend for Lead Systems Engineer in the North West

Lead Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer within the North West 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
Lancashire - 170 £54,793 - 2
Lead Systems Engineer
England

Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Lead 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 West region featuring Lead Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 170 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 155 (91.18%) BPSS Clearance
3 116 (68.24%) Aerospace
3 116 (68.24%) Coaching
4 101 (59.41%) Degree
5 91 (53.53%) Performance Management
6 76 (44.71%) Mathematics
6 76 (44.71%) Physics
6 76 (44.71%) Cost Control
6 76 (44.71%) Aeronautics
7 75 (44.12%) SysML
7 75 (44.12%) Agile
8 65 (38.24%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 55 (32.35%) Social Skills
10 50 (29.41%) Safety Engineering
10 50 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
10 50 (29.41%) Microsoft
10 50 (29.41%) MathWorks
10 50 (29.41%) Simulink
10 50 (29.41%) Project Management
10 50 (29.41%) System Testing
11 40 (23.53%) Line Management
11 40 (23.53%) Software Delivery
11 40 (23.53%) Technical Leadership
12 25 (14.71%) UML
12 25 (14.71%) Supply Chain Management
12 25 (14.71%) Business Continuity
13 20 (11.76%) Situational Awareness
14 15 (8.82%) Business Case
14 15 (8.82%) Virtual Machines

Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 50 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
1 50 (29.41%) Simulink
General
1 116 (68.24%) Aerospace
2 76 (44.71%) Aeronautics
3 55 (32.35%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.82%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 116 (68.24%) Coaching
3 91 (53.53%) Performance Management
4 76 (44.71%) Cost Control
4 76 (44.71%) Mathematics
4 76 (44.71%) Physics
5 75 (44.12%) Agile
5 75 (44.12%) SysML
6 65 (38.24%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 50 (29.41%) Project Management
7 50 (29.41%) Safety Engineering
7 50 (29.41%) System Testing
8 40 (23.53%) Line Management
8 40 (23.53%) Software Delivery
8 40 (23.53%) Technical Leadership
9 25 (14.71%) Business Continuity
9 25 (14.71%) Supply Chain Management
9 25 (14.71%) UML
10 20 (11.76%) Situational Awareness
11 15 (8.82%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.82%) C
1 15 (8.82%) Java
2 10 (5.88%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 155 (91.18%) BPSS Clearance
2 101 (59.41%) Degree
3 15 (8.82%) HND
System Software
1 15 (8.82%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 50 (29.41%) MathWorks
1 50 (29.41%) Microsoft