Systems Engineer Jobs in England

System Engineer
UK > England

The median System Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 281 412
Rank change year-on-year +193 +131 -76
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 2,675 1,050 1,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.84% 1.27% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.00% 1.39% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,720 414 589
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £34,373
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,625 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 89,103 75,397 137,915
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 91.21% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 65,080 49,497 75,489
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in England

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in England

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in England

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +150 719 £50,000 -9.09% 136
South West +101 571 £55,000 +10.00% 100
Midlands +86 472 £49,000 +10.73% 88
East of England +64 321 £55,000 +3.77% 60
North of England +119 316 £45,000 +2.74% 87
West Midlands +54 278 £50,000 +12.99% 47
London +96 272 £55,000 -15.38% 71
North West +69 200 £50,000 +14.16% 49
East Midlands +99 194 £42,500 - 41
Yorkshire +123 93 £42,500 -5.56% 24
North East -20 23 £42,500 +18.06% 16
Systems Engineer
UK

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 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 across the England region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 537 (20.07%) Systems Engineering
2 489 (18.28%) Security Cleared
3 371 (13.87%) Degree
4 237 (8.86%) Microsoft
5 233 (8.71%) Windows
6 227 (8.49%) Social Skills
7 220 (8.22%) Problem-Solving
8 213 (7.96%) Manufacturing
9 212 (7.93%) Aerospace
10 197 (7.36%) SC Cleared
11 191 (7.14%) Linux
12 176 (6.58%) Azure
13 173 (6.47%) Validation
13 173 (6.47%) VMware
14 170 (6.36%) Active Directory
15 151 (5.64%) Automotive
16 132 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
17 120 (4.49%) Electronics
18 116 (4.34%) Customer Service
19 114 (4.26%) Windows Server
20 113 (4.22%) Cybersecurity
21 110 (4.11%) SQL
22 107 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
23 101 (3.78%) Agile
23 101 (3.78%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
24 96 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
25 94 (3.51%) Finance
25 94 (3.51%) Verification and Validation
26 92 (3.44%) Python
26 92 (3.44%) Software Engineering

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 68 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 40 (1.50%) IIS
4 17 (0.64%) Confluence
5 13 (0.49%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.26%) WinCC
7 6 (0.22%) Kinematics
8 4 (0.15%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.11%) Apache
10 2 (0.075%) JBoss
10 2 (0.075%) nginx
10 2 (0.075%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.037%) SAS
11 1 (0.037%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.037%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.037%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (2.02%) Simulink
2 48 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (0.64%) Stateflow
4 13 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
5 12 (0.45%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.15%) Revit
8 3 (0.11%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.075%) CATIA
9 2 (0.075%) OrCAD
10 1 (0.037%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.037%) Solid Edge
10 1 (0.037%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.19%) C-CURE
3 4 (0.15%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.075%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.075%) iTrent
4 2 (0.075%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.075%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.075%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.037%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 176 (6.58%) Azure
2 132 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (2.39%) AWS
4 43 (1.61%) Entra ID
5 16 (0.60%) OneDrive
5 16 (0.60%) SaaS
6 14 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (0.34%) IaaS
7 9 (0.34%) PaaS
8 8 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (0.30%) GCP
9 6 (0.22%) Azure App Service
9 6 (0.22%) Mimecast
10 5 (0.19%) GitHub
11 3 (0.11%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.11%) Google Drive
11 3 (0.11%) Google Sheets
12 2 (0.075%) Google Docs
12 2 (0.075%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.075%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 88 (3.29%) Firewall
2 71 (2.65%) DNS
3 51 (1.91%) DHCP
4 44 (1.64%) WAN
5 37 (1.38%) TCP/IP
6 29 (1.08%) VPN
7 26 (0.97%) Internet
7 26 (0.97%) Wireless
8 25 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (0.90%) LAN
9 24 (0.90%) Software-Defined Radio
10 23 (0.86%) VLAN
11 17 (0.64%) VSAN
12 16 (0.60%) SAN
13 14 (0.52%) Ethernet
13 14 (0.52%) Network Security
14 12 (0.45%) 4G
14 12 (0.45%) 5G
15 10 (0.37%) SMTP
16 9 (0.34%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (1.53%) SQL Server
2 36 (1.35%) MySQL
3 17 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (0.60%) MongoDB
5 14 (0.52%) NoSQL
6 10 (0.37%) Big Data
7 8 (0.30%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.19%) InfluxDB
9 5 (0.19%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.19%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.075%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.075%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.075%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.075%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.075%) QlikView
10 2 (0.075%) Redis
11 1 (0.037%) Power BI
11 1 (0.037%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 77 (2.88%) Rational DOORS
2 41 (1.53%) JIRA
3 32 (1.20%) LabVIEW
4 20 (0.75%) Rational Rhapsody
5 17 (0.64%) Git
5 17 (0.64%) Jenkins
6 14 (0.52%) Rational Team Concert
7 9 (0.34%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.15%) GitLab
9 3 (0.11%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.075%) Apache Continuum
10 2 (0.075%) git-flow
10 2 (0.075%) Subversion
10 2 (0.075%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.037%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 227 (8.49%) Social Skills
2 213 (7.96%) Manufacturing
3 212 (7.93%) Aerospace
4 151 (5.64%) Automotive
5 120 (4.49%) Electronics
6 94 (3.51%) Finance
7 77 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
8 69 (2.58%) Telecoms
9 53 (1.98%) Military
10 51 (1.91%) Retail
11 38 (1.42%) Legal
12 36 (1.35%) Games
13 24 (0.90%) Public Sector
14 18 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (0.64%) Marketing
16 16 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
16 16 (0.60%) Law
17 14 (0.52%) Advertising
17 14 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.45%) .NET
2 8 (0.30%) Middleware
2 8 (0.30%) REST
2 8 (0.30%) Web Services
2 8 (0.30%) WebRTC
3 7 (0.26%) LAMP
4 6 (0.22%) LEMP Stack
5 5 (0.19%) WPF
6 4 (0.15%) JSON
6 4 (0.15%) Keycloak
6 4 (0.15%) XMPP
7 3 (0.11%) Unreal Engine
8 2 (0.075%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (0.075%) LDAP
8 2 (0.075%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.075%) WebCenter
8 2 (0.075%) WSE
9 1 (0.037%) CSS
9 1 (0.037%) JSP
9 1 (0.037%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (2.77%) Embedded Systems
2 68 (2.54%) Management Information System
3 64 (2.39%) SCADA
4 59 (2.21%) Data Centre
5 54 (2.02%) Algorithms
6 39 (1.46%) CCTV
7 34 (1.27%) Robotics
7 34 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
8 33 (1.23%) IoT
9 27 (1.01%) FPGA
10 26 (0.97%) Driving Licence
11 25 (0.93%) Clustering
12 20 (0.75%) CMDB
13 17 (0.64%) AS400
13 17 (0.64%) NHS
13 17 (0.64%) Public Cloud
14 16 (0.60%) Mainframe
14 16 (0.60%) Verilog
14 16 (0.60%) VHDL
15 15 (0.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 233 (8.71%) Windows
2 191 (7.14%) Linux
3 114 (4.26%) Windows Server
4 37 (1.38%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (0.90%) Ubuntu
6 24 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (0.71%) Debian
8 18 (0.67%) Mac OS
8 18 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 17 (0.64%) Unix
10 12 (0.45%) CentOS
10 12 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (0.41%) Windows 7
12 8 (0.30%) VMS
13 7 (0.26%) Android
14 5 (0.19%) SUSE
14 5 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.15%) Apple iOS
16 3 (0.11%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (20.07%) Systems Engineering
2 220 (8.22%) Problem-Solving
3 173 (6.47%) Validation
4 116 (4.34%) Customer Service
5 113 (4.22%) Cybersecurity
6 101 (3.78%) Agile
6 101 (3.78%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 94 (3.51%) Verification and Validation
8 92 (3.44%) Software Engineering
9 85 (3.18%) Computer Science
9 85 (3.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 85 (3.18%) Project Management
10 82 (3.07%) Project Delivery
11 80 (2.99%) Customer Requirements
12 73 (2.73%) Configuration Management
13 66 (2.47%) Mathematics
14 60 (2.24%) Physics
15 55 (2.06%) Mentoring
16 50 (1.87%) Requirements Management
17 49 (1.83%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 110 (4.11%) SQL
2 92 (3.44%) Python
3 84 (3.14%) C
4 71 (2.65%) MATLAB
5 69 (2.58%) PowerShell
6 59 (2.21%) C#
7 56 (2.09%) Bash
8 34 (1.27%) C++
9 26 (0.97%) Java
10 12 (0.45%) Perl
11 10 (0.37%) JavaScript
12 8 (0.30%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.26%) Ladder Logic
14 6 (0.22%) Embedded C
14 6 (0.22%) RPG
15 5 (0.19%) PHP
15 5 (0.19%) VB
15 5 (0.19%) XAML
16 4 (0.15%) Ruby
17 3 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 489 (18.28%) Security Cleared
2 371 (13.87%) Degree
3 197 (7.36%) SC Cleared
4 96 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 78 (2.92%) DV Cleared
6 68 (2.54%) Master's Degree
7 50 (1.87%) Chartered Engineer
8 40 (1.50%) HNC
9 32 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (1.08%) HND
11 27 (1.01%) DBS Check
12 17 (0.64%) CCNA
12 17 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (0.49%) Azure Certification
15 10 (0.37%) CTC Cleared
16 8 (0.30%) MCSE
16 8 (0.30%) PMI Certification
17 6 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (0.82%) QA
2 20 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 19 (0.71%) ISO 9001
4 17 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (0.60%) PMO
6 14 (0.52%) GDPR
6 14 (0.52%) ISO 26262
7 11 (0.41%) Automotive SPICE
7 11 (0.41%) IEC 61508
8 10 (0.37%) COSHH
8 10 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.26%) ISO 14001
9 7 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 6 (0.22%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.15%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.15%) SLA
12 3 (0.11%) ECSS
12 3 (0.11%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.075%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.075%) NIST
System Software
1 170 (6.36%) Active Directory
2 107 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (2.84%) Hyper-V
4 74 (2.77%) Firmware
5 27 (1.01%) vSphere
6 24 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
8 13 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
9 11 (0.41%) Docker
10 9 (0.34%) Forefront TMG
10 9 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 9 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.19%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.15%) NFS
13 3 (0.11%) VMware Server
13 3 (0.11%) XenApp
14 2 (0.075%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (1.20%) Ansible
3 29 (1.08%) Puppet
4 27 (1.01%) Functional Safety
5 26 (0.97%) Kubernetes
5 26 (0.97%) SCOM
6 24 (0.90%) SCCM
7 19 (0.71%) Terraform
7 19 (0.71%) vCenter Server
8 12 (0.45%) WSUS
9 11 (0.41%) ZABBIX
10 10 (0.37%) FortiGate
11 9 (0.34%) Backup Exec
12 7 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (0.19%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.19%) Red Hat Spacewalk
15 4 (0.15%) Podman
15 4 (0.15%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 237 (8.86%) Microsoft
2 173 (6.47%) VMware
3 62 (2.32%) EMC
4 51 (1.91%) Cisco
4 51 (1.91%) IBM
5 28 (1.05%) Citrix
6 27 (1.01%) Oracle
6 27 (1.01%) Red Hat
7 22 (0.82%) Siemens
8 20 (0.75%) Dell
9 18 (0.67%) HP
9 18 (0.67%) Rockwell
9 18 (0.67%) Veeam
10 17 (0.64%) Thales
11 16 (0.60%) NetApp
12 15 (0.56%) Meraki
13 14 (0.52%) QinetiQ
14 12 (0.45%) Apple
14 12 (0.45%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.41%) Atlassian