Systems Engineer Jobs in Staffordshire

System Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median System Engineer salary in Staffordshire is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 34 55
Rank change year-on-year -5 +21 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 26 65 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 4.17% 5.54% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.50% 5.76% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 19 46 6
10th Percentile - - £35,938
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £38,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £42,125
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +0.89% +1.51%
75th Percentile £55,000 £51,875 £45,375
90th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 -
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £44,250
% change year-on-year - +12.99% +20.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 473 1,128 493
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 75.80% 96.16% 92.50%
Number of salaries quoted 244 809 382
10th Percentile £26,375 £24,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,822 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,754 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.12% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £53,688 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £67,250
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Staffordshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Staffordshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer 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 10 June 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
Stoke-on-Trent +27 11 £35,000 -6.67% 6
Stafford -7 6 £55,000 +37.50% 8
Uttoxeter +5 2 £55,000 +57.14%
Tamworth +14 1 £57,500 +12.20%
Cannock +5 1 £65,000 +23.81% 2
Systems Engineer
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 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 Staffordshire region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (42.31%) Degree
1 11 (42.31%) PowerShell
1 11 (42.31%) SQL
1 11 (42.31%) Windows
1 11 (42.31%) Linux
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
1 11 (42.31%) Active Directory
1 11 (42.31%) Dell
1 11 (42.31%) Windows Server
1 11 (42.31%) Systems Engineering
1 11 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 10 (38.46%) Windows Server 2016
2 10 (38.46%) Windows Server 2019
2 10 (38.46%) Business Case
2 10 (38.46%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (38.46%) Ubiquiti
2 10 (38.46%) WLAN
2 10 (38.46%) DHCP
2 10 (38.46%) TCP/IP
2 10 (38.46%) DNS
2 10 (38.46%) Cisco
2 10 (38.46%) MCSE
2 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (38.46%) HNC
2 10 (38.46%) HND
2 10 (38.46%) Mac OS X
2 10 (38.46%) Apple
2 10 (38.46%) OSPF
2 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 1 (3.85%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.85%) WinCC
Applications
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 10 (38.46%) Google Workspace
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (38.46%) BGP
1 10 (38.46%) DHCP
1 10 (38.46%) DNS
1 10 (38.46%) Firewall
1 10 (38.46%) OSPF
1 10 (38.46%) TCP/IP
1 10 (38.46%) VLAN
1 10 (38.46%) WLAN
2 1 (3.85%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) MySQL
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) LabVIEW
General
1 11 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 10 (38.46%) Automotive
2 10 (38.46%) Retail
3 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (38.46%) Management Information System
1 10 (38.46%) Smartphone
2 7 (26.92%) SCADA
3 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (42.31%) Linux
1 11 (42.31%) Windows
1 11 (42.31%) Windows Server
2 10 (38.46%) Mac OS X
2 10 (38.46%) Ubuntu
2 10 (38.46%) Windows 10
2 10 (38.46%) Windows Server 2016
2 10 (38.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Systems Engineering
2 10 (38.46%) Business Case
2 10 (38.46%) Computer Science
2 10 (38.46%) Performance Tuning
3 9 (34.62%) Software Engineering
4 1 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (3.85%) BCP
4 1 (3.85%) Business Development
4 1 (3.85%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (3.85%) Conversational UI
4 1 (3.85%) Customer Service
4 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (3.85%) Decision-Making
4 1 (3.85%) Physics
4 1 (3.85%) Project Management
4 1 (3.85%) Risk Management
4 1 (3.85%) Software Testing
4 1 (3.85%) Task Automation
4 1 (3.85%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (42.31%) PowerShell
1 11 (42.31%) SQL
2 3 (11.54%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) Degree
2 10 (38.46%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (38.46%) HNC
2 10 (38.46%) HND
2 10 (38.46%) MCSE
2 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) IEC 61131
2 1 (3.85%) GDPR
2 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 11 (42.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Dell
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 10 (38.46%) Apple
2 10 (38.46%) Cisco
2 10 (38.46%) Fortinet
2 10 (38.46%) Google
2 10 (38.46%) Ubiquiti
3 4 (15.38%) Rockwell
3 4 (15.38%) Siemens
4 1 (3.85%) EMC
4 1 (3.85%) PayPal
4 1 (3.85%) SonicWALL