System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer salary in the UK is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 27 | 108 | 348 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +81 | +240 | +73 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 3,633 | 2,382 | 1,028 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 6.97% | 2.42% | 0.99% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 7.73% | 2.56% | 1.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,303 | 1,522 | 419 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,415 | £32,500 | £32,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,055 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -9.09% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,265 | £60,000 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £68,750 | £70,000 | £103,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | - | +11.11% |
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 | 46,971 | 93,051 | 95,196 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.06% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,308 | 66,827 | 59,871 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.00% | -12.08% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,344 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
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 30 April 2025.
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 30 April 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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| UK excluding London | +75 | 3,472 | £50,055 | +0.11% | 568 |
| England | +83 | 3,054 | £50,055 | +0.11% | 643 |
| North of England | +161 | 1,226 | £50,055 | +11.23% | 105 |
| North West | +136 | 1,083 | £50,055 | +0.11% | 61 |
| Work from Home | +183 | 737 | £47,683 | -4.63% | 323 |
| South East | +48 | 660 | £62,000 | +24.00% | 145 |
| Midlands | +57 | 606 | £47,683 | -1.68% | 112 |
| Scotland | +144 | 415 | £58,033 | +35.75% | 40 |
| South West | +36 | 345 | £52,600 | -4.36% | 94 |
| West Midlands | +49 | 343 | £35,000 | -30.00% | 77 |
| East Midlands | +57 | 262 | £47,683 | +12.20% | 34 |
| Yorkshire | +98 | 133 | £47,683 | +5.96% | 36 |
| East of England | -18 | 128 | £47,683 | -8.30% | 68 |
| Wales | +60 | 91 | £62,000 | +71.03% | 8 |
| London | -10 | 88 | £65,000 | +18.18% | 119 |
| North East | +42 | 10 | £43,250 | +8.13% | 12 |
| Northern Ireland | +29 | 1 | - | - | 13 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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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