Control Systems Engineer
UK
The median Control Systems Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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 22 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 657 | 802 | 959 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +145 | +157 | +228 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Control Systems Engineer | 57 | 109 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.10% | 0.11% | 0.004% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.12% | 0.004% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 39 | 80 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £44,605 | £39,000 | £32,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £45,000 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | +25.00% | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £61,875 | £65,000 | £45,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £71,375 | £48,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 49,668 | 94,676 | 90,476 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.49% | 94.69% | 91.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,895 | 67,575 | 57,131 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,250 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,750 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,325 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -6.24% | +6.65% |
Control Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Control Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Control Systems Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Control Systems Engineer.
Control Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Control Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.
Control Systems Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Control Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +141 | 48 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 139 |
| England | +103 | 47 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 132 |
| Midlands | +57 | 25 | £55,000 | +12.24% | 37 |
| West Midlands | +70 | 17 | £55,000 | +12.24% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +136 | 10 | £50,000 | +19.05% | 30 |
| South East | +88 | 10 | £44,605 | -31.38% | 21 |
| East Midlands | +27 | 8 | £60,000 | +23.71% | 16 |
| London | +114 | 6 | £65,000 | -10.34% | 14 |
| Scotland | +129 | 4 | £53,750 | - | 13 |
| East of England | +27 | 4 | £66,250 | +26.19% | 14 |
| Wales | +46 | 3 | - | - | 7 |
| South West | +77 | 1 | £60,000 | +42.86% | 16 |
| Yorkshire | +62 | 1 | £50,000 | +66.67% | 13 |
| North of England | +41 | 1 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 32 |
Control Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Control 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 featuring Control Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Control Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: