Systems Designer Jobs

System Designer
UK

The median System Designer salary in the UK is £51,750 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 707 872 944
Rank change year-on-year +165 +72 +334
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Designer 14 49 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.045% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.048% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 14 44 1
10th Percentile - £42,375 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,875 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -28.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £63,125 £62,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -

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%

Systems Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Systems Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Designer in the UK

Systems Designer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Designer.

Salary trend for Systems Designer in the UK

Systems Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Designer over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Designer in the UK

Systems Designer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Designer 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
England +128 10 £56,250 +12.50% 11
UK excluding London +168 8 £57,500 +15.00% 8
Midlands +78 5 £57,500 +4.55% 2
West Midlands +67 5 £57,500 +4.55% 2
Work from Home +119 4 £57,500 +4.55% 2
South East +86 3 £60,000 +50.00% 4
London +119 2 £45,000 -25.00% 4

Systems Designer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 June 2025, Systems Designer 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 Systems Designer in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) CAD
1 9 (64.29%) AutoCAD
2 7 (50.00%) Home Automation
2 7 (50.00%) Smart Home
3 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 5 (35.71%) User Experience
3 5 (35.71%) Design Patterns
4 4 (28.57%) Architectural Design
4 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 4 (28.57%) ITIL
4 4 (28.57%) COBIT
5 3 (21.43%) Revit
5 3 (21.43%) Development Roadmap
6 2 (14.29%) SDLC
6 2 (14.29%) 3D Modelling
6 2 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (7.14%) UML
7 1 (7.14%) Law
7 1 (7.14%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (7.14%) Wireframes
7 1 (7.14%) Prototyping
7 1 (7.14%) Guidewire

Systems Designer 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 9 (64.29%) AutoCAD
2 3 (21.43%) Revit
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Home Automation
1 7 (50.00%) Smart Home
2 2 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) CAD
2 5 (35.71%) Design Patterns
2 5 (35.71%) User Experience
3 4 (28.57%) Architectural Design
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 3 (21.43%) Development Roadmap
5 2 (14.29%) 3D Modelling
5 2 (14.29%) SDLC
6 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.14%) Prototyping
6 1 (7.14%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (7.14%) UML
6 1 (7.14%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) COBIT
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Guidewire