Senior Systems Engineer Job Trends

Senior System Engineer
UK

The median Senior System Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 496 426
Rank change year-on-year +186 -70 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 705 173 371
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.35% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.39% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 414 90 213
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,683 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,950 £49,762
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 111,132 44,146 66,021
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 89.78% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 75,108 26,039 37,746
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,238 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -7.08% -5.83%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -4.76%

Senior Systems Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Systems Engineer Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Systems Engineer Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Engineer in the UK

Senior Systems Engineer Top 17 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 22 October 2026. 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
England +166 649 £60,000 - 565
UK excluding London +149 629 £60,000 - 373
South East +129 311 £55,000 -8.33% 127
South West +24 134 £65,000 +8.33% 40
Work from Home -18 73 £60,000 +26.32% 179
North of England -40 67 £65,000 +18.63% 36
East of England +19 60 £64,000 -24.71% 69
London -36 50 £100,000 +25.00% 163
North West -41 29 £65,000 +18.63% 19
Scotland - 29 £55,000 - 46
Midlands -42 26 £60,000 +9.09% 43
Yorkshire -15 21 £50,000 +29.87% 11
North East - 17 £70,000 - 6
East Midlands -39 13 £60,000 +8.11% 7
West Midlands -52 13 £60,000 +9.09% 36
Wales -72 1 £66,300 +20.55% 8
Northern Ireland -77 1 - - 8

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, Senior Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Systems Engineering20.1%142
2Degree11.2%79
3BPSS Clearance9.1%64
3Technical Leadership9.1%64
5Software Engineering6.4%45
6Agile5.0%35
6Continuous Improvement5.0%35
6Model-Based Systems Engineering5.0%35
6Problem-Solving5.0%35
6Python5.0%35
11Rational DOORS4.8%34
11Requirements Management4.8%34
13Physics4.7%33
13Systems Thinking4.7%33
15Customer Requirements4.5%32
15Validation4.5%32
17Azure4.4%31
18MATLAB4.3%30
18Microsoft4.3%30
20SysML4.1%29
21Siemens3.8%27
22Chartered Engineer3.7%26
23AI3.5%25
23Mathematics3.5%25
25Coaching3.4%24
26Change Management3.3%23
26Mentoring3.3%23
28DevOps3.1%22
28Simulink3.1%22
30Data Pipeline3.0%21

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Systems Engineer88.4%623
2Senior Data Warehouse Specialist7.1%50
3Network Systems Engineer5.2%37
4Network Engineer4.7%33
5Senior Cloud Engineer4.3%30
5Senior Network Specialist4.3%30
7Senior Security Engineer4.1%29
8Senior Software Engineer3.8%27
9Senior Electronics Engineer3.4%24
10Optical Engineer3.0%21
11Cloud Specialist2.8%20
11Control Systems Engineer2.8%20
11Senior Server Engineer2.8%20
11Senior Server Specialist2.8%20
15Senior IT Engineer2.3%16
16Data Centre Engineer1.6%11
16Senior Integration Engineer1.6%11
16Systems Integration Engineer1.6%11
19Principal Systems Engineer1.4%10
20Lead Systems Engineer1.3%9
674 Senior Systems Engineer jobs Nationwide