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 leading to 11 June 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 91 | 290 | 412 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +199 | +122 | -81 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 3,056 | 1,136 | 1,522 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.79% | 1.22% | 0.88% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.95% | 1.34% | 0.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,920 | 450 | 670 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,012 | £32,500 | £34,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £40,063 | £40,092 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £67,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £85,000 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | - | +5.88% |
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 | 103,724 | 84,717 | 165,173 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.76% | 91.22% | 95.91% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 73,308 | 55,181 | 85,146 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,605 | £45,000 | £42,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,500 | £50,296 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.37% | +5.89% |
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 11 June 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 11 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 |
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| England | +202 | 2,735 | £50,000 | - | 482 |
| UK excluding London | +148 | 2,650 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 442 |
| South East | +139 | 730 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 110 |
| South West | +103 | 595 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 100 |
| Work from Home | +139 | 543 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 164 |
| Midlands | +97 | 481 | £49,000 | +10.73% | 79 |
| East of England | +63 | 326 | £55,000 | +3.77% | 49 |
| North of England | +121 | 322 | £45,000 | +2.74% | 74 |
| West Midlands | +55 | 280 | £50,000 | +12.99% | 42 |
| London | +123 | 277 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 65 |
| North West | +67 | 205 | £50,000 | +14.16% | 44 |
| East Midlands | +100 | 201 | £45,000 | +5.88% | 37 |
| Scotland | +13 | 123 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 39 |
| Yorkshire | +116 | 94 | £42,500 | -5.56% | 18 |
| Wales | +54 | 64 | £35,000 | - | 7 |
| North East | -23 | 23 | £42,500 | +18.06% | 13 |
| Northern Ireland | +26 | 9 | £35,000 | -53.33% | 4 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 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 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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