Lead System Engineer
Berkshire > Reading
The median Lead System Engineer salary in Reading is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 August 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 66 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading | 0.19% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.21% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,000 | - | - |
| Berkshire median annual salary | £85,000 | - | £57,500 |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title | 473 | 1,516 | 1,452 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 88.25% | 94.57% | 93.68% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 286 | 855 | 741 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £30,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,813 | £40,000 | £40,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £54,125 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.62% | -5.87% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £68,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £80,000 | £92,500 |
| Berkshire median annual salary | £50,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | - | -2.65% |
Lead Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings that featured Lead Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer in Reading.