Systems Engineer Jobs in Scotland

System Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median System Engineer salary in Scotland is £52,500 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 159 171 219
Rank change year-on-year +12 +48 -69
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 124 45 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.80% 1.04% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.86% 1.16% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 78 15 18
10th Percentile £31,250 £43,800 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £49,000 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +38.16%
75th Percentile £62,813 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,000 £75,625
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,679 3,864 5,995
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.01% 89.69% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,894 2,098 3,095
10th Percentile £27,825 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Scotland

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Scotland

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Scotland

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -79 39 £40,000 -27.27% 16
Edinburgh +47 29 £62,500 +30.21% 11
Aberdeen +5 25 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Aberdeenshire +7 11 - - 1
Highlands - 5 - -
East Lothian - 4 £77,500 -
Stirling - 4 - -
Falkirk - 4 - -
Lanarkshire - 2 £51,250 - 4
West Lothian -3 1 - -
Argyll and Bute - 1 £44,000 -
Dundee - 1 £38,000 -
Angus - 1 £40,000 - 1
Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Systems Engineer
UK

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

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 Scotland region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 32 (25.81%) VMware
1 32 (25.81%) Azure
2 22 (17.74%) Security Cleared
3 21 (16.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (16.13%) Microsoft
5 18 (14.52%) Windows
5 18 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (12.90%) WAN
6 16 (12.90%) SQL Server
7 15 (12.10%) Public Cloud
8 14 (11.29%) Windows Server
8 14 (11.29%) High Availability
9 13 (10.48%) Prototyping
10 12 (9.68%) VMware NSX
10 12 (9.68%) SC Cleared
10 12 (9.68%) IIS
10 12 (9.68%) SQL
10 12 (9.68%) Clustering
11 11 (8.87%) Active Directory
11 11 (8.87%) Entra ID
12 10 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 10 (8.06%) Systems Engineering
12 10 (8.06%) Finance
12 10 (8.06%) Capacity Planning
13 9 (7.26%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (6.45%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (6.45%) CI/CD
14 8 (6.45%) Social Skills
14 8 (6.45%) Continuous Delivery
14 8 (6.45%) API Development

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 12 (9.68%) IIS
2 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.84%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.81%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 32 (25.81%) Azure
2 11 (8.87%) Entra ID
3 9 (7.26%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (6.45%) AWS
4 8 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.42%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.81%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.90%) WAN
2 7 (5.65%) NetScaler
3 5 (4.03%) Wireless
4 4 (3.23%) LAN
5 3 (2.42%) Network Security
5 3 (2.42%) SAN
5 3 (2.42%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (2.42%) VPN
6 2 (1.61%) Firewall
7 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.81%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.90%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.45%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Git
1 1 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (0.81%) Subversion
General
1 10 (8.06%) Finance
2 8 (6.45%) Social Skills
3 6 (4.84%) Aerospace
4 4 (3.23%) Agriculture
4 4 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.42%) Legal
6 2 (1.61%) Law
6 2 (1.61%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Electronics
7 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.23%) REST
1 4 (3.23%) WebRTC
2 1 (0.81%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.10%) Public Cloud
2 12 (9.68%) Clustering
3 8 (6.45%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (5.65%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.23%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.61%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.61%) PKI
7 1 (0.81%) CCTV
7 1 (0.81%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.81%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.81%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.81%) GNSS
7 1 (0.81%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 18 (14.52%) Windows
2 14 (11.29%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.03%) Linux
4 3 (2.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.81%) Android
5 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.81%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (11.29%) High Availability
3 13 (10.48%) Prototyping
4 10 (8.06%) Capacity Planning
4 10 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (8.06%) Systems Engineering
5 8 (6.45%) API Design
5 8 (6.45%) API Development
5 8 (6.45%) CI/CD
5 8 (6.45%) Continuous Delivery
5 8 (6.45%) Continuous Integration
5 8 (6.45%) Performance Analysis
5 8 (6.45%) Software Testing
5 8 (6.45%) TDD
5 8 (6.45%) Validation
6 7 (5.65%) Client Onboarding
6 7 (5.65%) Coaching
7 5 (4.03%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (3.23%) Asset Management
8 4 (3.23%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.68%) SQL
2 8 (6.45%) Java
3 3 (2.42%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.61%) Python
5 1 (0.81%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.81%) Bash
5 1 (0.81%) C
5 1 (0.81%) C++
5 1 (0.81%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.81%) Perl
Qualifications
1 22 (17.74%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.68%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.84%) Degree
4 2 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.61%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.61%) HNC
5 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.81%) MCSE
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.81%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (0.81%) PhD
5 1 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.03%) QA
2 3 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (1.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (16.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (9.68%) VMware NSX
3 11 (8.87%) Active Directory
4 4 (3.23%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.42%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.81%) Firmware
6 1 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.81%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (4.03%) SCCM
2 1 (0.81%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (0.81%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 32 (25.81%) VMware
2 20 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.65%) Citrix
3 7 (5.65%) Veeam
4 6 (4.84%) EMC
4 6 (4.84%) Sophos
5 4 (3.23%) Dell
5 4 (3.23%) HP
5 4 (3.23%) iManage
6 3 (2.42%) Aderant
7 1 (0.81%) Aruba
7 1 (0.81%) Cisco
7 1 (0.81%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.81%) Keysight
7 1 (0.81%) NetApp
7 1 (0.81%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (0.81%) Thales