Lead System Engineer
UK

The median Lead System Engineer salary in the UK is £62,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 799 915 1190
Rank change year-on-year +116 +275 -319
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer 108 80 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.079% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.086% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 21 13 8
10th Percentile - £59,500 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £83,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £85,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% +64.25% -17.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £112,500 £85,000
90th Percentile - £160,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,000 £85,000 £41,375
% change year-on-year -27.06% +105.44% -2.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Lead Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Systems Engineer in the UK

Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Lead Systems Engineer in the UK

Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Systems Engineer in the UK

Lead Systems Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
UK excluding London +34 93 £62,000 -27.06% 21
England +90 80 £55,000 -35.29% 22
East of England - 30 £62,000 - 2
Midlands -16 18 £60,000 - 1
West Midlands -2 17 - - 1
North of England - 15 - -
Work from Home +69 12 £62,000 -34.74% 8
South East +18 9 £40,000 -52.94% 6
Yorkshire - 9 - -
Scotland - 9 £65,000 - 2
North West - 6 - -
South West - 6 £55,000 - 12
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
Wales - 3 - -
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Lead 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 Lead Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (34.26%) Security Cleared
2 36 (33.33%) Finance
3 33 (30.56%) Software-Defined Radio
3 33 (30.56%) SC Cleared
4 22 (20.37%) Automotive
5 19 (17.59%) Customer Service
6 17 (15.74%) Degree
7 16 (14.81%) Computer Science
7 16 (14.81%) FPGA
7 16 (14.81%) Aerospace
7 16 (14.81%) VHDL
7 16 (14.81%) Verilog
7 16 (14.81%) C
8 12 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
9 7 (6.48%) C++
10 6 (5.56%) Citrix
10 6 (5.56%) VMware
10 6 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
10 6 (5.56%) Veeam
10 6 (5.56%) Azure
10 6 (5.56%) NetScaler
10 6 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (5.56%) Customer Experience
10 6 (5.56%) Public Cloud
10 6 (5.56%) Client Onboarding
10 6 (5.56%) Onboarding
11 4 (3.70%) Mathematics
11 4 (3.70%) Performance Engineering
11 4 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (3.70%) MATLAB

Lead 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:

Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Simulink
2 1 (0.93%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 33 (30.56%) Software-Defined Radio
2 6 (5.56%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 36 (33.33%) Finance
2 22 (20.37%) Automotive
3 16 (14.81%) Aerospace
4 4 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.78%) Social Skills
6 2 (1.85%) Electronics
6 2 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.81%) FPGA
1 16 (14.81%) Verilog
1 16 (14.81%) VHDL
2 6 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.56%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (17.59%) Customer Service
2 16 (14.81%) Computer Science
3 12 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
4 6 (5.56%) Client Onboarding
4 6 (5.56%) Customer Experience
4 6 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (3.70%) Mathematical Modelling
5 4 (3.70%) Mathematics
5 4 (3.70%) Performance Engineering
6 3 (2.78%) Battery Management
6 3 (2.78%) CAD
7 2 (1.85%) Change Management
7 2 (1.85%) Data Acquisition
7 2 (1.85%) DMAIC
7 2 (1.85%) Feasibility Study
7 2 (1.85%) FMEA
7 2 (1.85%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 2 (1.85%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (1.85%) Project Management
7 2 (1.85%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.81%) C
2 7 (6.48%) C++
3 4 (3.70%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 37 (34.26%) Security Cleared
2 33 (30.56%) SC Cleared
3 17 (15.74%) Degree
4 4 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.78%) HNC
5 3 (2.78%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 6 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (5.56%) Citrix
1 6 (5.56%) Veeam
1 6 (5.56%) VMware
2 3 (2.78%) QinetiQ
3 1 (0.93%) Allen-Bradley
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle
3 1 (0.93%) SAP
3 1 (0.93%) Siemens