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 to 30 November 2023.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 30 Nov 2023 |
Same period 2022 | Same period 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 464 | 855 | 813 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +391 | -42 | -152 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer | 275 | 236 | 292 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.51% | 0.19% | 0.23% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.53% | 0.20% | 0.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 82 | 94 | 160 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,625 | £45,549 | £41,475 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £50,030 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £72,500 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £82,125 | £75,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -8.33% | -7.69% |
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 | 51,419 | 120,484 | 123,121 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 95.48% | 95.34% | 95.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 37,696 | 75,234 | 84,392 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,750 | £32,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £81,250 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £97,750 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.00% | +5.26% |
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 30 November 2023.
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 30 November 2023. 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 | +308 | 248 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 97 |
| England | +355 | 243 | £60,000 | - | 117 |
| North of England | +213 | 68 | £55,000 | +14.58% | 9 |
| South East | +148 | 49 | £61,000 | +17.31% | 35 |
| Midlands | +150 | 39 | £52,500 | -12.50% | 19 |
| Work from Home | +226 | 34 | £62,500 | -3.85% | 34 |
| North West | +139 | 34 | £55,000 | - | 7 |
| South West | +52 | 33 | £70,000 | +9.80% | 17 |
| East of England | +148 | 30 | £65,000 | +13.04% | 9 |
| West Midlands | +150 | 26 | £52,500 | -12.50% | 13 |
| London | +263 | 24 | £60,000 | -17.24% | 27 |
| Yorkshire | +106 | 22 | £45,000 | -6.25% | 2 |
| Scotland | +67 | 22 | £52,500 | -22.22% | 7 |
| East Midlands | +59 | 13 | - | - | 6 |
| North East | +53 | 12 | £55,000 | +7.32% | |
| Wales | +20 | 7 | £44,000 | +35.38% | 1 |
Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 November 2023, 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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