Systems Engineer Job Trends in Swindon

System Engineer
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median System Engineer salary in Swindon is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 November 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 27 29
Rank change year-on-year +14 +2 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 15 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Swindon 8.77% 3.13% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.00% 3.35% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £30,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -33.33% -
75th Percentile - - £46,875
90th Percentile - - £48,000
Wiltshire median annual salary £50,396 £30,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +67.99% -31.43% -10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 150 239 174
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.72% 93.36% 98.31%
Number of salaries quoted 109 151 156
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £30,625
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
Wiltshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.04% +3.16%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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 Swindon.

Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Swindon

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Swindon

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Swindon.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Swindon

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

For the 6 months to 19 November 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 Swindon region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Active Directory
1 11 (73.33%) Amazon RDS
1 11 (73.33%) Azure
1 11 (73.33%) Brocade
1 11 (73.33%) Customer Experience
1 11 (73.33%) Customer Service
1 11 (73.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 11 (73.33%) DHCP
1 11 (73.33%) DNS
1 11 (73.33%) Email Filtering
1 11 (73.33%) Hyper-V
1 11 (73.33%) Kalman Filter
1 11 (73.33%) Linux
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft 365
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (73.33%) Migration
1 11 (73.33%) Nimble Storage
1 11 (73.33%) PCI DSS
1 11 (73.33%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
1 11 (73.33%) Security Cleared
1 11 (73.33%) SolarWinds
1 11 (73.33%) Splunk
1 11 (73.33%) Tanium
1 11 (73.33%) Terminal Server
1 11 (73.33%) Veeam
1 11 (73.33%) VMware
1 11 (73.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 11 (73.33%) Vulnerability Scanning

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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 11 (73.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (73.33%) Azure
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) DHCP
1 11 (73.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (73.33%) Amazon RDS
General
1 11 (73.33%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (73.33%) Linux
1 11 (73.33%) Windows
1 11 (73.33%) Windows Server
1 11 (73.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Customer Experience
1 11 (73.33%) Customer Service
1 11 (73.33%) Email Filtering
1 11 (73.33%) Kalman Filter
1 11 (73.33%) Migration
1 11 (73.33%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (73.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 11 (73.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 11 (73.33%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
1 11 (73.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (73.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 11 (73.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (73.33%) Active Directory
1 11 (73.33%) Hyper-V
1 11 (73.33%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Brocade
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
1 11 (73.33%) Nimble Storage
1 11 (73.33%) SolarWinds
1 11 (73.33%) Splunk
1 11 (73.33%) Tanium
1 11 (73.33%) Veeam
1 11 (73.33%) VMware