Senior System Engineer
UK
The median Senior System Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 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 18 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 512 | 784 | 941 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +272 | +157 | -196 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer | 424 | 219 | 272 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.44% | 0.20% | 0.18% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.46% | 0.22% | 0.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 302 | 75 | 166 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £36,356 | £45,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £46,263 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | -11.11% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £68,125 | £75,938 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £78,900 | £82,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -12.00% | +4.17% |
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 | 92,025 | 97,996 | 146,640 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.63% | 91.64% | 96.02% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,479 | 61,282 | 85,815 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.67% | - | +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 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +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 18 April 2024.
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 18 April 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 |
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| England | +278 | 386 | £56,748 | -5.42% | 86 |
| UK excluding London | +175 | 362 | £55,000 | - | 72 |
| South East | +121 | 141 | £55,000 | - | 22 |
| Midlands | +55 | 70 | £52,500 | -17.97% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +126 | 67 | £50,000 | -23.08% | 49 |
| South West | +9 | 56 | £60,000 | - | 9 |
| London | +180 | 52 | £64,250 | -3.02% | 18 |
| West Midlands | +61 | 45 | £52,500 | -17.97% | 12 |
| North of England | +86 | 44 | £55,000 | +15.79% | 11 |
| North West | +37 | 33 | £55,000 | +40.62% | 8 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 25 | £50,000 | - | 8 |
| East of England | +20 | 23 | £60,000 | +53.40% | 4 |
| Scotland | -45 | 19 | £52,500 | -19.23% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +85 | 9 | £45,107 | -4.03% | 3 |
| Wales | +14 | 9 | £36,476 | - | |
| North East | -7 | 2 | £55,000 | -15.38% |
Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, 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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