Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Senior System Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Scotland is £75,360 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 278 215
Rank change year-on-year +173 -63 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 58 11 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.97% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.18% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,360 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.54% -19.23% -5.45%
UK median annual salary £54,793 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% -8.33% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,664 6,494 4,158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 96.88% 89.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,374 2,626 2,264
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £31,288
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,462
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -5.34% +5.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,958 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Scotland

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Scotland

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 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
Fife - 14 - -
Moray - 14 - -
East Ayrshire - 13 - -
South Ayrshire - 13 - -
Glasgow +176 4 £75,360 +43.54% 3
Edinburgh +25 4 £75,360 +15.94% 1
Senior Systems Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Senior 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 54 (93.10%) Degree
2 28 (48.28%) Mathematics
2 28 (48.28%) Physics
2 28 (48.28%) IEC 61508
2 28 (48.28%) DO-254
2 28 (48.28%) ARP4754
2 28 (48.28%) Systems Engineering
2 28 (48.28%) BPSS Clearance
2 28 (48.28%) Coaching
3 26 (44.83%) Acceptance Criteria
3 26 (44.83%) Chartered Engineer
3 26 (44.83%) Use Case
4 4 (6.90%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (6.90%) Linux
4 4 (6.90%) Apache
4 4 (6.90%) Python
4 4 (6.90%) IBM
4 4 (6.90%) AWS
4 4 (6.90%) Agile
4 4 (6.90%) IBM Sterling
4 4 (6.90%) GitHub
4 4 (6.90%) Jenkins
4 4 (6.90%) Ansible
4 4 (6.90%) Docker
4 4 (6.90%) Deployment Automation
4 4 (6.90%) CloudBees
4 4 (6.90%) Terraform
4 4 (6.90%) Cloud Native
4 4 (6.90%) Continuous Deployment
4 4 (6.90%) Apache Airflow

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (6.90%) Apache
1 4 (6.90%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.90%) AWS
1 4 (6.90%) CloudBees
1 4 (6.90%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Jenkins
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (48.28%) Coaching
1 28 (48.28%) Mathematics
1 28 (48.28%) Physics
1 28 (48.28%) Systems Engineering
2 26 (44.83%) Acceptance Criteria
2 26 (44.83%) Use Case
3 4 (6.90%) Agile
3 4 (6.90%) CI/CD
3 4 (6.90%) Continuous Deployment
3 4 (6.90%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (6.90%) Deployment Automation
3 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (6.90%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 54 (93.10%) Degree
2 28 (48.28%) BPSS Clearance
3 26 (44.83%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (48.28%) ARP4754
1 28 (48.28%) DO-254
1 28 (48.28%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 4 (6.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.90%) Ansible
1 4 (6.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (6.90%) IBM
1 4 (6.90%) IBM Sterling