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 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 147 265
Rank change year-on-year +110 +118 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 169 77 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.72% 1.29% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.30% 1.35% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 61 50 6
10th Percentile £37,574 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile - £36,188 £35,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% +1.12% -19.09%
75th Percentile - - £49,375
90th Percentile - £50,250 £50,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -1.96% +2.00%

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 2,683 5,719 7,026
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.76% 95.49% 90.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,285 4,408 3,438
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £48,620 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% -8.26% +6.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +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 28 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 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
North Yorkshire +21 60 £47,683 +12.20% 11
Humberside +10 53 £47,683 +5.96% 3
West Yorkshire +74 44 £50,000 +11.11% 28
East Yorkshire +6 7 - - 11
South Yorkshire +20 2 £50,000 +11.11% 17
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 102 (60.36%) Degree
2 96 (56.80%) Systems Engineering
3 94 (55.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 73 (43.20%) MATLAB
5 66 (39.05%) UML
5 66 (39.05%) SysML
6 60 (35.50%) HNC
7 58 (34.32%) Problem-Solving
8 56 (33.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 55 (32.54%) Siemens
10 53 (31.36%) Agile
11 52 (30.77%) MODAF
11 52 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
11 52 (30.77%) Presentation Skills
12 47 (27.81%) Manufacturing
13 43 (25.44%) Rockwell
14 42 (24.85%) Energy Management
14 42 (24.85%) Data Collection
14 42 (24.85%) Operational Technology
14 42 (24.85%) Budgeting
14 42 (24.85%) Manufacturing Execution System
14 42 (24.85%) Quality Management
14 42 (24.85%) Management Information System
14 42 (24.85%) Finance
14 42 (24.85%) FMCG
15 29 (17.16%) Physics
16 28 (16.57%) Mathematics
17 21 (12.43%) Aerospace
18 20 (11.83%) PLM
18 20 (11.83%) Teamcenter

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 13 (7.69%) WinCC
Applications
1 14 (8.28%) Simulink
2 12 (7.10%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 20 (11.83%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.59%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.28%) Ethernet
2 13 (7.69%) Profibus
2 13 (7.69%) RS-485
3 12 (7.10%) Modbus
4 1 (0.59%) DNS
4 1 (0.59%) RS-232
4 1 (0.59%) VPN
Development Applications
1 14 (8.28%) Rational DOORS
General
1 52 (30.77%) Presentation Skills
2 47 (27.81%) Manufacturing
3 42 (24.85%) Finance
4 21 (12.43%) Aerospace
5 15 (8.88%) Social Skills
6 14 (8.28%) Electronics
7 13 (7.69%) Retail
8 12 (7.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.55%) Automotive
10 2 (1.18%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.59%) Advertising
11 1 (0.59%) Marketing
11 1 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 42 (24.85%) FMCG
1 42 (24.85%) Management Information System
1 42 (24.85%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 42 (24.85%) Operational Technology
2 13 (7.69%) SCADA
3 1 (0.59%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (0.59%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (0.59%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (56.80%) Systems Engineering
2 66 (39.05%) SysML
2 66 (39.05%) UML
3 58 (34.32%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (33.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (31.36%) Agile
6 52 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
6 52 (30.77%) MODAF
7 42 (24.85%) Budgeting
7 42 (24.85%) Data Collection
7 42 (24.85%) Energy Management
7 42 (24.85%) Quality Management
8 29 (17.16%) Physics
9 28 (16.57%) Mathematics
10 20 (11.83%) PLM
11 14 (8.28%) Coaching
11 14 (8.28%) Computer Science
11 14 (8.28%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 14 (8.28%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 14 (8.28%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (43.20%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.59%) C
2 1 (0.59%) C#
2 1 (0.59%) C++
2 1 (0.59%) Perl
2 1 (0.59%) R
Qualifications
1 102 (60.36%) Degree
2 94 (55.62%) BPSS Clearance
3 60 (35.50%) HNC
4 13 (7.69%) Chartered Engineer
5 6 (3.55%) HND
6 2 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.59%) PhD
7 1 (0.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.28%) ARP4754
1 14 (8.28%) DO-254
1 14 (8.28%) IEC 61508
2 1 (0.59%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.59%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (7.10%) Wonderware InTouch
2 1 (0.59%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 55 (32.54%) Siemens
2 43 (25.44%) Rockwell
3 14 (8.28%) IBM
4 12 (7.10%) Allen-Bradley
4 12 (7.10%) Google
4 12 (7.10%) Wonderware
5 6 (3.55%) ANSYS
6 1 (0.59%) AVEVA
6 1 (0.59%) PayPal
6 1 (0.59%) Veeam
6 1 (0.59%) Veritas
6 1 (0.59%) VMware