Systems Engineering Jobs

Systems Engineering
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Systems Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 438 378
Rank change year-on-year +198 -60 +60
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 1,024 551 1,735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.13% 0.68% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 0.72% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 517 249 560
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,200 £35,125
25th Percentile £48,250 £53,750 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +21.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £73,863
90th Percentile £82,500 £94,308 £88,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +40.00% -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Systems Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the UK

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering.

Salary trend for Systems Engineering in the UK

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in the UK

Systems Engineering
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 Engineering 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
England +172 924 £59,908 -14.42% 168
UK excluding London +141 856 £55,000 -21.43% 166
Work from Home +137 358 £60,000 -14.29% 46
South West +49 249 £57,500 -17.86% 52
South East +95 230 £62,500 -16.67% 38
Midlands +20 142 £50,000 -4.12% 25
London +85 117 £85,000 +31.78% 26
East of England +53 101 £59,000 -15.71% 16
West Midlands +1 97 £50,000 -4.12% 10
North of England +59 77 £51,000 -27.14% 23
North West +21 48 £50,055 -28.49% 21
East Midlands - 45 £50,000 - 15
Yorkshire +78 28 £51,000 -37.34% 1
Scotland -28 27 £52,500 -25.61% 12
Wales +46 25 £24,000 -65.71% 7
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 3
North East - 1 £85,000 - 1

Systems Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 46 (4.49%) WebLogic
2 27 (2.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.78%) Confluence
5 7 (0.68%) IIS
6 6 (0.59%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 68 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (5.66%) Microsoft Project
3 41 (4.00%) Simulink
4 24 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.59%) Stateflow
6 4 (0.39%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.098%) CATIA
8 1 (0.098%) Mathcad
8 1 (0.098%) Mathematica
8 1 (0.098%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 53 (5.18%) Primavera
2 51 (4.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 9 (0.88%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.098%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.098%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 119 (11.62%) Azure
2 93 (9.08%) AWS
3 46 (4.49%) Amazon EKS
3 46 (4.49%) Amazon SQS
4 37 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (1.95%) Power Platform
6 19 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (1.66%) Entra ID
8 15 (1.46%) SaaS
9 6 (0.59%) Google Workspace
10 4 (0.39%) IaaS
10 4 (0.39%) PaaS
10 4 (0.39%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.20%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.20%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.20%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.098%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.098%) Azure Service Bus
12 1 (0.098%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 72 (7.03%) TCP/IP
2 58 (5.66%) DNS
3 55 (5.37%) BGP
4 46 (4.49%) SSL
5 40 (3.91%) Firewall
6 25 (2.44%) Wireless
7 17 (1.66%) WAN
8 16 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
9 13 (1.27%) VoIP
9 13 (1.27%) WLAN
10 11 (1.07%) DHCP
11 9 (0.88%) Ethernet
11 9 (0.88%) LAN
11 9 (0.88%) OSPF
12 8 (0.78%) NGN
12 8 (0.78%) TACACS
12 8 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.68%) RS-232
13 7 (0.68%) SAN
13 7 (0.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (5.57%) Relational Database
2 48 (4.69%) RDBMS
3 47 (4.59%) Oracle Database
4 46 (4.49%) Amazon RDS
5 14 (1.37%) Power BI
6 6 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
6 6 (0.59%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.49%) MySQL
8 2 (0.20%) Big Data
9 1 (0.098%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.098%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.098%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.098%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.098%) DB2
9 1 (0.098%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.098%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.098%) Redis
9 1 (0.098%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 79 (7.71%) Rational DOORS
2 40 (3.91%) JIRA
3 20 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.27%) Robot Framework
5 11 (1.07%) Git
6 10 (0.98%) Rational Rhapsody
7 9 (0.88%) Rational Team Concert
8 8 (0.78%) GitLab
9 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.39%) LabVIEW
9 4 (0.39%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.39%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.20%) Apache Continuum
General
1 238 (23.24%) Social Skills
2 176 (17.19%) Aerospace
3 85 (8.30%) Electronics
3 85 (8.30%) Finance
4 77 (7.52%) Military
5 69 (6.74%) Manufacturing
6 65 (6.35%) Automotive
7 54 (5.27%) Analytical Skills
8 49 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 47 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (2.34%) Marketing
11 21 (2.05%) Retail
12 20 (1.95%) Games
13 19 (1.86%) Public Sector
14 16 (1.56%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.27%) Aviation
15 13 (1.27%) Legal
16 9 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.68%) Advertising
18 6 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 526 (51.37%) Systems Engineer
2 186 (18.16%) Senior
3 143 (13.96%) Principal Engineer
4 138 (13.48%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 119 (11.62%) Lead
6 112 (10.94%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 106 (10.35%) Architect
8 78 (7.62%) Solutions Architect
9 53 (5.18%) Lead Architect
10 52 (5.08%) Project Controller
11 49 (4.79%) Software Engineer
12 48 (4.69%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 41 (4.00%) Consultant
14 26 (2.54%) Project Manager
15 20 (1.95%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
15 20 (1.95%) Team Leader
16 19 (1.86%) Lead Systems Engineer
17 18 (1.76%) Senior Architect
18 17 (1.66%) Senior Solutions Architect
19 15 (1.46%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (4.49%) RabbitMQ
1 46 (4.49%) Spring Boot
2 35 (3.42%) HTML
3 13 (1.27%) XML
4 6 (0.59%) 802.1X
4 6 (0.59%) Middleware
5 5 (0.49%) Keycloak
6 4 (0.39%) .NET
6 4 (0.39%) WPF
7 3 (0.29%) Bazel
7 3 (0.29%) Keras
7 3 (0.29%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.29%) TensorFlow
8 2 (0.20%) JSON
9 1 (0.098%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.098%) JMS
9 1 (0.098%) Kafka
9 1 (0.098%) Node.js
9 1 (0.098%) REST
9 1 (0.098%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 92 (8.98%) Management Information System
2 56 (5.47%) Enterprise Software
3 46 (4.49%) Public Cloud
4 32 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (2.64%) Robotics
6 26 (2.54%) Algorithms
7 23 (2.25%) IoT
8 21 (2.05%) Product Ownership
9 18 (1.76%) Data Centre
10 17 (1.66%) Operational Technology
10 17 (1.66%) SCADA
11 16 (1.56%) Clustering
11 16 (1.56%) Cyberattack
12 14 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
13 11 (1.07%) Embedded Systems
14 10 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
14 10 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
15 8 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (0.78%) PKI
16 7 (0.68%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 104 (10.16%) Linux
2 62 (6.05%) Windows
3 47 (4.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 34 (3.32%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.78%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.59%) Mac OS X
7 6 (0.59%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.49%) Unix
9 2 (0.20%) VMS
10 1 (0.098%) AIX
10 1 (0.098%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (20.70%) Agile
2 130 (12.70%) Validation
3 110 (10.74%) Project Management
4 107 (10.45%) Software Engineering
5 103 (10.06%) Verification and Validation
6 101 (9.86%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 95 (9.28%) Problem-Solving
8 92 (8.98%) Risk Management
9 91 (8.89%) Collaborative Working
10 87 (8.50%) Mentoring
11 68 (6.64%) Customer Requirements
12 67 (6.54%) Requirements Management
13 66 (6.45%) Actionable Insight
13 66 (6.45%) Performance Management
14 64 (6.25%) ArchiMate
15 63 (6.15%) Programme Management
16 60 (5.86%) TOGAF
17 55 (5.37%) Scrum
18 54 (5.27%) Cybersecurity
18 54 (5.27%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 70 (6.84%) Python
2 61 (5.96%) MATLAB
3 38 (3.71%) JavaScript
4 27 (2.64%) Java
5 24 (2.34%) C
5 24 (2.34%) PowerShell
6 19 (1.86%) Bash
6 19 (1.86%) SQL
7 18 (1.76%) C++
8 14 (1.37%) C#
9 7 (0.68%) Go
10 6 (0.59%) Rust
11 3 (0.29%) R
12 2 (0.20%) Ada
13 1 (0.098%) Perl
13 1 (0.098%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.098%) Ruby
13 1 (0.098%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.098%) VB
13 1 (0.098%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 355 (34.67%) Security Cleared
2 279 (27.25%) Degree
3 150 (14.65%) SC Cleared
4 71 (6.93%) DV Cleared
5 51 (4.98%) Azure Certification
6 49 (4.79%) AWS Certification
7 46 (4.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 44 (4.30%) Chartered Engineer
9 43 (4.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 40 (3.91%) Master's Degree
11 33 (3.22%) HND
12 32 (3.13%) HNC
13 25 (2.44%) CISSP
14 17 (1.66%) DBS Check
15 16 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
16 11 (1.07%) CISA
16 11 (1.07%) CISM
16 11 (1.07%) CompTIA CySA+
16 11 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
17 9 (0.88%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 11 (1.07%) QA
3 6 (0.59%) Def Stans
4 3 (0.29%) JSP 440
4 3 (0.29%) JTAG
5 2 (0.20%) GRC
5 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.098%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.098%) DO-254
6 1 (0.098%) ECSS
6 1 (0.098%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.098%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.098%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.098%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.098%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.098%) NIST
6 1 (0.098%) PMO
System Software
1 43 (4.20%) Active Directory
2 33 (3.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (2.44%) Firmware
4 22 (2.15%) Hyper-V
5 16 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.59%) Ceph
7 6 (0.59%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (0.59%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.098%) Docker
9 1 (0.098%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.098%) KVM
9 1 (0.098%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (2.15%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (1.56%) Ansible
5 15 (1.46%) Functional Safety
6 14 (1.37%) Microsoft Clustering
6 14 (1.37%) vCenter Server
7 8 (0.78%) Terraform
8 7 (0.68%) SCOM
9 6 (0.59%) Knative
9 6 (0.59%) WSUS
10 5 (0.49%) SELinux
11 3 (0.29%) Backup Exec
11 3 (0.29%) CASB
12 2 (0.20%) Istio
13 1 (0.098%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.098%) IBM BigFix
13 1 (0.098%) SCCM
13 1 (0.098%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.098%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 130 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 63 (6.15%) VMware
3 51 (4.98%) Oracle
3 51 (4.98%) Sparx
4 33 (3.22%) EMC
5 28 (2.73%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.34%) IFS
7 19 (1.86%) Workday
8 17 (1.66%) IBM
8 17 (1.66%) Thales
9 13 (1.27%) Commvault
9 13 (1.27%) Sun
10 11 (1.07%) Cisco
11 9 (0.88%) Red Hat
12 8 (0.78%) Aruba
12 8 (0.78%) Google
12 8 (0.78%) Veeam
13 7 (0.68%) Informatica
14 6 (0.59%) Apple
14 6 (0.59%) Dell