Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Senior System Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Senior System Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 206 240
Rank change year-on-year +96 +34 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 98 42 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.26% 0.57% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 0.60% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2 26 8
10th Percentile - - £63,325
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -16.02% +50.59%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £76,188
90th Percentile - £73,125 £79,300
England median annual salary £52,600 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.85% -1.67% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,930 6,948 5,785
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.17% 90.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,781 5,218 3,296
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,387 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,688 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Senior Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the West Midlands

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the West Midlands

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Warwickshire +16 64 - - 3
Birmingham +48 16 - - 3
Coventry +14 16 - - 6
Staffordshire - 2 £50,000 - 3
Senior Systems Engineer
England

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Senior 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 98 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 62 (63.27%) Automotive
3 60 (61.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 38 (38.78%) Degree
5 36 (36.73%) Telecoms
5 36 (36.73%) Requirements Management
5 36 (36.73%) Project Planning
6 26 (26.53%) Aerospace
6 26 (26.53%) MATLAB
6 26 (26.53%) Simulink
6 26 (26.53%) Validation
7 24 (24.49%) Agile
7 24 (24.49%) Software Testing
8 2 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (2.04%) Embedded Software Development
8 2 (2.04%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 2 (2.04%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (2.04%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (2.04%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (2.04%) Project Delivery
8 2 (2.04%) Product Requirements
8 2 (2.04%) Social Skills
8 2 (2.04%) Agriculture
8 2 (2.04%) Mechatronics
8 2 (2.04%) Computer Science
8 2 (2.04%) V-Model
8 2 (2.04%) Avionics
8 2 (2.04%) Project Management
8 2 (2.04%) C
8 2 (2.04%) Embedded C

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 26 (26.53%) Simulink
General
1 62 (63.27%) Automotive
2 36 (36.73%) Telecoms
3 26 (26.53%) Aerospace
4 2 (2.04%) Agriculture
4 2 (2.04%) Avionics
4 2 (2.04%) Electronics
4 2 (2.04%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 36 (36.73%) Project Planning
2 36 (36.73%) Requirements Management
3 26 (26.53%) Validation
4 24 (24.49%) Agile
4 24 (24.49%) Software Testing
5 2 (2.04%) Computer Science
5 2 (2.04%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 2 (2.04%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (2.04%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (2.04%) Mechatronics
5 2 (2.04%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (2.04%) Product Requirements
5 2 (2.04%) Project Delivery
5 2 (2.04%) Project Management
5 2 (2.04%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (2.04%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 26 (26.53%) MATLAB
2 2 (2.04%) C
2 2 (2.04%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 60 (61.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 38 (38.78%) Degree