System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer salary in the UK is £52,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Jul 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 89 | 267 | 366 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +178 | +99 | -11 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 2,489 | 1,112 | 1,777 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.75% | 1.38% | 1.01% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.90% | 1.50% | 1.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,523 | 453 | 714 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £32,500 | £34,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £41,250 | £40,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | - | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £61,000 | £70,000 | £62,629 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,500 | £83,500 | £76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £48,050 | £47,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.22% | +2.23% | +8.05% |
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 | 85,709 | 74,085 | 167,386 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.83% | 91.81% | 95.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 58,134 | 51,472 | 87,435 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £43,800 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £52,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +1.92% | +9.47% |
Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer.
Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.
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 Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 | +162 | 2,203 | £52,500 | - | 223 |
| UK excluding London | +136 | 2,170 | £52,000 | +8.22% | 231 |
| South East | +137 | 552 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 57 |
| South West | +86 | 505 | £60,000 | - | 47 |
| Midlands | +85 | 407 | £49,000 | +1.98% | 41 |
| Work from Home | +118 | 394 | £52,500 | -12.50% | 61 |
| North of England | +56 | 268 | £45,000 | +2.74% | 41 |
| East of England | +37 | 264 | £55,000 | - | 27 |
| West Midlands | +44 | 241 | £49,000 | +1.98% | 27 |
| London | +62 | 202 | £60,000 | -1.64% | 22 |
| North West | +46 | 186 | £50,000 | +14.16% | 27 |
| East Midlands | +82 | 166 | £50,000 | +17.65% | 14 |
| Scotland | +29 | 105 | £50,000 | - | 16 |
| Yorkshire | +80 | 72 | £40,000 | -11.11% | 10 |
| Wales | +65 | 58 | £35,000 | +5.26% | 10 |
| Northern Ireland | +26 | 11 | £32,500 | -56.67% | 6 |
| North East | -30 | 10 | £52,500 | +47.89% | 4 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 Systems Engineer in the job title.
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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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