Lead Systems Engineer Jobs

Lead System Engineer
UK

The median Lead System Engineer salary in the UK is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 794 873
Rank change year-on-year +345 +79 +353
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer 286 127 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.12% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.12% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 166 24 24
10th Percentile £47,683 £40,000 £47,433
25th Percentile £53,148 £51,250 £83,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £61,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% -28.24% +131.29%
75th Percentile - £65,000 -
90th Percentile £59,081 - £106,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £61,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -10.18% -28.24% +131.29%

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 50,705 102,755 84,914
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 94.75% 91.21%
Number of salaries quoted 26,686 72,539 55,149
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,524 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.37%

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 10 June 2025.

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 10 June 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
UK excluding London +342 276 £54,793 -10.18% 32
England +311 255 £54,793 -0.38% 33
North of England +210 182 £54,793 - 4
North West +147 174 £54,793 - 4
Work from Home +148 50 £54,793 -11.62% 13
South West +126 29 £52,600 -4.36% 6
South East +96 25 £67,500 +68.75% 11
Scotland +121 16 - - 5
Midlands +69 9 £61,325 +2.21%
Yorkshire +61 8 - -
East Midlands +58 8 - -
East of England +19 8 - - 7
Wales +42 7 - -
London +131 2 £70,900 - 4
West Midlands +51 1 £61,325 -

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 2025, 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.

1 277 (96.85%) Systems Engineering
2 253 (88.46%) BPSS Clearance
3 135 (47.20%) Aerospace
4 128 (44.76%) Coaching
5 114 (39.86%) Degree
6 103 (36.01%) Performance Management
7 88 (30.77%) Mathematics
7 88 (30.77%) Physics
7 88 (30.77%) Cost Control
7 88 (30.77%) Aeronautics
8 78 (27.27%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 76 (26.57%) Agile
10 75 (26.22%) SysML
11 55 (19.23%) Social Skills
12 50 (17.48%) Safety Engineering
12 50 (17.48%) System Testing
12 50 (17.48%) Simulink
12 50 (17.48%) Project Management
12 50 (17.48%) Microsoft Office
12 50 (17.48%) Microsoft
12 50 (17.48%) MathWorks
13 40 (13.99%) Software Delivery
13 40 (13.99%) Technical Leadership
13 40 (13.99%) Line Management
14 31 (10.84%) Supply Chain Management
15 25 (8.74%) Business Continuity
15 25 (8.74%) UML
16 21 (7.34%) Roadmaps
17 20 (6.99%) Situational Awareness
18 16 (5.59%) Management Information System

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 50 (17.48%) Microsoft Office
1 50 (17.48%) Simulink
2 2 (0.70%) CATIA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.45%) MongoDB
General
1 135 (47.20%) Aerospace
2 88 (30.77%) Aeronautics
3 55 (19.23%) Social Skills
4 6 (2.10%) Public Sector
5 2 (0.70%) Automotive
5 2 (0.70%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.45%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.59%) Management Information System
2 2 (0.70%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (96.85%) Systems Engineering
2 128 (44.76%) Coaching
3 103 (36.01%) Performance Management
4 88 (30.77%) Cost Control
4 88 (30.77%) Mathematics
4 88 (30.77%) Physics
5 78 (27.27%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 76 (26.57%) Agile
7 75 (26.22%) SysML
8 50 (17.48%) Project Management
8 50 (17.48%) Safety Engineering
8 50 (17.48%) System Testing
9 40 (13.99%) Line Management
9 40 (13.99%) Software Delivery
9 40 (13.99%) Technical Leadership
10 31 (10.84%) Supply Chain Management
11 25 (8.74%) Business Continuity
11 25 (8.74%) UML
12 21 (7.34%) Roadmaps
13 20 (6.99%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.24%) C
1 15 (5.24%) Java
2 10 (3.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 253 (88.46%) BPSS Clearance
2 114 (39.86%) Degree
3 15 (5.24%) HND
4 9 (3.15%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.15%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.35%) CISSP
5 1 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.45%) Def Stans
2 2 (0.70%) Automotive SPICE
System Software
1 15 (5.24%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 50 (17.48%) MathWorks
1 50 (17.48%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.45%) VMware
3 1 (0.35%) Siemens