System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer salary in the UK is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 23 | 109 | 310 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +86 | +201 | +114 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 4,126 | 2,435 | 1,140 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 7.62% | 2.46% | 1.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 8.42% | 2.60% | 1.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,475 | 1,572 | 437 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,561 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £40,000 | £41,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,055 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,265 | £60,000 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £70,000 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £48,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | +4.17% | +6.67% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 49,007 | 93,784 | 92,686 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.47% | 94.63% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,411 | 67,216 | 58,370 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,375 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.52% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer.
Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.
Systems Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +75 | 3,855 | £50,055 | +0.11% | 851 |
| England | +80 | 3,481 | £50,055 | +0.11% | 947 |
| North of England | +146 | 1,370 | £50,055 | +11.23% | 160 |
| North West | +132 | 1,205 | £50,055 | +0.11% | 94 |
| Work from Home | +189 | 1,006 | £47,683 | -4.63% | 408 |
| South East | +50 | 756 | £62,000 | +24.00% | 254 |
| Midlands | +58 | 631 | £47,683 | -1.68% | 126 |
| Scotland | +178 | 460 | £58,033 | +42.41% | 48 |
| South West | +36 | 390 | £52,600 | -4.36% | 141 |
| West Midlands | +54 | 353 | £35,000 | -30.00% | 80 |
| East Midlands | +54 | 277 | £47,683 | +12.20% | 39 |
| Yorkshire | +98 | 153 | £47,683 | +5.96% | 55 |
| East of England | -18 | 146 | £47,683 | -9.18% | 132 |
| London | +34 | 125 | £65,000 | +18.18% | 178 |
| Wales | +63 | 98 | £62,000 | +65.33% | 22 |
| North East | +42 | 12 | £52,500 | +31.25% | 15 |
| Northern Ireland | +34 | 4 | - | - | 14 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 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 featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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