Lead Systems Engineer Job Trends in Peterborough

Lead System Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Lead System Engineer salary in Peterborough is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Peterborough 0.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 Peterborough with a recognized job title 291 92 206
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.98% 96.84% 86.19%
Number of salaries quoted 187 68 165
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,561 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -2.70%
75th Percentile £60,625 £63,789 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,520 £78,809 £65,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -2.78%

Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough

For the 6 months to 7 May 2026, Lead Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Peterborough region featuring Lead Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (100.00%) AVEVA
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Wonderware

Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (100.00%) AVEVA
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) Wonderware