System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 109 | 308 | 419 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +199 | +111 | -105 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 2,397 | 1,152 | 1,340 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.43% | 1.11% | 0.86% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.57% | 1.22% | 0.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,536 | 440 | 656 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £32,450 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £40,875 | £39,201 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £54,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.26% | +9.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £68,750 | £62,715 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £102,500 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £48,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.17% | +6.67% | +5.88% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 93,221 | 94,676 | 150,515 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.51% | 96.07% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,838 | 59,581 | 85,408 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
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 5 May 2024.
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 5 May 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 |
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| England | +191 | 2,126 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 556 |
| UK excluding London | +158 | 2,086 | £50,000 | +4.17% | 492 |
| South East | +131 | 603 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 135 |
| Work from Home | +111 | 448 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 162 |
| South West | +82 | 403 | £55,000 | +15.79% | 102 |
| Midlands | +92 | 379 | £48,500 | +11.49% | 101 |
| East of England | +70 | 268 | £52,000 | -9.57% | 70 |
| North of England | +159 | 257 | £45,000 | +2.74% | 66 |
| West Midlands | +51 | 239 | £50,000 | +9.89% | 59 |
| London | +104 | 213 | £55,000 | -18.52% | 91 |
| North West | +96 | 162 | £50,000 | +14.16% | 44 |
| East Midlands | +90 | 140 | £42,500 | - | 42 |
| Scotland | +19 | 125 | £42,750 | -22.27% | 25 |
| Yorkshire | +138 | 75 | £45,000 | +1.12% | 17 |
| Wales | +41 | 43 | £36,250 | -3.33% | 13 |
| North East | -9 | 20 | £40,000 | +11.11% | 7 |
| Northern Ireland | +29 | 8 | £35,000 | -36.36% | 5 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 May 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 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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