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 3 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 3 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 22 | 95 | 304 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +73 | +209 | +130 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 4,352 | 2,823 | 1,129 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 7.82% | 2.68% | 1.19% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 8.66% | 2.83% | 1.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,536 | 1,803 | 449 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,375 | £33,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,055 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.11% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60,265 | £60,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £70,000 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| % 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 | 50,265 | 99,846 | 86,547 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.36% | 94.87% | 91.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,239 | 70,998 | 55,960 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,500 | £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 | £50,967 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.93% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
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 3 June 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 3 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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| UK excluding London | +65 | 4,085 | £50,055 | +0.11% | 695 |
| England | +63 | 3,673 | £50,055 | +0.11% | 851 |
| North of England | +134 | 1,438 | £50,055 | +11.23% | 139 |
| North West | +121 | 1,250 | £50,055 | +0.11% | 89 |
| Work from Home | +181 | 1,140 | £47,683 | -4.63% | 441 |
| South East | +36 | 875 | £62,000 | +24.00% | 185 |
| Midlands | +49 | 640 | £47,683 | -2.69% | 122 |
| Scotland | +154 | 462 | £58,033 | +10.54% | 35 |
| South West | +22 | 401 | £52,600 | -4.36% | 120 |
| West Midlands | +51 | 354 | £46,250 | -7.50% | 81 |
| East Midlands | +39 | 285 | £47,683 | +12.20% | 41 |
| Yorkshire | +111 | 176 | £47,683 | +8.99% | 40 |
| East of England | -27 | 151 | £47,683 | -9.18% | 91 |
| Wales | +54 | 114 | £62,000 | +77.14% | 11 |
| London | -27 | 104 | £65,000 | +18.18% | 185 |
| North East | +40 | 12 | £55,000 | +29.41% | 13 |
| Northern Ireland | +39 | 4 | - | - | 9 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 June 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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