System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 24 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 113 | 335 | 411 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +222 | +76 | -98 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 2,363 | 1,084 | 1,311 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.41% | 1.03% | 0.85% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.55% | 1.12% | 0.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,515 | 415 | 646 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,750 | £31,700 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +10.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £68,125 | £63,555 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £105,000 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +11.11% | +12.50% |
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 | 92,682 | 96,623 | 147,884 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.63% | 91.57% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,673 | 60,571 | 85,427 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.67% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +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 24 April 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 24 April 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 | +210 | 2,093 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 454 |
| UK excluding London | +173 | 2,060 | £50,000 | - | 408 |
| South East | +129 | 588 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 114 |
| Work from Home | +108 | 439 | £50,000 | -13.04% | 155 |
| South West | +96 | 402 | £55,000 | +18.60% | 88 |
| Midlands | +82 | 375 | £48,500 | +4.86% | 88 |
| East of England | +84 | 265 | £52,000 | -9.57% | 53 |
| North of England | +210 | 250 | £45,000 | +17.27% | 49 |
| West Midlands | +62 | 238 | £50,000 | +2.56% | 56 |
| London | +127 | 210 | £55,000 | -18.52% | 66 |
| North West | +118 | 154 | £50,000 | +29.05% | 35 |
| East Midlands | +84 | 137 | £42,500 | -2.86% | 32 |
| Scotland | +29 | 130 | £42,750 | -22.27% | 23 |
| Yorkshire | +156 | 76 | £45,000 | +2.27% | 11 |
| Wales | +38 | 42 | £37,500 | - | 8 |
| North East | +8 | 20 | £40,000 | +11.11% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | +28 | 8 | £35,000 | -36.36% | 3 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 24 April 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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