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 18 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 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 104 | 313 | 435 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +209 | +122 | -118 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 2,499 | 1,118 | 1,366 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.50% | 1.13% | 0.85% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.64% | 1.23% | 0.88% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,605 | 441 | 648 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £32,500 | £33,675 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £40,500 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £68,750 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £87,500 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £47,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | +5.56% | +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 | 94,593 | 90,744 | 154,424 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.69% | 91.51% | 96.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,603 | 57,335 | 84,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,521 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| 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 18 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 18 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 | +193 | 2,243 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 563 |
| UK excluding London | +160 | 2,167 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 516 |
| South East | +137 | 636 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 142 |
| Work from Home | +122 | 465 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 230 |
| South West | +94 | 438 | £55,000 | +14.58% | 97 |
| Midlands | +85 | 396 | £48,500 | +9.60% | 95 |
| East of England | +66 | 280 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 80 |
| North of England | +156 | 263 | £45,000 | +2.74% | 78 |
| West Midlands | +46 | 244 | £50,000 | +12.99% | 53 |
| London | +106 | 227 | £55,000 | -20.08% | 97 |
| North West | +83 | 167 | £50,000 | +14.16% | 50 |
| East Midlands | +96 | 152 | £42,500 | - | 42 |
| Scotland | -3 | 99 | £42,750 | -22.27% | 35 |
| Yorkshire | +137 | 76 | £45,000 | +1.12% | 23 |
| Wales | +39 | 47 | £37,500 | - | 17 |
| North East | -8 | 20 | £40,000 | +11.11% | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | +26 | 8 | £35,000 | -46.15% | 3 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 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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