Systems Engineering Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Systems Engineering
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 239 406
Rank change year-on-year +180 +167 +96
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 702 438 292
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.69% 1.29% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.04% 1.41% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 637 220 89
10th Percentile - £37,375 £41,250
25th Percentile - £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% -9.84% -6.15%
75th Percentile £70,600 £66,313 £75,000
90th Percentile - £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,600 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.33% -7.69% +2.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,938 31,020 41,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 23,575 28,496
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Systems Engineering
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Systems Engineering trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Systems Engineering.

Systems Engineering salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Systems Engineering over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Systems Engineering salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (0.85%) Confluence
2 3 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 44 (6.27%) Simulink
2 40 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.14%) AWS
2 6 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
2 6 (0.85%) Amazon ECR
2 6 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
2 6 (0.85%) Amazon S3
2 6 (0.85%) Slack
2 6 (0.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 3 (0.43%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.14%) WAN
2 4 (0.57%) 4G
2 4 (0.57%) 5G
2 4 (0.57%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.28%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.28%) Firewall
3 2 (0.28%) Internet
3 2 (0.28%) LAN
3 2 (0.28%) Modbus
3 2 (0.28%) MPLS
3 2 (0.28%) MQTT
3 2 (0.28%) Network Security
3 2 (0.28%) Profibus
3 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.71%) MongoDB
2 6 (0.85%) MySQL
3 4 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.28%) Metadata
4 2 (0.28%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 145 (20.66%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (1.14%) Git
3 7 (1.00%) JIRA
4 6 (0.85%) GitLab
General
1 422 (60.11%) Presentation Skills
2 157 (22.36%) Electronics
3 74 (10.54%) Social Skills
4 50 (7.12%) Aerospace
5 24 (3.42%) Public Sector
6 20 (2.85%) Avionics
7 14 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.57%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (1.28%) Finance
10 8 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.14%) Manufacturing
11 6 (0.85%) Marketing
12 3 (0.43%) Banking
12 3 (0.43%) Military
12 3 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.28%) Advertising
13 2 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.14%) Retail
14 1 (0.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 648 (92.31%) Systems Engineer
2 146 (20.80%) Principal Engineer
2 146 (20.80%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 61 (8.69%) Senior
4 60 (8.55%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 48 (6.84%) Lead
6 46 (6.55%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 40 (5.70%) Team Leader
8 17 (2.42%) Architect
9 13 (1.85%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (1.28%) Technical Director
11 8 (1.14%) Software Engineer
12 7 (1.00%) Radar Engineer
13 6 (0.85%) Project Engineer
13 6 (0.85%) Project Leader
14 4 (0.57%) Data Architect
14 4 (0.57%) Head of Architecture
14 4 (0.57%) Head of Strategy
15 3 (0.43%) Head of Engineering
15 3 (0.43%) Requirements Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.85%) Django
1 6 (0.85%) Flask
1 6 (0.85%) Kafka
1 6 (0.85%) Lambda Expressions
1 6 (0.85%) React
2 2 (0.28%) gRPC
2 2 (0.28%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 153 (21.79%) Algorithms
2 11 (1.57%) SCADA
3 9 (1.28%) Data Centre
3 9 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (0.85%) IoT
4 6 (0.85%) Molecular Biology
4 6 (0.85%) Operational Technology
5 4 (0.57%) NHS
6 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Licensing
6 3 (0.43%) PKI
7 2 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 492 (70.09%) Agile
2 480 (68.38%) SysML
3 440 (62.68%) UML
4 430 (61.25%) Cybersecurity
5 420 (59.83%) MODAF
6 191 (27.21%) Technical Leadership
7 151 (21.51%) Signal Processing
8 144 (20.51%) Test Planning
9 60 (8.55%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 49 (6.98%) Project Management
11 48 (6.84%) Coaching
12 40 (5.70%) Safety Engineering
12 40 (5.70%) Software Delivery
12 40 (5.70%) System Testing
13 25 (3.56%) Business Continuity
13 25 (3.56%) Line Management
14 23 (3.28%) Mentoring
15 20 (2.85%) Requirements Analysis
15 20 (2.85%) Roadmaps
15 20 (2.85%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 425 (60.54%) MATLAB
2 10 (1.42%) Python
3 6 (0.85%) JavaScript
3 6 (0.85%) TypeScript
4 2 (0.28%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.28%) SQL
5 1 (0.14%) Perl
5 1 (0.14%) R
Qualifications
1 631 (89.89%) BPSS Clearance
2 462 (65.81%) Degree
3 21 (2.99%) Security Cleared
4 18 (2.56%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.43%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (0.28%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.28%) CCIE
6 2 (0.28%) CCNA
6 2 (0.28%) CCNP
6 2 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.28%) CITP
7 1 (0.14%) HND
7 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (21.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (1.00%) Def Stans
3 2 (0.28%) IEC 61131
4 1 (0.14%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (0.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (0.85%) Kubernetes
1 6 (0.85%) Kustomize
2 4 (0.57%) Terraform
3 2 (0.28%) Ansible
Vendors
1 144 (20.51%) IBM
2 42 (5.98%) Microsoft
3 40 (5.70%) MathWorks
4 9 (1.28%) Facebook
4 9 (1.28%) YouTube
5 8 (1.14%) Avaloq
6 6 (0.85%) Sawtooth Software
6 6 (0.85%) VMware
7 2 (0.28%) Cisco
7 2 (0.28%) Meraki
7 2 (0.28%) Rockwell
7 2 (0.28%) Siemens
7 2 (0.28%) Wonderware