Systems Engineering Job Trends in the West Midlands

Systems Engineering
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 124 166
Rank change year-on-year -13 +42 -83
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 36 72 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.69% 1.74% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 1.90% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 12 36 20
10th Percentile £66,875 - £51,075
25th Percentile £83,750 £32,500 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £35,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +157.14% -36.36% +9.89%
75th Percentile £99,063 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £66,050 £58,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £54,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -13.60% -

All Process & 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 4,306 3,789 3,295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.07% 91.48% 87.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,227 1,690 2,758
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,313 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Systems Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Systems Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

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 12 January 2026. 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 +19 13 £100,000 - 4
Coventry -1 8 - - 1
Solihull - 8 £87,500 -
Staffordshire -29 5 £65,000 +85.71% 1
Birmingham +16 2 - - 2
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.78%) Azure
1 1 (2.78%) Azure Functions
1 1 (2.78%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Firewall
1 2 (5.56%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) MySQL
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.78%) Power BI
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (5.56%) JIRA
3 1 (2.78%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (19.44%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.78%) Advertising
5 1 (2.78%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.78%) Automotive
5 1 (2.78%) Electronics
5 1 (2.78%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (50.00%) Senior
2 17 (47.22%) Systems Engineer
3 14 (38.89%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 7 (19.44%) Architect
5 6 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
5 6 (16.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Head of Engineering
7 2 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Requirements Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Security Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Senior Security Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Applications Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Applications Support
8 1 (2.78%) DBA
8 1 (2.78%) Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Oracle DBA
8 1 (2.78%) Senior Applications Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Senior Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) .NET
2 1 (2.78%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.78%) Ajax
2 1 (2.78%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.78%) CSS
2 1 (2.78%) Entity Framework
2 1 (2.78%) HTML
2 1 (2.78%) jQuery
2 1 (2.78%) KnockoutJS
2 1 (2.78%) Razor View Engine
2 1 (2.78%) WCF
2 1 (2.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.56%) Operational Technology
1 2 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (5.56%) SCADA
2 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Requirements Management
1 11 (30.56%) Validation
1 11 (30.56%) Verification and Validation
2 10 (27.78%) Enterprise Architecture
2 10 (27.78%) Project Planning
3 9 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 8 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
4 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (19.44%) Information Management
5 7 (19.44%) IT Strategy
5 7 (19.44%) Roadmaps
5 7 (19.44%) Technology Roadmap
5 7 (19.44%) Technology Strategy
6 6 (16.67%) SysML
7 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (8.33%) Agile
8 3 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (8.33%) Mentoring
9 2 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) C#
1 2 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (2.78%) C
2 1 (2.78%) C++
2 1 (2.78%) Embedded C
2 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.78%) MATLAB
2 1 (2.78%) Shell Script
2 1 (2.78%) SQL
2 1 (2.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (47.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 16 (44.44%) Degree
3 10 (27.78%) SC Cleared
3 10 (27.78%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.56%) NIST
2 2 (5.56%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.78%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Ansible
1 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (2.78%) Atlassian
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle