Systems Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

System Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median System Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 122 149
Rank change year-on-year +51 +27 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 244 156 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.27% 2.49% 2.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.47% 2.77% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 130 26 59
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,400
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,438 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,250 £36,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.99% +20.41% -2.00%
75th Percentile £59,375 £64,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,125 £50,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,036 5,639 6,999
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 90.14% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 5,263 3,228 4,778
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,822
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the West Midlands

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the West Midlands

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the West Midlands

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 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
Warwickshire +20 94 £50,000 -21.88% 6
Staffordshire +26 61 £40,000 - 10
Herefordshire +19 29 £80,000 +90.48% 4
Birmingham +13 29 £50,000 -27.01% 9
Worcestershire -10 8 £45,000 - 3
Wolverhampton +25 5 - - 5
Coventry +28 3 £58,750 - 5
Solihull - 2 £35,000 - 1
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 69 (28.28%) Automotive
2 37 (15.16%) Security Cleared
3 35 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (13.11%) Systems Engineering
5 27 (11.07%) Azure
5 27 (11.07%) VMware
6 26 (10.66%) Microsoft
7 25 (10.25%) SQL
7 25 (10.25%) SQL Server
8 23 (9.43%) WAN
8 23 (9.43%) Manufacturing
9 20 (8.20%) Clustering
9 20 (8.20%) IIS
9 20 (8.20%) High Availability
10 19 (7.79%) Degree
11 18 (7.38%) Validation
12 17 (6.97%) Software Testing
12 17 (6.97%) VMware Infrastructure
12 17 (6.97%) SC Cleared
12 17 (6.97%) Social Skills
13 16 (6.56%) Firewall
14 15 (6.15%) Active Directory
14 15 (6.15%) Windows
15 14 (5.74%) Capacity Planning
16 13 (5.33%) CI/CD
16 13 (5.33%) Project Management
17 12 (4.92%) CAD
17 12 (4.92%) Java
17 12 (4.92%) Windows Server
17 12 (4.92%) Continuous Delivery

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 20 (8.20%) IIS
2 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.41%) JBoss
3 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.41%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.64%) Simulink
2 1 (0.41%) CATIA
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 27 (11.07%) Azure
2 11 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (4.10%) AWS
3 10 (4.10%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.23%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.41%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.41%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.43%) WAN
2 16 (6.56%) Firewall
3 9 (3.69%) VPN
4 4 (1.64%) DHCP
4 4 (1.64%) DNS
5 3 (1.23%) FlexRay
5 3 (1.23%) Internet
5 3 (1.23%) LAN
5 3 (1.23%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.82%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.82%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.82%) SAN
7 1 (0.41%) BGP
7 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.41%) MQTT
7 1 (0.41%) OSPF
7 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.41%) VLAN
7 1 (0.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.25%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.10%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.82%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.87%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 69 (28.28%) Automotive
2 23 (9.43%) Manufacturing
3 17 (6.97%) Social Skills
4 6 (2.46%) Aerospace
4 6 (2.46%) Electronics
4 6 (2.46%) Finance
4 6 (2.46%) Military
5 5 (2.05%) Telecoms
6 4 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.64%) Aviation
7 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.41%) Legal
8 1 (0.41%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.10%) REST
1 10 (4.10%) WebRTC
2 1 (0.41%) Middleware
2 1 (0.41%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.20%) Clustering
2 10 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (4.10%) Public Cloud
3 9 (3.69%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (1.64%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.23%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.23%) IoT
5 3 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.82%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (0.82%) State Machine
7 1 (0.41%) CCTV
7 1 (0.41%) Robotics
7 1 (0.41%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.15%) Windows
2 12 (4.92%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.10%) Linux
4 2 (0.82%) Unix
5 1 (0.41%) Android
5 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (13.11%) Systems Engineering
3 20 (8.20%) High Availability
4 18 (7.38%) Validation
5 17 (6.97%) Software Testing
6 14 (5.74%) Capacity Planning
7 13 (5.33%) CI/CD
7 13 (5.33%) Project Management
8 12 (4.92%) CAD
8 12 (4.92%) Continuous Delivery
9 11 (4.51%) Software Engineering
10 10 (4.10%) API Design
10 10 (4.10%) API Development
10 10 (4.10%) Continuous Integration
10 10 (4.10%) Load Balancing
10 10 (4.10%) Performance Analysis
10 10 (4.10%) Prototyping
10 10 (4.10%) TDD
10 10 (4.10%) Test Automation
11 7 (2.87%) Data Acquisition
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.25%) SQL
2 12 (4.92%) Java
3 5 (2.05%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.64%) C
4 4 (1.64%) MATLAB
5 3 (1.23%) C++
5 3 (1.23%) Python
5 3 (1.23%) R
6 2 (0.82%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.41%) C#
Qualifications
1 37 (15.16%) Security Cleared
2 19 (7.79%) Degree
3 17 (6.97%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.46%) MCSE
4 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.05%) CCNA
5 5 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.05%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.23%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.41%) HNC
7 1 (0.41%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.05%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (1.23%) JSP 440
3 2 (0.82%) GDPR
3 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 1 (0.41%) Automotive SPICE
System Software
1 17 (6.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (6.15%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.10%) VMware NSX
4 9 (3.69%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.82%) NFS
6 1 (0.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.05%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.23%) Backup Exec
2 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.41%) Ansible
3 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (11.07%) VMware
2 26 (10.66%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.10%) CheckPoint
4 7 (2.87%) Siemens
5 3 (1.23%) Dell
5 3 (1.23%) EMC
5 3 (1.23%) HP
5 3 (1.23%) QinetiQ
5 3 (1.23%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.23%) Ruckus Wireless
5 3 (1.23%) Veeam
6 2 (0.82%) Brocade
6 2 (0.82%) IBM
6 2 (0.82%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.41%) Apple
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco
7 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle
7 1 (0.41%) SAP
7 1 (0.41%) Ubiquiti