Systems Engineer Jobs in London

System Engineer
England > London

The median System Engineer salary in London is £55,000 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 270 404 594
Rank change year-on-year +134 +190 -138
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 259 224 350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.07% 0.70% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 0.74% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 189 121 199
10th Percentile £39,600 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £110,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £80,250 £165,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,824 30,324 70,462
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 95.02% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16,907 22,700 34,725
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in London

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in London

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in London

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the London 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
West London -4 7 £50,000 +1.01% 6
Central London +40 6 £52,500 -28.81% 3
South London 0 5 £62,500 +108.33% 14
North London +3 3 £51,750 - 2
Systems Engineer
England

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

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 London region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 81 (31.27%) Windows
2 48 (18.53%) VMware
3 47 (18.15%) Linux
4 42 (16.22%) Active Directory
4 42 (16.22%) Azure
5 40 (15.44%) Security Cleared
6 39 (15.06%) Microsoft
7 37 (14.29%) Firewall
8 36 (13.90%) Degree
9 35 (13.51%) Social Skills
9 35 (13.51%) Windows Server
10 34 (13.13%) Systems Engineering
11 33 (12.74%) Finance
12 30 (11.58%) PowerShell
13 25 (9.65%) VMware Infrastructure
14 24 (9.27%) DNS
15 23 (8.88%) Task Automation
15 23 (8.88%) Problem-Solving
15 23 (8.88%) Microsoft 365
16 22 (8.49%) Python
17 21 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
17 21 (8.11%) AWS
17 21 (8.11%) VMware ESXi
17 21 (8.11%) Data Centre
18 19 (7.34%) Bash
18 19 (7.34%) JIRA
18 19 (7.34%) SQL
19 18 (6.95%) Mentoring
20 17 (6.56%) NetApp
20 17 (6.56%) SC Cleared

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 21 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (5.79%) SharePoint
3 13 (5.02%) Confluence
4 10 (3.86%) IIS
5 2 (0.77%) Apache
5 2 (0.77%) nginx
6 1 (0.39%) WinCC
6 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (4.25%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.54%) AutoCAD
2 4 (1.54%) Revit
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 42 (16.22%) Azure
2 23 (8.88%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (8.11%) AWS
4 6 (2.32%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.32%) IaaS
5 5 (1.93%) GitHub
5 5 (1.93%) PaaS
6 2 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (0.77%) Amazon S3
6 2 (0.77%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.77%) Google Docs
6 2 (0.77%) SaaS
6 2 (0.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.39%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 37 (14.29%) Firewall
2 24 (9.27%) DNS
3 16 (6.18%) DHCP
4 12 (4.63%) TCP/IP
5 11 (4.25%) Network Security
5 11 (4.25%) PBX
6 7 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.93%) Wireless
8 4 (1.54%) VLAN
9 3 (1.16%) Internet
9 3 (1.16%) SAN
9 3 (1.16%) VoIP
9 3 (1.16%) VPN
10 2 (0.77%) DKIM
10 2 (0.77%) DMARC
10 2 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.77%) RS-232
10 2 (0.77%) RS-485
10 2 (0.77%) SMTP
10 2 (0.77%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.79%) MySQL
2 14 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (4.63%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.54%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.54%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.77%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.77%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.77%) Neo4j
5 2 (0.77%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.77%) Redis
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 19 (7.34%) JIRA
2 11 (4.25%) Bitbucket
3 10 (3.86%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.54%) Git
5 2 (0.77%) git-flow
5 2 (0.77%) Subversion
6 1 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
General
1 35 (13.51%) Social Skills
2 33 (12.74%) Finance
3 16 (6.18%) Law
4 15 (5.79%) Legal
5 13 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.09%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.09%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.70%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.32%) Military
9 5 (1.93%) Marketing
10 4 (1.54%) Advertising
11 3 (1.16%) Banking
11 3 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.39%) Electronics
13 1 (0.39%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.39%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.39%) Japanese Language
13 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.16%) LAMP
2 2 (0.77%) .NET
2 2 (0.77%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (0.77%) LEMP Stack
3 1 (0.39%) CSS
3 1 (0.39%) Keras
3 1 (0.39%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.39%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.39%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (0.39%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.11%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.25%) Replication
2 11 (4.25%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (3.09%) AS400
4 7 (2.70%) CCTV
4 7 (2.70%) SCADA
5 6 (2.32%) IoT
6 5 (1.93%) Clustering
6 5 (1.93%) PDA
7 4 (1.54%) Educational Technology
7 4 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.77%) CAN bus
9 2 (0.77%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.77%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (0.77%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.77%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 81 (31.27%) Windows
2 47 (18.15%) Linux
3 35 (13.51%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.02%) Mac OS
5 11 (4.25%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.32%) Unix
7 5 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.16%) Android
9 2 (0.77%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.39%) VMS
10 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (13.13%) Systems Engineering
2 23 (8.88%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (8.88%) Task Automation
3 18 (6.95%) Mentoring
4 16 (6.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 16 (6.18%) Fintech
5 14 (5.41%) Computer Science
5 14 (5.41%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (5.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (5.02%) Project Management
7 12 (4.63%) CI/CD
8 11 (4.25%) High Availability
8 11 (4.25%) ITIL
8 11 (4.25%) Software Engineering
9 10 (3.86%) IT Strategy
9 10 (3.86%) Project Delivery
9 10 (3.86%) Service Management
10 8 (3.09%) DevOps
10 8 (3.09%) ITSM
11 7 (2.70%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 30 (11.58%) PowerShell
2 22 (8.49%) Python
3 19 (7.34%) Bash
3 19 (7.34%) SQL
4 6 (2.32%) C#
4 6 (2.32%) RPG
5 3 (1.16%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.16%) Perl
5 3 (1.16%) Ruby
6 2 (0.77%) C++
6 2 (0.77%) Go
6 2 (0.77%) Java
6 2 (0.77%) PHP
6 2 (0.77%) Scala
7 1 (0.39%) Korn
7 1 (0.39%) Rust
7 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.39%) tcsh
7 1 (0.39%) VB
7 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (15.44%) Security Cleared
2 36 (13.90%) Degree
3 17 (6.56%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.63%) CCNA
4 12 (4.63%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.93%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.54%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.54%) RIBA
8 3 (1.16%) HNC
8 3 (1.16%) HND
8 3 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.77%) MCSA
9 2 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.39%) CEH
10 1 (0.39%) CISM
10 1 (0.39%) CISSP
10 1 (0.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.77%) HIPAA
2 2 (0.77%) NIST
2 2 (0.77%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.39%) GDPR
3 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 42 (16.22%) Active Directory
2 25 (9.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (8.11%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (5.02%) Hyper-V
5 11 (4.25%) Firmware
6 6 (2.32%) Forefront TMG
6 6 (2.32%) VMware Workstation
7 4 (1.54%) vSphere
8 3 (1.16%) Docker
9 2 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.39%) NFS
10 1 (0.39%) vCloud
10 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.39%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (5.41%) SCOM
2 13 (5.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (5.02%) Terraform
3 10 (3.86%) SCCM
4 8 (3.09%) Ansible
4 8 (3.09%) Kubernetes
5 6 (2.32%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (2.32%) WSUS
6 5 (1.93%) Puppet
7 4 (1.54%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.16%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.77%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.77%) Grafana
9 2 (0.77%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.39%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.39%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.39%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 48 (18.53%) VMware
2 39 (15.06%) Microsoft
3 17 (6.56%) NetApp
4 13 (5.02%) Cisco
4 13 (5.02%) Dell
4 13 (5.02%) Palo Alto
5 12 (4.63%) Atlassian
6 10 (3.86%) Veeam
7 8 (3.09%) IBM
8 7 (2.70%) Apple
9 5 (1.93%) Citrix
9 5 (1.93%) Remedy
9 5 (1.93%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.54%) New Relic
10 4 (1.54%) Oracle
11 3 (1.16%) Aderant
11 3 (1.16%) EMC
11 3 (1.16%) iManage
11 3 (1.16%) Intapp
11 3 (1.16%) Red Hat