System Engineer
UK > Scotland
The median System Engineer salary in Scotland is £58,033 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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 7 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 10 | 164 | 182 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +154 | +18 | +29 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 438 | 125 | 39 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 15.04% | 1.86% | 0.83% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 16.41% | 1.92% | 0.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 329 | 64 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,500 | £31,250 | £43,800 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £35,688 | £49,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,033 | £42,750 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +35.75% | -22.27% | +22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,265 | £60,938 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £54,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -8.26% | +9.00% |
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 | 2,669 | 6,527 | 4,240 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 91.62% | 96.87% | 90.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,372 | 2,624 | 2,309 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £27,825 | £31,569 |
| 25th Percentile | £44,000 | £40,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -8.70% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £65,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,738 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £57,500 | £52,550 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.42% | -12.42% | - |
Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in Scotland.
Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.
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 Systems Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 7 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 |
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| South Ayrshire | - | 119 | £58,033 | - | 2 |
| East Ayrshire | - | 95 | £58,033 | - | 1 |
| Ayrshire | - | 52 | £58,033 | - | 3 |
| Fife | +12 | 47 | £47,683 | - | 3 |
| Moray | - | 47 | £47,683 | - | 2 |
| Glasgow | +164 | 32 | £58,033 | +45.08% | 9 |
| North Ayrshire | - | 26 | £58,033 | - | |
| West Lothian | +18 | 8 | £27,000 | - | |
| Edinburgh | -4 | 8 | £75,360 | +20.58% | 10 |
| Aberdeen | +24 | 5 | £55,000 | +37.50% | 4 |
| South Lanarkshire | - | 2 | £50,000 | - | |
| Lanarkshire | - | 1 | £62,500 | - | 2 |
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Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland
For the 6 months to 7 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 Scotland region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.
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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:
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