Systems Engineering Jobs in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 228 323
Rank change year-on-year +220 +95 +14
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 5,847 896 575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.07% 1.22% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.25% 1.48% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,519 495 162
10th Percentile - £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £70,600 £78,250 £85,000
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,974 60,639 55,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.75% 82.65% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17,037 41,817 28,998
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineering within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
North of England +312 1,591 £50,055 -1.85% 134
Midlands +183 1,561 £47,683 -13.30% 196
North West +250 1,411 £50,055 -8.99% 85
South East +172 1,098 £62,000 -2.36% 300
West Midlands +154 933 £35,000 -36.36% 132
South West +98 629 £52,600 -4.36% 236
East Midlands +142 628 £47,683 -4.63% 57
Scotland +254 615 £58,033 +10.54% 40
Yorkshire +153 177 £47,683 -6.50% 38
East of England +37 177 £47,683 -13.30% 129
Wales +95 176 £62,000 +65.33% 34
North East +50 3 £60,000 -11.11% 12
Northern Ireland +39 3 - - 7
Systems Engineering
UK

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 30 (0.51%) Confluence
2 4 (0.068%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.034%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.034%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 977 (16.71%) Simulink
2 234 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 187 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 172 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 119 (2.04%) Mathcad
6 32 (0.55%) Mathematica
7 14 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
7 14 (0.24%) Trello
8 3 (0.051%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.034%) GNU Octave
10 1 (0.017%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 344 (5.88%) Teamcenter
2 13 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.017%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.017%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (0.41%) AWS
2 12 (0.21%) Google Workspace
3 6 (0.10%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (0.068%) Microsoft Copilot
4 4 (0.068%) SaaS
5 3 (0.051%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (0.051%) Amazon EKS
5 3 (0.051%) Amazon S3
6 2 (0.034%) Amazon ECR
6 2 (0.034%) Azure
6 2 (0.034%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.034%) Slack
6 2 (0.034%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.017%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.017%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (0.017%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.017%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (0.39%) Wireshark
2 16 (0.27%) VoIP
3 12 (0.21%) BGP
3 12 (0.21%) DHCP
3 12 (0.21%) DNS
3 12 (0.21%) Firewall
3 12 (0.21%) OSPF
3 12 (0.21%) TCP/IP
3 12 (0.21%) VLAN
3 12 (0.21%) WLAN
4 2 (0.034%) ATM
4 2 (0.034%) MQTT
4 2 (0.034%) SAN
4 2 (0.034%) WAN
5 1 (0.017%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (0.46%) MySQL
2 25 (0.43%) Relational Database
3 15 (0.26%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.034%) Big Data
4 2 (0.034%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.034%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.034%) GIS
4 2 (0.034%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.034%) Metadata
4 2 (0.034%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.017%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1,001 (17.12%) Rational DOORS
2 121 (2.07%) JIRA
3 30 (0.51%) Git
4 25 (0.43%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.068%) GitLab
6 2 (0.034%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.017%) LabVIEW
General
1 920 (15.73%) Aerospace
2 878 (15.02%) Electronics
3 792 (13.55%) Automotive
4 730 (12.49%) Social Skills
5 531 (9.08%) Presentation Skills
6 294 (5.03%) Telecoms
7 215 (3.68%) Avionics
8 164 (2.80%) Law
9 154 (2.63%) Aeronautics
10 105 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
11 45 (0.77%) Finance
12 41 (0.70%) Aviation
13 40 (0.68%) Military
14 27 (0.46%) Analytical Skills
15 26 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
15 26 (0.44%) Legal
16 19 (0.32%) Public Sector
17 18 (0.31%) Retail
18 13 (0.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 12 (0.21%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3,261 (55.77%) Systems Engineer
2 1,795 (30.70%) Principal Engineer
3 1,684 (28.80%) Senior
4 1,575 (26.94%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 1,187 (20.30%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 398 (6.81%) Engineering Manager
7 356 (6.09%) Lead
8 269 (4.60%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 229 (3.92%) Integration Engineer
9 229 (3.92%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 184 (3.15%) Software Assurance Engineer
11 183 (3.13%) Requirements Manager
12 161 (2.75%) Validation Engineer
13 154 (2.63%) System Verification Engineer
14 151 (2.58%) Requirements Engineer
15 138 (2.36%) Junior
15 138 (2.36%) Junior Systems Engineer
16 132 (2.26%) Software Engineer
17 128 (2.19%) Team Leader
18 99 (1.69%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (0.43%) .NET
2 13 (0.22%) Kafka
3 2 (0.034%) Django
3 2 (0.034%) Flask
3 2 (0.034%) gRPC
3 2 (0.034%) Lambda Expressions
3 2 (0.034%) Middleware
3 2 (0.034%) React
4 1 (0.017%) boto
4 1 (0.017%) Flash
4 1 (0.017%) REST
4 1 (0.017%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 448 (7.66%) Algorithms
2 149 (2.55%) Management Information System
3 14 (0.24%) e-Learning
3 14 (0.24%) Social Media
4 13 (0.22%) Data Centre
4 13 (0.22%) SCADA
5 12 (0.21%) Smartphone
6 11 (0.19%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (0.12%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.068%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.068%) FMCG
8 4 (0.068%) Microsoft Licensing
8 4 (0.068%) PKI
9 3 (0.051%) Acoustics
9 3 (0.051%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.034%) IoT
10 2 (0.034%) Molecular Biology
10 2 (0.034%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.017%) Augmented Reality
11 1 (0.017%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 65 (1.11%) Linux
1 65 (1.11%) Windows
2 14 (0.24%) Windows Server
2 14 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
3 12 (0.21%) Mac OS X
3 12 (0.21%) Ubuntu
3 12 (0.21%) Windows 10
3 12 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.017%) Android
4 1 (0.017%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,908 (32.63%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1,624 (27.77%) Validation
3 1,558 (26.65%) SysML
4 1,422 (24.32%) Mathematics
5 1,196 (20.45%) Verification and Validation
6 957 (16.37%) Agile
7 841 (14.38%) Software Engineering
8 829 (14.18%) Physics
9 790 (13.51%) Requirements Management
10 719 (12.30%) UML
11 587 (10.04%) Cybersecurity
12 552 (9.44%) Coaching
13 530 (9.06%) MODAF
14 493 (8.43%) Technical Leadership
15 473 (8.09%) Digital Twin
16 448 (7.66%) Collaborative Working
17 443 (7.58%) Signal Processing
18 410 (7.01%) Problem-Solving
19 408 (6.98%) Project Planning
20 347 (5.93%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 1,687 (28.85%) MATLAB
2 119 (2.04%) R
3 105 (1.80%) Python
4 33 (0.56%) C#
5 30 (0.51%) C
6 18 (0.31%) C++
6 18 (0.31%) Java
7 15 (0.26%) PowerShell
8 14 (0.24%) SQL
9 3 (0.051%) Ada
9 3 (0.051%) Go
9 3 (0.051%) Ruby
10 2 (0.034%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.034%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.034%) Rust
10 2 (0.034%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.017%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.017%) Perl
11 1 (0.017%) Tcl
11 1 (0.017%) VB
Qualifications
1 4,611 (78.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 3,848 (65.81%) Degree
3 961 (16.44%) HND
4 889 (15.20%) HNC
5 499 (8.53%) Chartered Engineer
6 197 (3.37%) Master's Degree
7 114 (1.95%) ISTQB
8 46 (0.79%) Security Cleared
9 40 (0.68%) SC Cleared
10 24 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
11 22 (0.38%) CEH
12 18 (0.31%) PhD
13 16 (0.27%) DBS Check
14 14 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (0.24%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.24%) PMP
15 13 (0.22%) Computer Science Degree
16 12 (0.21%) MCSE
17 5 (0.086%) CISSP
17 5 (0.086%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 732 (12.52%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 410 (7.01%) IEC 61508
3 263 (4.50%) Def Stans
4 178 (3.04%) DO-254
5 156 (2.67%) ARP4754
6 18 (0.31%) QA
7 6 (0.10%) ISO 26262
8 5 (0.086%) Automotive SPICE
9 2 (0.034%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.034%) GRC
9 2 (0.034%) NIST
10 1 (0.017%) ECSS
10 1 (0.017%) ITGC
10 1 (0.017%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.017%) RMADS
System Software
1 23 (0.39%) Firmware
2 18 (0.31%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.034%) Docker
4 2 (0.034%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (0.43%) Ansible
2 13 (0.22%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.034%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.034%) Kustomize
3 2 (0.034%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.034%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.017%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 632 (10.81%) IBM
2 241 (4.12%) Microsoft
3 206 (3.52%) ANSYS
4 138 (2.36%) MathWorks
5 36 (0.62%) Siemens
6 26 (0.44%) Atlassian
7 19 (0.32%) Dell
8 15 (0.26%) VMware
9 14 (0.24%) Cisco
10 13 (0.22%) Sparx
11 12 (0.21%) Apple
11 12 (0.21%) Fortinet
11 12 (0.21%) Google
11 12 (0.21%) Ubiquiti
12 8 (0.14%) Facebook
12 8 (0.14%) YouTube
13 7 (0.12%) EMC
14 3 (0.051%) Avaloq
14 3 (0.051%) PayPal
15 2 (0.034%) Palo Alto