Systems Engineering Jobs in the West Midlands

Systems Engineering
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 163 109
Rank change year-on-year +160 -54 +5
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 918 95 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 22.34% 1.22% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.50% 1.50% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 18 33 13
10th Percentile - £36,250 £46,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% - +19.57%
75th Percentile £63,438 £60,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 -
England median annual salary £52,600 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.52% -17.86% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,747 6,332 5,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.17% 81.48% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,523 4,654 3,182
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,605
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the West Midlands

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineering in the West Midlands

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in the West Midlands

Systems Engineering
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 Systems Engineering within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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 +63 600 £62,500 +27.55% 46
Coventry +34 153 £55,000 - 31
Birmingham +121 152 - - 15
Staffordshire +11 13 £35,000 - 17
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 138 (15.03%) Simulink
2 12 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 12 (1.31%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.31%) BGP
1 12 (1.31%) DHCP
1 12 (1.31%) DNS
1 12 (1.31%) Firewall
1 12 (1.31%) OSPF
1 12 (1.31%) TCP/IP
1 12 (1.31%) VLAN
1 12 (1.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.09%) MySQL
1 10 (1.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (4.58%) Rational DOORS
2 27 (2.94%) JIRA
3 10 (1.09%) Bitbucket
3 10 (1.09%) Git
4 1 (0.11%) GitLab
General
1 255 (27.78%) Automotive
2 137 (14.92%) Aerospace
3 111 (12.09%) Law
4 102 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 73 (7.95%) Social Skills
6 31 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (1.74%) Legal
8 12 (1.31%) Retail
9 5 (0.54%) Electronics
10 1 (0.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.11%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.11%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 613 (66.78%) Principal Engineer
2 612 (66.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 287 (31.26%) Systems Engineer
4 173 (18.85%) Senior
5 96 (10.46%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 82 (8.93%) Requirements Engineer
7 66 (7.19%) Development Engineer
7 66 (7.19%) Integration Engineer
7 66 (7.19%) Software Development Engineer
7 66 (7.19%) Software Engineer
7 66 (7.19%) System Verification Engineer
7 66 (7.19%) Systems Integration Engineer
7 66 (7.19%) Validation Engineer
8 54 (5.88%) Principal Modelling Engineer
9 42 (4.58%) Principal Software Engineer
10 31 (3.38%) Engineering Manager
10 31 (3.38%) Lead
11 24 (2.61%) Senior Development Engineer
11 24 (2.61%) Senior Software Development Engineer
11 24 (2.61%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.09%) .NET
2 1 (0.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 43 (4.68%) Management Information System
2 12 (1.31%) Smartphone
3 6 (0.65%) Product Ownership
4 2 (0.22%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (0.22%) SCADA
5 1 (0.11%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.11%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (0.11%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.11%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.11%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.11%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.51%) Linux
2 22 (2.40%) Windows
3 12 (1.31%) Mac OS X
3 12 (1.31%) Ubuntu
3 12 (1.31%) Windows 10
3 12 (1.31%) Windows Server
3 12 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
3 12 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (41.39%) Validation
2 322 (35.08%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 248 (27.02%) Collaborative Working
4 191 (20.81%) Project Planning
5 181 (19.72%) SysML
6 172 (18.74%) Physics
7 171 (18.63%) Mathematics
8 156 (16.99%) Verification and Validation
9 152 (16.56%) Agile
10 136 (14.81%) Software Testing
11 111 (12.09%) Chemistry
11 111 (12.09%) Logistics
12 90 (9.80%) Systems Thinking
13 83 (9.04%) Acceptance Criteria
14 70 (7.63%) Software Engineering
15 69 (7.52%) Requirements Management
16 60 (6.54%) Ergonomics
16 60 (6.54%) Human Factors
17 31 (3.38%) Information Management
18 16 (1.74%) Hazard Analysis
Programming Languages
1 138 (15.03%) MATLAB
2 12 (1.31%) PowerShell
2 12 (1.31%) SQL
3 10 (1.09%) C#
4 2 (0.22%) C
5 1 (0.11%) C++
5 1 (0.11%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 790 (86.06%) BPSS Clearance
2 484 (52.72%) Degree
3 66 (7.19%) Chartered Engineer
3 66 (7.19%) ISTQB
4 12 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (1.31%) HNC
4 12 (1.31%) HND
4 12 (1.31%) MCSE
4 12 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.22%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (9.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 5 (0.54%) Automotive SPICE
2 5 (0.54%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 12 (1.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (1.09%) Ansible
2 6 (0.65%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 12 (1.31%) Apple
1 12 (1.31%) Cisco
1 12 (1.31%) Dell
1 12 (1.31%) Fortinet
1 12 (1.31%) Google
1 12 (1.31%) Microsoft
1 12 (1.31%) Ubiquiti
2 10 (1.09%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.11%) Facebook
3 1 (0.11%) HP
3 1 (0.11%) MathWorks
3 1 (0.11%) MuleSoft
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle
3 1 (0.11%) PayPal
3 1 (0.11%) QNX
3 1 (0.11%) YouTube