System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 December 2023.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 Dec 2023 |
Same period 2022 | Same period 2021 | |
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| Rank | 240 | 296 | 379 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +56 | +83 | -11 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 754 | 1,538 | 1,173 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.41% | 1.24% | 0.92% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.48% | 1.30% | 0.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 379 | 508 | 574 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £35,000 | £32,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £42,500 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £51,750 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.45% | +8.95% | +1.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,250 | £70,000 | £62,188 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £89,125 | £72,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,500 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.00% | +11.11% | +5.88% |
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 | 50,985 | 118,425 | 121,174 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 95.43% | 95.37% | 95.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 37,346 | 74,222 | 83,417 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,750 | £32,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £81,250 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £98,750 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.00% | +5.26% |
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 5 December 2023.
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 5 December 2023. 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 | +48 | 668 | £52,500 | +1.94% | 628 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 573 | £48,500 | -3.00% | 556 |
| South East | +25 | 196 | £42,500 | -15.00% | 170 |
| Work from Home | -9 | 192 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 208 |
| London | +194 | 168 | £60,000 | -13.56% | 113 |
| North of England | +115 | 99 | £52,500 | +21.39% | 87 |
| South West | -33 | 94 | £62,500 | +30.21% | 99 |
| Midlands | +13 | 86 | £48,050 | +2.23% | 100 |
| West Midlands | +22 | 65 | £48,050 | +2.23% | 71 |
| Scotland | +57 | 61 | £37,500 | -29.55% | 38 |
| North West | +96 | 56 | £53,750 | +14.36% | 43 |
| East of England | +67 | 36 | £66,250 | +15.22% | 66 |
| Yorkshire | +88 | 27 | £45,000 | +4.05% | 37 |
| East Midlands | +26 | 21 | £50,000 | -2.91% | 29 |
| North East | +54 | 16 | £47,500 | +29.25% | 12 |
| Wales | +7 | 13 | £37,500 | - | 18 |
| Northern Ireland | +36 | 4 | - | - | 4 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 December 2023, 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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