Systems Engineer Jobs in Yorkshire

System Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median System Engineer salary in Yorkshire is £47,683 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 143 286
Rank change year-on-year +105 +143 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 157 76 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.65% 1.31% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.04% 1.37% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 62 50 6
10th Percentile £37,574 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,983 £36,188 £35,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% +1.12% -8.72%
75th Percentile - - £49,375
90th Percentile - £50,250 £50,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,598 5,530 7,347
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 95.33% 91.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,343 4,279 3,477
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £49,136 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% -10.47% +9.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,200 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Yorkshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Yorkshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Yorkshire

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
North Yorkshire +28 56 £47,683 +12.20% 6
Humberside +8 51 £47,683 +5.96% 3
West Yorkshire +83 40 £43,500 -3.33% 15
East Yorkshire +9 5 - - 4
South Yorkshire +16 2 £38,250 -15.00% 7
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 Yorkshire region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 98 (62.42%) Degree
2 91 (57.96%) Systems Engineering
3 90 (57.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 69 (43.95%) MATLAB
5 62 (39.49%) UML
5 62 (39.49%) SysML
6 50 (31.85%) HNC
7 49 (31.21%) Agile
8 48 (30.57%) MODAF
8 48 (30.57%) Cybersecurity
8 48 (30.57%) Presentation Skills
9 46 (29.30%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (28.66%) Siemens
11 44 (28.03%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (22.29%) Manufacturing
13 31 (19.75%) Rockwell
14 30 (19.11%) Data Collection
14 30 (19.11%) Operational Technology
14 30 (19.11%) Budgeting
14 30 (19.11%) Manufacturing Execution System
14 30 (19.11%) Energy Management
14 30 (19.11%) Quality Management
14 30 (19.11%) Management Information System
14 30 (19.11%) Finance
14 30 (19.11%) FMCG
15 28 (17.83%) Mathematics
15 28 (17.83%) Physics
16 20 (12.74%) PLM
16 20 (12.74%) Teamcenter
16 20 (12.74%) Aerospace

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 15 (9.55%) WinCC
Applications
1 14 (8.92%) EPLAN
1 14 (8.92%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 20 (12.74%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.27%) Azure
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.64%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.19%) Ethernet
2 15 (9.55%) Profibus
2 15 (9.55%) RS-485
3 14 (8.92%) Modbus
4 2 (1.27%) Firewall
5 1 (0.64%) DNS
5 1 (0.64%) RS-232
5 1 (0.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.27%) Oracle Database
1 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (8.92%) Rational DOORS
General
1 48 (30.57%) Presentation Skills
2 35 (22.29%) Manufacturing
3 30 (19.11%) Finance
4 20 (12.74%) Aerospace
5 15 (9.55%) Retail
5 15 (9.55%) Social Skills
6 14 (8.92%) Electronics
6 14 (8.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.82%) Automotive
8 2 (1.27%) Local Government
9 1 (0.64%) Advertising
9 1 (0.64%) Games
9 1 (0.64%) Marketing
9 1 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.27%) Middleware
2 1 (0.64%) DirectX
2 1 (0.64%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.11%) FMCG
1 30 (19.11%) Management Information System
1 30 (19.11%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 30 (19.11%) Operational Technology
2 15 (9.55%) SCADA
3 1 (0.64%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (0.64%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (0.64%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.64%) Linux
1 1 (0.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (57.96%) Systems Engineering
2 62 (39.49%) SysML
2 62 (39.49%) UML
3 49 (31.21%) Agile
4 48 (30.57%) Cybersecurity
4 48 (30.57%) MODAF
5 46 (29.30%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (28.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (19.11%) Budgeting
7 30 (19.11%) Data Collection
7 30 (19.11%) Energy Management
7 30 (19.11%) Quality Management
8 28 (17.83%) Mathematics
8 28 (17.83%) Physics
9 20 (12.74%) PLM
10 15 (9.55%) Computer Science
11 14 (8.92%) CAD
11 14 (8.92%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 14 (8.92%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 14 (8.92%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (43.95%) MATLAB
2 2 (1.27%) C#
2 2 (1.27%) C++
3 1 (0.64%) C
3 1 (0.64%) Perl
3 1 (0.64%) R
Qualifications
1 98 (62.42%) Degree
2 90 (57.32%) BPSS Clearance
3 50 (31.85%) HNC
4 13 (8.28%) Chartered Engineer
5 6 (3.82%) HND
6 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.64%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.92%) ARP4754
1 14 (8.92%) DO-254
1 14 (8.92%) IEC 61508
2 1 (0.64%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.64%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (8.92%) Wonderware InTouch
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.64%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 45 (28.66%) Siemens
2 31 (19.75%) Rockwell
3 14 (8.92%) Allen-Bradley
3 14 (8.92%) Google
3 14 (8.92%) IBM
3 14 (8.92%) Wonderware
4 6 (3.82%) ANSYS
5 2 (1.27%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.27%) Oracle
6 1 (0.64%) AVEVA
6 1 (0.64%) Veeam
6 1 (0.64%) Veritas
6 1 (0.64%) VMware