Senior System Engineer
UK
The median Senior System Engineer salary in the UK is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 134 | 483 | 479 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +349 | -4 | +482 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer | 1,350 | 473 | 478 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.25% | 0.46% | 0.56% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.51% | 0.48% | 0.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 757 | 335 | 70 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,863 | £43,239 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,869 | £49,996 | £50,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £54,793 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.68% | -7.69% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £65,000 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £62,000 | £75,000 | £83,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,793 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.68% | -7.69% | +18.10% |
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 | 53,824 | 98,051 | 78,380 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.54% | 94.81% | 91.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29,784 | 68,550 | 53,705 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £29,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,574 | £38,750 | £44,101 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,708 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £52,700 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.12% | +3.33% |
Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer.
Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.
Senior Systems Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 July 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 | +304 | 1,303 | £54,793 | -8.68% | 120 |
| England | +346 | 1,258 | £54,793 | -8.68% | 143 |
| North of England | +284 | 634 | £50,055 | -8.99% | 14 |
| North West | +229 | 611 | £50,055 | -8.99% | 10 |
| South East | +148 | 280 | £62,000 | +12.73% | 48 |
| Midlands | +156 | 176 | £55,000 | - | 23 |
| South West | +95 | 118 | £52,600 | -12.33% | 22 |
| West Midlands | +125 | 105 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 15 |
| Work from Home | +95 | 89 | £50,055 | -15.16% | 66 |
| East Midlands | +76 | 71 | £48,000 | -12.73% | 8 |
| Scotland | +117 | 36 | £75,360 | +0.48% | 3 |
| Wales | +54 | 33 | £62,000 | +69.98% | 4 |
| East of England | +34 | 25 | £85,000 | +41.67% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | +52 | 23 | £57,560 | +27.76% | 3 |
| London | +72 | 21 | £80,000 | +25.98% | 30 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 13 July 2025, Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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:
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