Systems Engineer Jobs in England

System Engineer
UK > England

The median System Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 288 416
Rank change year-on-year +197 +128 -89
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 2,513 1,037 1,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.76% 1.23% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.92% 1.35% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,641 409 574
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £34,373
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £85,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in England

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in England

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in England

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
South East +142 685 £50,000 -9.09% 134
South West +106 522 £55,000 +10.00% 97
Midlands +100 441 £49,000 +10.73% 95
East of England +65 306 £52,500 -0.94% 69
North of England +134 297 £45,000 +2.74% 93
West Midlands +55 263 £50,000 +12.99% 50
London +134 259 £55,000 -15.38% 72
North West +76 191 £50,000 +14.16% 50
East Midlands +98 178 £42,500 - 45
Yorkshire +117 83 £43,750 -1.69% 31
North East -13 23 £42,500 +17.24% 15
Systems Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 England region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 489 (19.46%) Systems Engineering
2 465 (18.50%) Security Cleared
3 357 (14.21%) Degree
4 236 (9.39%) Windows
4 236 (9.39%) Microsoft
5 221 (8.79%) Social Skills
5 221 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
6 202 (8.04%) Manufacturing
7 186 (7.40%) Aerospace
7 186 (7.40%) Linux
7 186 (7.40%) SC Cleared
8 179 (7.12%) Azure
9 175 (6.96%) VMware
10 169 (6.73%) Active Directory
11 163 (6.49%) Validation
12 141 (5.61%) Automotive
13 129 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
14 116 (4.62%) Windows Server
15 113 (4.50%) Customer Service
16 111 (4.42%) Cybersecurity
17 108 (4.30%) SQL
18 106 (4.22%) Electronics
18 106 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
19 98 (3.90%) Agile
20 94 (3.74%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
21 91 (3.62%) Firewall
22 89 (3.54%) Python
22 89 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
23 88 (3.50%) Finance
24 86 (3.42%) Verification and Validation

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 67 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 43 (1.71%) IIS
4 18 (0.72%) Confluence
5 13 (0.52%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.32%) WinCC
7 6 (0.24%) Kinematics
8 4 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.12%) Apache
10 2 (0.080%) JBoss
10 2 (0.080%) nginx
10 2 (0.080%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.040%) SAS
11 1 (0.040%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.040%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.040%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (1.95%) Simulink
2 48 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (0.68%) Stateflow
4 13 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 12 (0.48%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.16%) Revit
8 3 (0.12%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.080%) CATIA
10 1 (0.040%) OrCAD
10 1 (0.040%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.040%) Solid Edge
10 1 (0.040%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 8 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.20%) C-CURE
3 4 (0.16%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.080%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.080%) iTrent
4 2 (0.080%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.080%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.080%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.040%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 179 (7.12%) Azure
2 129 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (2.63%) AWS
4 43 (1.71%) Entra ID
5 16 (0.64%) OneDrive
5 16 (0.64%) SaaS
6 15 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (0.36%) IaaS
7 9 (0.36%) PaaS
8 8 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (0.32%) GCP
9 6 (0.24%) Azure App Service
9 6 (0.24%) Mimecast
10 5 (0.20%) GitHub
11 3 (0.12%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.12%) Google Drive
11 3 (0.12%) Google Sheets
12 2 (0.080%) Google Docs
12 2 (0.080%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.080%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 91 (3.62%) Firewall
2 72 (2.87%) DNS
3 52 (2.07%) DHCP
4 46 (1.83%) WAN
5 37 (1.47%) TCP/IP
6 27 (1.07%) VPN
7 25 (0.99%) Internet
7 25 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (0.99%) Wireless
8 24 (0.96%) LAN
8 24 (0.96%) Software-Defined Radio
9 23 (0.92%) VLAN
10 17 (0.68%) VSAN
11 15 (0.60%) Network Security
11 15 (0.60%) SAN
12 14 (0.56%) 4G
12 14 (0.56%) 5G
12 14 (0.56%) Ethernet
13 11 (0.44%) PBX
14 10 (0.40%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (1.71%) SQL Server
2 37 (1.47%) MySQL
3 19 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (0.64%) MongoDB
5 15 (0.60%) NoSQL
6 10 (0.40%) Big Data
7 8 (0.32%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.20%) InfluxDB
9 5 (0.20%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.20%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.080%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.080%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.080%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.080%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.080%) QlikView
10 2 (0.080%) Redis
11 1 (0.040%) Power BI
11 1 (0.040%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 73 (2.90%) Rational DOORS
2 42 (1.67%) JIRA
3 31 (1.23%) LabVIEW
4 20 (0.80%) Rational Rhapsody
5 19 (0.76%) Jenkins
6 17 (0.68%) Git
7 12 (0.48%) Rational Team Concert
8 11 (0.44%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.16%) GitLab
10 3 (0.12%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.12%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.080%) Apache Continuum
11 2 (0.080%) git-flow
11 2 (0.080%) Subversion
11 2 (0.080%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.040%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 221 (8.79%) Social Skills
2 202 (8.04%) Manufacturing
3 186 (7.40%) Aerospace
4 141 (5.61%) Automotive
5 106 (4.22%) Electronics
6 88 (3.50%) Finance
7 76 (3.02%) Analytical Skills
8 61 (2.43%) Telecoms
9 45 (1.79%) Military
9 45 (1.79%) Retail
10 38 (1.51%) Legal
11 32 (1.27%) Games
12 24 (0.96%) Public Sector
13 17 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (0.68%) Law
13 17 (0.68%) Marketing
14 16 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (0.52%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (0.44%) .NET
2 9 (0.36%) REST
2 9 (0.36%) WebRTC
3 8 (0.32%) Web Services
4 7 (0.28%) LAMP
4 7 (0.28%) Middleware
5 6 (0.24%) LEMP Stack
6 5 (0.20%) WPF
7 4 (0.16%) JSON
7 4 (0.16%) Keycloak
7 4 (0.16%) XMPP
8 2 (0.080%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (0.080%) LDAP
8 2 (0.080%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.080%) WebCenter
8 2 (0.080%) WSE
9 1 (0.040%) CSS
9 1 (0.040%) JSP
9 1 (0.040%) WSH
9 1 (0.040%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (2.75%) Embedded Systems
2 66 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 63 (2.51%) SCADA
4 56 (2.23%) Data Centre
5 53 (2.11%) Algorithms
6 35 (1.39%) CCTV
7 33 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (1.27%) IoT
9 28 (1.11%) Robotics
10 27 (1.07%) Clustering
10 27 (1.07%) FPGA
11 26 (1.03%) Driving Licence
12 21 (0.84%) CMDB
13 18 (0.72%) Public Cloud
14 17 (0.68%) AS400
14 17 (0.68%) NHS
15 16 (0.64%) Mainframe
15 16 (0.64%) Verilog
15 16 (0.64%) VHDL
16 15 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 236 (9.39%) Windows
2 186 (7.40%) Linux
3 116 (4.62%) Windows Server
4 37 (1.47%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (0.92%) Ubuntu
8 20 (0.80%) Mac OS
9 19 (0.76%) Debian
10 18 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
11 13 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 13 (0.52%) Unix
12 12 (0.48%) CentOS
13 11 (0.44%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.32%) VMS
15 7 (0.28%) Android
16 5 (0.20%) SUSE
16 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.16%) Apple iOS
18 3 (0.12%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 489 (19.46%) Systems Engineering
2 221 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
3 163 (6.49%) Validation
4 113 (4.50%) Customer Service
5 111 (4.42%) Cybersecurity
6 98 (3.90%) Agile
7 94 (3.74%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 86 (3.42%) Verification and Validation
9 85 (3.38%) Software Engineering
10 84 (3.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 84 (3.34%) Project Management
11 81 (3.22%) Computer Science
12 79 (3.14%) Customer Requirements
13 77 (3.06%) Project Delivery
14 74 (2.94%) Configuration Management
15 62 (2.47%) Mathematics
16 56 (2.23%) Mentoring
17 53 (2.11%) Physics
18 50 (1.99%) Software Testing
19 47 (1.87%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (4.30%) SQL
2 89 (3.54%) Python
3 82 (3.26%) C
4 70 (2.79%) PowerShell
5 65 (2.59%) MATLAB
6 59 (2.35%) C#
7 57 (2.27%) Bash
8 32 (1.27%) C++
9 27 (1.07%) Java
10 11 (0.44%) Perl
11 9 (0.36%) JavaScript
12 8 (0.32%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.28%) Ladder Logic
14 6 (0.24%) Embedded C
14 6 (0.24%) RPG
14 6 (0.24%) VB
15 5 (0.20%) PHP
15 5 (0.20%) XAML
16 3 (0.12%) R
16 3 (0.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 465 (18.50%) Security Cleared
2 357 (14.21%) Degree
3 186 (7.40%) SC Cleared
4 89 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 77 (3.06%) DV Cleared
6 65 (2.59%) Master's Degree
7 47 (1.87%) Chartered Engineer
8 38 (1.51%) HNC
9 32 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 28 (1.11%) HND
11 27 (1.07%) DBS Check
12 19 (0.76%) CCNA
12 19 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (0.52%) Azure Certification
15 10 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
16 8 (0.32%) MCSE
16 8 (0.32%) PMI Certification
17 6 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (0.76%) ISO 9001
1 19 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 19 (0.76%) QA
2 16 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (0.64%) PMO
3 14 (0.56%) GDPR
3 14 (0.56%) ISO 26262
4 11 (0.44%) Automotive SPICE
4 11 (0.44%) IEC 61508
5 10 (0.40%) COSHH
6 8 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.28%) ISO 14001
7 7 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 6 (0.24%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.16%) SLA
10 3 (0.12%) ECSS
10 3 (0.12%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.080%) NCSC
11 2 (0.080%) NIST
System Software
1 169 (6.73%) Active Directory
2 106 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 75 (2.98%) Hyper-V
4 69 (2.75%) Firmware
5 26 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (0.99%) vSphere
7 16 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
8 13 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
9 12 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
10 11 (0.44%) Docker
11 10 (0.40%) VMware NSX
12 9 (0.36%) Forefront TMG
12 9 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
13 5 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.20%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.16%) NFS
15 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
15 3 (0.12%) XenApp
16 2 (0.080%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (1.27%) Ansible
3 29 (1.15%) Puppet
4 28 (1.11%) Functional Safety
5 27 (1.07%) SCOM
6 26 (1.03%) Kubernetes
7 24 (0.96%) SCCM
8 19 (0.76%) Terraform
8 19 (0.76%) vCenter Server
9 12 (0.48%) WSUS
10 11 (0.44%) ZABBIX
11 10 (0.40%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.36%) Backup Exec
13 7 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
14 6 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 5 (0.20%) Progress Chef
15 5 (0.20%) Red Hat Spacewalk
15 5 (0.20%) Wonderware InTouch
16 4 (0.16%) Podman
Vendors
1 236 (9.39%) Microsoft
2 175 (6.96%) VMware
3 57 (2.27%) EMC
4 54 (2.15%) Cisco
5 51 (2.03%) IBM
6 28 (1.11%) Citrix
6 28 (1.11%) Red Hat
7 23 (0.92%) Siemens
8 22 (0.88%) Oracle
9 20 (0.80%) Dell
10 18 (0.72%) HP
10 18 (0.72%) Rockwell
10 18 (0.72%) Veeam
11 17 (0.68%) NetApp
11 17 (0.68%) Thales
12 15 (0.60%) Meraki
13 13 (0.52%) Atlassian
13 13 (0.52%) Fortinet
13 13 (0.52%) Palo Alto
13 13 (0.52%) QinetiQ