Systems Engineer Job Trends in Staffordshire

System Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median System Engineer salary in Staffordshire is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 21 37
Rank change year-on-year -2 +16 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 75 46 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 7.61% 8.20% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.96% 8.95% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 10 35 11
10th Percentile - - £35,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -22.22% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £37,500 £48,750
90th Percentile - £53,250 -
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £35,000 £48,050
% change year-on-year +85.71% -27.16% +2.23%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 837 514 384
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.97% 91.62% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 402 348 338
10th Percentile £26,375 £28,119 £25,878
25th Percentile £30,580 £31,813 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -1.23% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,300 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £61,625 £61,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Cannock -11 8 £65,000 +18.18%
Stoke-on-Trent -1 7 - - 2
Stafford - 5 £70,000 -
Tamworth -3 2 - - 2
Rugeley -3 2 - -
Burntwood - 2 - -
Burton-upon-Trent - 1 - -
Systems Engineer
West Midlands

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, 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 Staffordshire region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 51 (68.00%) City & Guilds
1 51 (68.00%) COSHH
1 51 (68.00%) Inventory Management
1 51 (68.00%) Mentoring
1 51 (68.00%) NVQ Level 3
1 51 (68.00%) Postgraduate
1 51 (68.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 5 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (6.67%) LabVIEW
2 5 (6.67%) Siemens
3 4 (5.33%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (4.00%) Degree
4 3 (4.00%) Profibus
4 3 (4.00%) Rockwell
4 3 (4.00%) WinCC
5 2 (2.67%) ArchestrA
5 2 (2.67%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (2.67%) Firewall
5 2 (2.67%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.67%) IEC 61131
5 2 (2.67%) IEC 61508
5 2 (2.67%) Ladder Logic
5 2 (2.67%) Modbus
5 2 (2.67%) Project Management
5 2 (2.67%) QA
5 2 (2.67%) Software Engineering
5 2 (2.67%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (2.67%) VMware
5 2 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.67%) Windows

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 3 (4.00%) WinCC
2 2 (2.67%) ArchestrA
2 2 (2.67%) FactoryTalk
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.00%) Profibus
2 2 (2.67%) Firewall
2 2 (2.67%) Modbus
3 1 (1.33%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 5 (6.67%) LabVIEW
General
1 51 (68.00%) Finance
1 51 (68.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (4.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.33%) Advertising
4 1 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.67%) Online Gambling
2 4 (5.33%) Operational Technology
2 4 (5.33%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (4.00%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.00%) SCADA
4 1 (1.33%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.67%) Windows
1 2 (2.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (68.00%) Inventory Management
1 51 (68.00%) Mentoring
1 51 (68.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 5 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (5.33%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (2.67%) Project Management
4 2 (2.67%) Software Engineering
4 2 (2.67%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (1.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.67%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 51 (68.00%) City & Guilds
1 51 (68.00%) NVQ Level 3
1 51 (68.00%) Postgraduate
2 3 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (68.00%) COSHH
2 2 (2.67%) IEC 61131
2 2 (2.67%) IEC 61508
2 2 (2.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.67%) Hyper-V
1 2 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (6.67%) Siemens
2 3 (4.00%) Rockwell
3 2 (2.67%) VMware
4 1 (1.33%) AVEVA