Systems Engineer Jobs in the North West

System Engineer
England > North West

The median System Engineer salary in the North West is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 121 203
Rank change year-on-year +111 +82 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 1,249 185 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 15.92% 1.78% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.30% 1.88% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 889 125 62
10th Percentile £47,683 £36,000 £36,025
25th Percentile £48,306 £42,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £43,800
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +14.16% -2.67%
75th Percentile £54,793 £60,000 -
90th Percentile £58,943 £65,000 £50,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% - -

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 7,220 9,862 6,724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.79% 89.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,851 7,544 3,993
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,138
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £40,834
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 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the North West

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the North West

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the North West

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 Systems Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 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 +55 1,051 £50,055 +0.11% 14
Cumbria +13 173 £51,564 +8.56% 12
Manchester -2 14 £75,000 +66.67% 27
Cheshire -40 10 £48,306 -12.17% 7
Merseyside +28 1 £30,000 - 6
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 West region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1,144 (91.59%) Degree
2 1,043 (83.51%) Systems Engineering
3 923 (73.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 546 (43.71%) HND
5 529 (42.35%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 521 (41.71%) Aerospace
7 466 (37.31%) HNC
8 393 (31.47%) MATLAB
9 359 (28.74%) Social Skills
10 353 (28.26%) SysML
11 315 (25.22%) Mathematics
12 292 (23.38%) Automotive
13 272 (21.78%) Teamcenter
14 270 (21.62%) Requirements Management
15 268 (21.46%) Microsoft Office
16 256 (20.50%) Coaching
17 222 (17.77%) Avionics
18 217 (17.37%) Microsoft
19 200 (16.01%) PLM
20 197 (15.77%) Agile
20 197 (15.77%) Simulink
21 194 (15.53%) Validation
22 192 (15.37%) Customer Requirements
23 190 (15.21%) ANSYS
24 176 (14.09%) Physics
25 161 (12.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
25 161 (12.89%) Microsoft Excel
26 155 (12.41%) Software Engineering
27 146 (11.69%) Business Case
28 143 (11.45%) Rational DOORS

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.080%) Confluence
1 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.080%) SharePoint
Applications
1 268 (21.46%) Microsoft Office
2 197 (15.77%) Simulink
3 161 (12.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 161 (12.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.080%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 272 (21.78%) Teamcenter
2 65 (5.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (0.24%) Azure
1 3 (0.24%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.080%) AWS
2 1 (0.080%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (0.080%) Entra ID
2 1 (0.080%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.080%) Modbus
1 1 (0.080%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 143 (11.45%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (0.64%) ClearCase
3 7 (0.56%) Git
4 2 (0.16%) JIRA
5 1 (0.080%) ClearQuest
General
1 521 (41.71%) Aerospace
2 359 (28.74%) Social Skills
3 292 (23.38%) Automotive
4 222 (17.77%) Avionics
5 141 (11.29%) Aeronautics
6 61 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
7 51 (4.08%) Telecoms
8 36 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (1.36%) Aviation
10 15 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
11 10 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (0.56%) Electronics
13 4 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.24%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.080%) Back Office
15 1 (0.080%) Legal
15 1 (0.080%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.56%) XML
1 7 (0.56%) XSD
2 1 (0.080%) CSS
2 1 (0.080%) HTML
2 1 (0.080%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 65 (5.20%) Product Ownership
2 16 (1.28%) Management Information System
3 10 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (0.16%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.080%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (0.080%) CCTV
5 1 (0.080%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (0.080%) IoT
5 1 (0.080%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.080%) PDA
5 1 (0.080%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.080%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.40%) Linux
2 4 (0.32%) Windows
3 1 (0.080%) CentOS
3 1 (0.080%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,043 (83.51%) Systems Engineering
2 529 (42.35%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 353 (28.26%) SysML
4 315 (25.22%) Mathematics
5 270 (21.62%) Requirements Management
6 256 (20.50%) Coaching
7 200 (16.01%) PLM
8 197 (15.77%) Agile
9 194 (15.53%) Validation
10 192 (15.37%) Customer Requirements
11 176 (14.09%) Physics
12 155 (12.41%) Software Engineering
13 146 (11.69%) Business Case
14 141 (11.29%) Verification and Validation
15 140 (11.21%) Digital Twin
16 132 (10.57%) SDLC
17 131 (10.49%) Feasibility Study
17 131 (10.49%) Hazard Analysis
18 101 (8.09%) MODAF
19 100 (8.01%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 393 (31.47%) MATLAB
2 15 (1.20%) C
2 15 (1.20%) Java
3 5 (0.40%) Bash
3 5 (0.40%) PowerShell
3 5 (0.40%) SQL
4 4 (0.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 1,144 (91.59%) Degree
2 923 (73.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 546 (43.71%) HND
4 466 (37.31%) HNC
5 65 (5.20%) TOGAF Certification
6 10 (0.80%) Chartered Engineer
7 5 (0.40%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.40%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.080%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.080%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.080%) Linux+ Certification
8 1 (0.080%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.080%) PhD
8 1 (0.080%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (2.24%) ISO 9001
2 7 (0.56%) ARP4754
2 7 (0.56%) DO-254
2 7 (0.56%) IEC 61508
3 5 (0.40%) GDPR
4 1 (0.080%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.080%) QA
System Software
1 15 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.080%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.080%) Docker
2 1 (0.080%) Dovecot
2 1 (0.080%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.080%) Postfix
2 1 (0.080%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.32%) SCCM
1 4 (0.32%) SCOM
1 4 (0.32%) SCOrch
2 3 (0.24%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.080%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 217 (17.37%) Microsoft
2 190 (15.21%) ANSYS
3 65 (5.20%) Sparx
4 50 (4.00%) MathWorks
5 8 (0.64%) IBM
6 5 (0.40%) Oracle
7 1 (0.080%) AVEVA
7 1 (0.080%) Okta
7 1 (0.080%) PayPal
7 1 (0.080%) Ping Identity
7 1 (0.080%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.080%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.080%) Siemens
7 1 (0.080%) VMware