Systems Engineering Jobs in Scotland

Systems Engineering
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Systems Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 265 207
Rank change year-on-year +260 -58 +23
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 615 23 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 20.66% 0.34% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.30% 0.37% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 344 12 12
10th Percentile - £34,350 -
25th Percentile £47,683 £37,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £48,750 £41,750
Median % change year-on-year +19.04% +16.77% -20.48%
75th Percentile £60,265 £61,250 £65,250
90th Percentile - £65,000 £65,925
UK median annual salary £52,600 £57,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -8.52% -14.81% +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Systems Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,758 6,226 4,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.64% 91.40% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 2,433 2,111
10th Percentile £30,650 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in Scotland

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineering in Scotland

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in Scotland

Systems Engineering
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 Engineering within the Scotland 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
South Ayrshire - 160 £58,033 - 5
East Ayrshire - 140 £58,033 -
Moray - 84 £47,683 - 1
Fife - 83 £47,683 - 2
Ayrshire - 54 £58,033 - 1
Glasgow +178 30 £58,033 +45.08% 8
North Ayrshire - 28 £58,033 -
Edinburgh +27 13 - - 3
Renfrewshire - 12 £63,000 - 1
Inverclyde - 10 £63,000 -
Midlothian - 1 - -
Systems Engineering
UK

Systems Engineering
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:

Applications
1 268 (43.58%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 28 (4.55%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.33%) SaaS
2 1 (0.16%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 71 (11.54%) Rational DOORS
General
1 104 (16.91%) Presentation Skills
2 65 (10.57%) Electronics
3 37 (6.02%) Social Skills
4 28 (4.55%) Aerospace
5 10 (1.63%) Finance
6 3 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (0.49%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 416 (67.64%) Systems Engineer
2 78 (12.68%) Senior
3 66 (10.73%) Principal Engineer
4 61 (9.92%) Engineering Manager
5 41 (6.67%) Lead
6 38 (6.18%) Requirements Manager
7 37 (6.02%) Software Assurance Engineer
8 29 (4.72%) Principal Systems Engineer
9 28 (4.55%) Junior
9 28 (4.55%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 28 (4.55%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 22 (3.58%) Technical Leader
11 16 (2.60%) Lead Systems Engineer
12 10 (1.63%) Architect
13 8 (1.30%) Integration Engineer
13 8 (1.30%) System Verification Engineer
13 8 (1.30%) Systems Integration Engineer
13 8 (1.30%) Validation Engineer
14 6 (0.98%) Data Architect
15 5 (0.81%) Requirements Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (0.49%) Data Centre
1 3 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (0.49%) SCADA
2 1 (0.16%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (60.49%) SysML
2 329 (53.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 304 (49.43%) Mathematics
4 291 (47.32%) Validation
4 291 (47.32%) Verification and Validation
5 277 (45.04%) Software Engineering
6 240 (39.02%) Digital Twin
7 132 (21.46%) UML
8 122 (19.84%) Agile
9 104 (16.91%) Cybersecurity
9 104 (16.91%) MODAF
10 64 (10.41%) Physics
11 62 (10.08%) Problem-Solving
12 58 (9.43%) Coaching
13 50 (8.13%) FMEA
14 43 (6.99%) Requirements Management
15 42 (6.83%) Stakeholder Management
16 37 (6.02%) Decision-Making
16 37 (6.02%) Software Assurance
17 31 (5.04%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 372 (60.49%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 511 (83.09%) Degree
2 329 (53.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 240 (39.02%) HNC
3 240 (39.02%) HND
4 45 (7.32%) Chartered Engineer
5 23 (3.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (12.68%) IEC 61508
2 50 (8.13%) Def Stans
3 28 (4.55%) ARP4754
3 28 (4.55%) DO-254
4 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 28 (4.55%) IBM
2 3 (0.49%) Facebook
2 3 (0.49%) YouTube