Systems Engineer Jobs in Stoke-on-Trent

System Engineer
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The median System Engineer salary in Stoke-on-Trent is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 39 38
Rank change year-on-year +29 -1 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 17 7 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 16.67% 2.05% 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.67% 2.24% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 17 7 0
10th Percentile - £34,000 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £37,500 - -
90th Percentile £43,500 - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.23% +2.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Stoke-on-Trent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. 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 Stoke-on-Trent with a recognized job title 102 313 186
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 91.79% 86.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60 280 156
10th Percentile £28,000 £22,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -0.62% +7.33%
75th Percentile £44,063 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £61,500 £67,500
Staffordshire median annual salary £39,127 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.18% -11.11% +5.88%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Stoke-on-Trent

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in Stoke-on-Trent.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Stoke-on-Trent

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Stoke-on-Trent over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Stoke-on-Trent

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent

For the 6 months to 6 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 Stoke-on-Trent region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Automotive
1 17 (100.00%) Degree
1 17 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 17 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 17 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (88.24%) Windows Server 2016
2 15 (88.24%) Windows Server 2019
2 15 (88.24%) Business Case
2 15 (88.24%) Performance Tuning
2 15 (88.24%) Windows 10
2 15 (88.24%) Windows Server
2 15 (88.24%) Ubiquiti
2 15 (88.24%) Google Workspace
2 15 (88.24%) Computer Science Degree
2 15 (88.24%) PowerShell
2 15 (88.24%) Firewall
2 15 (88.24%) Management Information System
2 15 (88.24%) Retail
2 15 (88.24%) Google
2 15 (88.24%) Ubuntu
2 15 (88.24%) Smartphone
2 15 (88.24%) VLAN
2 15 (88.24%) Fortinet
2 15 (88.24%) SQL
2 15 (88.24%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (88.24%) HNC
2 15 (88.24%) HND
2 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 15 (88.24%) Linux
2 15 (88.24%) MCSE

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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 15 (88.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (88.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.76%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 15 (88.24%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 15 (88.24%) BGP
1 15 (88.24%) DHCP
1 15 (88.24%) DNS
1 15 (88.24%) Firewall
1 15 (88.24%) OSPF
1 15 (88.24%) TCP/IP
1 15 (88.24%) VLAN
1 15 (88.24%) WLAN
General
1 17 (100.00%) Automotive
1 17 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (88.24%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
3 2 (11.76%) Agriculture
3 2 (11.76%) Avionics
3 2 (11.76%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 15 (88.24%) Management Information System
1 15 (88.24%) Smartphone
2 2 (11.76%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (88.24%) Linux
1 15 (88.24%) Mac OS X
1 15 (88.24%) Ubuntu
1 15 (88.24%) Windows
1 15 (88.24%) Windows 10
1 15 (88.24%) Windows Server
1 15 (88.24%) Windows Server 2016
1 15 (88.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 17 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 15 (88.24%) Business Case
2 15 (88.24%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (11.76%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (11.76%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (11.76%) Mechatronics
3 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.76%) Product Requirements
3 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
3 2 (11.76%) Project Management
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (11.76%) Validation
3 2 (11.76%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 15 (88.24%) PowerShell
1 15 (88.24%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) C
2 2 (11.76%) Embedded C
2 2 (11.76%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Degree
2 15 (88.24%) Computer Science Degree
2 15 (88.24%) HNC
2 15 (88.24%) HND
2 15 (88.24%) MCSE
2 15 (88.24%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 15 (88.24%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) Apple
1 15 (88.24%) Cisco
1 15 (88.24%) Dell
1 15 (88.24%) Fortinet
1 15 (88.24%) Google
1 15 (88.24%) Microsoft
1 15 (88.24%) Ubiquiti