Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in the North West

Senior System Engineer
England > North West

The median Senior System Engineer salary in the North West is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 252 267
Rank change year-on-year +217 +15 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 615 42 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.92% 0.41% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.60% 0.43% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 456 30 4
10th Percentile £47,683 - -
25th Percentile £48,869 £45,000 £36,356
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £52,500 £42,056
Median % change year-on-year -4.66% +24.83% -47.43%
75th Percentile £54,793 £57,500 £51,875
90th Percentile £55,000 £60,500 £59,750
England median annual salary £53,697 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.51% - -11.11%

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 7,154 9,728 6,776
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 94.70% 89.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,794 7,455 4,011
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,138
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,396 £40,391
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 £76,840 £78,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the North West

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the North West

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Engineer in the North West

Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 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 +60 536 £50,055 -8.99% 1
Cumbria -19 72 £41,000 -8.89% 2
Cheshire +11 4 £48,306 -19.49% 7
Manchester +44 3 £75,000 +66.67% 4
Senior Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 West region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 586 (95.28%) Systems Engineering
2 531 (86.34%) BPSS Clearance
3 471 (76.59%) Degree
4 367 (59.67%) Aerospace
5 249 (40.49%) Coaching
6 227 (36.91%) HND
7 212 (34.47%) Avionics
8 206 (33.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 192 (31.22%) Customer Requirements
10 168 (27.32%) Mathematics
10 168 (27.32%) Physics
11 162 (26.34%) HNC
12 161 (26.18%) Requirements Management
13 141 (22.93%) Aeronautics
14 131 (21.30%) Feasibility Study
14 131 (21.30%) Business Case
14 131 (21.30%) Hazard Analysis
14 131 (21.30%) SDLC
15 126 (20.49%) Social Skills
16 110 (17.89%) Automotive
17 80 (13.01%) Agile
17 80 (13.01%) SysML
18 76 (12.36%) Performance Management
18 76 (12.36%) Cost Control
19 69 (11.22%) Microsoft
20 66 (10.73%) Safety Engineering
21 65 (10.57%) Microsoft Office
22 62 (10.08%) Acceptance Criteria
23 61 (9.92%) Collaborative Working
23 61 (9.92%) Influencing Skills

Senior 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 65 (10.57%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (8.13%) Simulink
3 15 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (7.32%) Teamcenter
General
1 367 (59.67%) Aerospace
2 212 (34.47%) Avionics
3 141 (22.93%) Aeronautics
4 126 (20.49%) Social Skills
5 110 (17.89%) Automotive
6 61 (9.92%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (2.60%) Aviation
8 14 (2.28%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.63%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.65%) Linux
1 4 (0.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 586 (95.28%) Systems Engineering
2 249 (40.49%) Coaching
3 206 (33.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 192 (31.22%) Customer Requirements
5 168 (27.32%) Mathematics
5 168 (27.32%) Physics
6 161 (26.18%) Requirements Management
7 131 (21.30%) Business Case
7 131 (21.30%) Feasibility Study
7 131 (21.30%) Hazard Analysis
7 131 (21.30%) SDLC
8 80 (13.01%) Agile
8 80 (13.01%) SysML
9 76 (12.36%) Cost Control
9 76 (12.36%) Performance Management
10 66 (10.73%) Safety Engineering
11 62 (10.08%) Acceptance Criteria
12 61 (9.92%) Collaborative Working
12 61 (9.92%) Cryptography
13 56 (9.11%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (8.94%) MATLAB
2 4 (0.65%) Bash
2 4 (0.65%) PowerShell
2 4 (0.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 531 (86.34%) BPSS Clearance
2 471 (76.59%) Degree
3 227 (36.91%) HND
4 162 (26.34%) HNC
5 6 (0.98%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.14%) ARP4754
1 7 (1.14%) DO-254
1 7 (1.14%) IEC 61508
2 4 (0.65%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 4 (0.65%) SCCM
1 4 (0.65%) SCOM
1 4 (0.65%) SCOrch
2 2 (0.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 69 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 50 (8.13%) MathWorks
3 45 (7.32%) ANSYS