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 12 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 12 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 700 | 857 | 934 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +157 | +77 | +328 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Designer | 14 | 51 | 2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.025% | 0.047% | 0.002% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.028% | 0.049% | 0.002% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 14 | 46 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £43,125 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £45,625 | £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 | £54,688 | £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 | 50,220 | 103,726 | 84,723 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.02% | 94.76% | 91.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,439 | 73,309 | 55,187 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,605 | £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.
Systems Designer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Designer.
Systems Designer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Designer over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.
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 12 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 |
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| England | +116 | 10 | £56,250 | +12.50% | 10 |
| UK excluding London | +162 | 8 | £57,500 | +15.00% | 7 |
| Midlands | +87 | 5 | £57,500 | +4.55% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +74 | 5 | £57,500 | +4.55% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +139 | 4 | £57,500 | +4.55% | 2 |
| South East | +98 | 3 | £60,000 | +50.00% | 4 |
| London | +90 | 2 | £45,000 | -25.00% | 4 |
Systems Designer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 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.
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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:
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