Systems Engineering Jobs in the North West

Systems Engineering
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Systems Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 253 275
Rank change year-on-year +247 +22 +30
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 1,403 34 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 18.07% 0.33% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.85% 0.41% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 861 17 11
10th Percentile £47,683 £38,590 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,863 £47,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.99% -21.43% +33.33%
75th Percentile £54,793 £65,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £58,943 - £83,750
England median annual salary £52,600 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.52% -17.86% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Systems Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,443 8,321 7,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.84% 81.39% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,759 6,289 3,873
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,011
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
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 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the North West

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineering in the North West

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the North West over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in the North West

Systems Engineering
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 Engineering within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 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 +88 1,017 £50,055 +27.31% 23
Cumbria +37 353 £61,967 +12.67% 18
Manchester +82 30 £75,000 +42.86% 21
Cheshire +2 3 - - 19
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
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 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 207 (14.75%) Microsoft Office
2 197 (14.04%) Simulink
3 157 (11.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 157 (11.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (1.00%) Trello
5 1 (0.071%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 194 (13.83%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.071%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.14%) Big Data
1 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
1 2 (0.14%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 70 (4.99%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (1.14%) JIRA
General
1 517 (36.85%) Aerospace
2 380 (27.08%) Automotive
3 378 (26.94%) Social Skills
4 212 (15.11%) Avionics
5 141 (10.05%) Aeronautics
6 129 (9.19%) Telecoms
7 62 (4.42%) Electronics
8 61 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
9 38 (2.71%) Aviation
10 36 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (1.21%) Finance
12 10 (0.71%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (0.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.21%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.21%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1,043 (74.34%) Systems Engineer
2 654 (46.61%) Senior
3 586 (41.77%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 177 (12.62%) Lead
5 174 (12.40%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 157 (11.19%) Principal Engineer
7 146 (10.41%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 116 (8.27%) Team Leader
9 69 (4.92%) Engineering Manager
10 63 (4.49%) Integration Engineer
10 63 (4.49%) Systems Integration Engineer
11 53 (3.78%) Electronics Engineer
12 40 (2.85%) Senior Integration Engineer
13 39 (2.78%) Security Engineer
14 32 (2.28%) Instrumentation Engineer
14 32 (2.28%) Radar Engineer
14 32 (2.28%) Senior Electrical Engineer
15 29 (2.07%) Technical Leader
16 20 (1.43%) Senior Security Engineer
17 14 (1.00%) Head of IT
Miscellaneous
1 15 (1.07%) Management Information System
2 14 (1.00%) Social Media
3 2 (0.14%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.071%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 566 (40.34%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 373 (26.59%) Mathematics
3 303 (21.60%) Validation
4 296 (21.10%) Requirements Management
5 288 (20.53%) SysML
6 283 (20.17%) Coaching
7 234 (16.68%) Physics
8 224 (15.97%) Verification and Validation
9 197 (14.04%) PLM
10 192 (13.68%) Customer Requirements
11 164 (11.69%) Software Engineering
12 155 (11.05%) Agile
13 146 (10.41%) Business Case
14 140 (9.98%) Digital Twin
15 131 (9.34%) Feasibility Study
15 131 (9.34%) Hazard Analysis
15 131 (9.34%) SDLC
16 129 (9.19%) Architectural Design
17 123 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
18 119 (8.48%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 390 (27.80%) MATLAB
2 15 (1.07%) C
2 15 (1.07%) Java
3 2 (0.14%) Python
3 2 (0.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1,224 (87.24%) Degree
2 1,001 (71.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 596 (42.48%) HND
4 516 (36.78%) HNC
5 97 (6.91%) Chartered Engineer
6 63 (4.49%) Master's Degree
7 24 (1.71%) Numerate Degree
8 22 (1.57%) CEH
9 14 (1.00%) DBS Check
9 14 (1.00%) PMI Certification
9 14 (1.00%) PMP
10 3 (0.21%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.21%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.071%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (3.21%) DO-254
2 35 (2.49%) IEC 61508
3 23 (1.64%) ARP4754
4 16 (1.14%) QA
5 12 (0.86%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.071%) Accessibility
System Software
1 22 (1.57%) Firmware
2 15 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 207 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 187 (13.33%) ANSYS
3 50 (3.56%) MathWorks
4 16 (1.14%) Siemens
5 7 (0.50%) IBM
6 1 (0.071%) PayPal