Systems Engineer Jobs in Northamptonshire

System Engineer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median System Engineer salary in Northamptonshire is £47,683 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 51 55
Rank change year-on-year +30 +4 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 106 25 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 12.69% 3.00% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.94% 3.15% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 29 19 0
10th Percentile £37,574 £24,750 -
25th Percentile - £40,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £65,000 -
East Midlands median annual salary £47,683 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.20% - -33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 819 793 453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.08% 95.08% 87.62%
Number of salaries quoted 254 588 251
10th Percentile £27,900 £24,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £34,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% -27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £78,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Northamptonshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in Northamptonshire.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Northamptonshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Northamptonshire

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Northamptonshire 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
Northampton +21 104 £47,683 +0.39% 14
Corby - 1 £27,500 - 1
Systems Engineer
East Midlands

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 28 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 90 (84.91%) Systems Engineering
2 84 (79.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 69 (65.09%) Degree
4 44 (41.51%) MATLAB
5 39 (36.79%) Agile
5 39 (36.79%) SysML
6 33 (31.13%) UML
7 26 (24.53%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (24.53%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (24.53%) MODAF
8 23 (21.70%) Validation
9 22 (20.75%) Automotive
10 18 (16.98%) Aerospace
10 18 (16.98%) Simulink
10 18 (16.98%) Mathematics
10 18 (16.98%) Physics
11 17 (16.04%) Project Planning
11 17 (16.04%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 13 (12.26%) Acceptance Criteria
13 11 (10.38%) Software Testing
13 11 (10.38%) Telecoms
14 9 (8.49%) Coaching
15 8 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (7.55%) Social Skills
15 8 (7.55%) Computer Science
16 7 (6.60%) Use Case
16 7 (6.60%) Chartered Engineer
16 7 (6.60%) Electronics
16 7 (6.60%) PLM
16 7 (6.60%) Teamcenter

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (16.98%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (6.60%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.94%) Azure
2 1 (0.94%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.94%) Broadband
1 1 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.89%) MySQL
1 2 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (6.60%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.89%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.89%) Git
2 2 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 26 (24.53%) Presentation Skills
2 22 (20.75%) Automotive
3 18 (16.98%) Aerospace
4 11 (10.38%) Telecoms
5 8 (7.55%) Social Skills
6 7 (6.60%) Electronics
7 4 (3.77%) Law
8 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.89%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (0.94%) Driving Licence
1 1 (0.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.83%) Windows
2 2 (1.89%) Linux
3 1 (0.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (84.91%) Systems Engineering
2 39 (36.79%) Agile
2 39 (36.79%) SysML
3 33 (31.13%) UML
4 26 (24.53%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (24.53%) MODAF
5 23 (21.70%) Validation
6 18 (16.98%) Mathematics
6 18 (16.98%) Physics
7 17 (16.04%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 17 (16.04%) Project Planning
8 13 (12.26%) Acceptance Criteria
9 11 (10.38%) Software Testing
10 9 (8.49%) Coaching
11 8 (7.55%) Computer Science
11 8 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (6.60%) PLM
12 7 (6.60%) Project Management
12 7 (6.60%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 44 (41.51%) MATLAB
2 2 (1.89%) C#
3 1 (0.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 84 (79.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 69 (65.09%) Degree
3 7 (6.60%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (0.94%) A+ Certification
4 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.94%) CCNA
4 1 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.60%) ARP4754
1 7 (6.60%) DO-254
1 7 (6.60%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 1 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.89%) Ansible
2 1 (0.94%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (6.60%) IBM
2 2 (1.89%) Atlassian
2 2 (1.89%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.94%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (0.94%) Datto
3 1 (0.94%) SAP
3 1 (0.94%) Veeam
3 1 (0.94%) VMware