Systems Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

System Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median System Engineer salary in the UK excluding London 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 73 220 272
Rank change year-on-year +147 +52 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 2,593 867 1,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.28% 1.56% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.46% 1.75% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,647 313 422
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £73,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 74,927 49,444 72,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 88.83% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 29,284 42,904
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London 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% 142
South West +101 571 £55,000 +10.00% 101
Midlands +86 472 £49,000 +10.73% 91
East of England +64 321 £55,000 +3.77% 60
North of England +119 316 £45,000 +2.74% 86
West Midlands +54 278 £50,000 +12.99% 46
North West +69 200 £50,000 +14.16% 49
East Midlands +99 194 £42,500 - 45
Scotland +12 124 £52,500 -4.55% 41
Yorkshire +123 93 £42,500 -5.56% 23
Wales +53 61 £35,000 - 11
North East -20 23 £42,500 +18.06% 16
Northern Ireland +24 9 £35,000 -53.33% 4
Systems Engineer
UK

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 525 (20.25%) Systems Engineering
2 479 (18.47%) Security Cleared
3 351 (13.54%) Degree
4 228 (8.79%) Manufacturing
5 221 (8.52%) Microsoft
6 220 (8.48%) Problem-Solving
7 210 (8.10%) Aerospace
8 204 (7.87%) Social Skills
9 193 (7.44%) SC Cleared
10 178 (6.86%) Validation
11 176 (6.79%) Windows
12 170 (6.56%) Azure
13 161 (6.21%) VMware
14 153 (5.90%) Linux
15 151 (5.82%) Automotive
16 143 (5.51%) Active Directory
17 133 (5.13%) Electronics
18 121 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
19 115 (4.44%) Customer Service
20 107 (4.13%) SQL
21 104 (4.01%) Cybersecurity
22 103 (3.97%) VMware Infrastructure
23 101 (3.90%) Agile
23 101 (3.90%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
24 99 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
25 95 (3.66%) Windows Server
25 95 (3.66%) Verification and Validation
26 85 (3.28%) C
27 82 (3.16%) Finance
27 82 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineering

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 52 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (1.66%) IIS
3 33 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 13 (0.50%) OpenStack
5 7 (0.27%) WinCC
6 6 (0.23%) Confluence
6 6 (0.23%) Kinematics
7 4 (0.15%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.077%) JBoss
8 2 (0.077%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.039%) Apache
9 1 (0.039%) SAS
9 1 (0.039%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.039%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 55 (2.12%) Simulink
2 37 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (0.66%) Stateflow
4 14 (0.54%) AutoCAD
5 13 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.077%) InfoPath
8 2 (0.077%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.077%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.039%) CATIA
9 1 (0.039%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.039%) Solid Edge
9 1 (0.039%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.19%) C-CURE
3 4 (0.15%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.077%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.077%) iTrent
4 2 (0.077%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.077%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.077%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.039%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 170 (6.56%) Azure
2 121 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (2.04%) AWS
4 50 (1.93%) Entra ID
5 21 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
6 17 (0.66%) OneDrive
7 15 (0.58%) SaaS
8 9 (0.35%) Mimecast
9 8 (0.31%) GCP
10 7 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (0.23%) Azure App Service
12 4 (0.15%) PaaS
13 3 (0.12%) Dropbox
13 3 (0.12%) Google Drive
13 3 (0.12%) Google Sheets
13 3 (0.12%) IaaS
13 3 (0.12%) WhatsApp
14 2 (0.077%) Nutanix
15 1 (0.039%) Power Platform
15 1 (0.039%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 59 (2.28%) WAN
2 55 (2.12%) Firewall
3 47 (1.81%) DNS
4 35 (1.35%) DHCP
5 33 (1.27%) Software-Defined Radio
6 29 (1.12%) VPN
7 27 (1.04%) LAN
8 26 (1.00%) Wireless
9 25 (0.96%) TCP/IP
10 22 (0.85%) Internet
11 19 (0.73%) VLAN
12 18 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
13 17 (0.66%) VSAN
14 15 (0.58%) SAN
15 13 (0.50%) Ethernet
16 12 (0.46%) 4G
16 12 (0.46%) 5G
17 10 (0.39%) SNMP
18 9 (0.35%) HTTP
18 9 (0.35%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (1.74%) SQL Server
2 23 (0.89%) MySQL
3 18 (0.69%) NoSQL
4 14 (0.54%) MongoDB
5 10 (0.39%) Big Data
6 6 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.19%) InfluxDB
7 5 (0.19%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.15%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.12%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.077%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.077%) QlikView
11 1 (0.039%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.039%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.039%) Power BI
11 1 (0.039%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 76 (2.93%) Rational DOORS
2 32 (1.23%) LabVIEW
3 23 (0.89%) JIRA
4 20 (0.77%) Rational Rhapsody
5 14 (0.54%) Git
5 14 (0.54%) Rational Team Concert
6 9 (0.35%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.15%) GitLab
8 3 (0.12%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.12%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.077%) Apache Continuum
9 2 (0.077%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.039%) Subversion
General
1 228 (8.79%) Manufacturing
2 210 (8.10%) Aerospace
3 204 (7.87%) Social Skills
4 151 (5.82%) Automotive
5 133 (5.13%) Electronics
6 82 (3.16%) Finance
7 69 (2.66%) Analytical Skills
8 66 (2.55%) Telecoms
9 53 (2.04%) Retail
10 47 (1.81%) Military
11 33 (1.27%) Games
12 26 (1.00%) Legal
13 18 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (0.69%) Public Sector
14 17 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (0.54%) Marketing
16 12 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (0.42%) Avionics
17 11 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.46%) REST
1 12 (0.46%) WebRTC
2 10 (0.39%) .NET
3 8 (0.31%) Middleware
3 8 (0.31%) Web Services
4 5 (0.19%) WPF
5 4 (0.15%) JSON
5 4 (0.15%) Keycloak
5 4 (0.15%) LAMP
5 4 (0.15%) LEMP Stack
5 4 (0.15%) XMPP
6 3 (0.12%) LDAP
7 2 (0.077%) COM
7 2 (0.077%) HTML
7 2 (0.077%) HTML5
7 2 (0.077%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.077%) WebCenter
7 2 (0.077%) WSE
8 1 (0.039%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.039%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 74 (2.85%) Embedded Systems
2 69 (2.66%) Management Information System
3 58 (2.24%) Algorithms
3 58 (2.24%) SCADA
4 38 (1.47%) Data Centre
4 38 (1.47%) Robotics
5 34 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (1.27%) CCTV
7 32 (1.23%) Clustering
8 30 (1.16%) Public Cloud
9 27 (1.04%) FPGA
9 27 (1.04%) IoT
10 24 (0.93%) Driving Licence
11 20 (0.77%) CMDB
12 19 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
13 17 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
13 17 (0.66%) NHS
14 16 (0.62%) Mainframe
14 16 (0.62%) Verilog
14 16 (0.62%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 176 (6.79%) Windows
2 153 (5.90%) Linux
3 95 (3.66%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.00%) Windows 10
5 24 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 23 (0.89%) Ubuntu
7 22 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 19 (0.73%) Debian
9 17 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (0.46%) CentOS
10 12 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 12 (0.46%) Unix
11 11 (0.42%) Windows 7
12 7 (0.27%) Mac OS
12 7 (0.27%) VMS
13 5 (0.19%) Android
13 5 (0.19%) SUSE
14 4 (0.15%) Apple iOS
14 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.077%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (20.25%) Systems Engineering
2 220 (8.48%) Problem-Solving
3 178 (6.86%) Validation
4 115 (4.44%) Customer Service
5 104 (4.01%) Cybersecurity
6 101 (3.90%) Agile
6 101 (3.90%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 95 (3.66%) Verification and Validation
8 82 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 81 (3.12%) Software Engineering
10 76 (2.93%) Computer Science
10 76 (2.93%) Project Management
11 75 (2.89%) Customer Requirements
12 71 (2.74%) Configuration Management
13 70 (2.70%) Project Delivery
14 61 (2.35%) Mathematics
14 61 (2.35%) Physics
15 56 (2.16%) Software Testing
16 50 (1.93%) Continuous Improvement
17 46 (1.77%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 107 (4.13%) SQL
2 85 (3.28%) C
3 74 (2.85%) Python
4 72 (2.78%) MATLAB
5 54 (2.08%) C#
6 47 (1.81%) PowerShell
7 40 (1.54%) Bash
8 32 (1.23%) C++
8 32 (1.23%) Java
9 10 (0.39%) Perl
10 9 (0.35%) JavaScript
11 7 (0.27%) Ladder Logic
11 7 (0.27%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.23%) Embedded C
13 5 (0.19%) R
13 5 (0.19%) VB
13 5 (0.19%) XAML
14 3 (0.12%) PHP
15 2 (0.077%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.077%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 479 (18.47%) Security Cleared
2 351 (13.54%) Degree
3 193 (7.44%) SC Cleared
4 99 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 71 (2.74%) DV Cleared
6 66 (2.55%) Master's Degree
7 50 (1.93%) Chartered Engineer
8 39 (1.50%) HNC
9 30 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (1.04%) HND
11 24 (0.93%) DBS Check
12 14 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (0.39%) Azure Certification
13 10 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (0.39%) CTC Cleared
14 9 (0.35%) CCNA
15 8 (0.31%) MCSE
15 8 (0.31%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.23%) PhD
16 6 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (1.04%) QA
2 23 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 19 (0.73%) ISO 9001
4 17 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (0.62%) PMO
6 15 (0.58%) GDPR
7 14 (0.54%) ISO 26262
8 11 (0.42%) Automotive SPICE
8 11 (0.42%) IEC 61508
9 10 (0.39%) COSHH
9 10 (0.39%) GMP
10 7 (0.27%) ISO 14001
10 7 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 6 (0.23%) Def Stans
11 6 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 4 (0.15%) SLA
13 3 (0.12%) ECSS
13 3 (0.12%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.077%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.039%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 143 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 103 (3.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (2.62%) Hyper-V
4 64 (2.47%) Firmware
5 23 (0.89%) vSphere
6 20 (0.77%) VMware NSX
7 17 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
8 12 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.31%) Docker
9 8 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 5 (0.19%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.12%) Forefront TMG
12 3 (0.12%) NFS
12 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
12 3 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 36 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.04%) Functional Safety
3 24 (0.93%) Ansible
3 24 (0.93%) Puppet
4 21 (0.81%) SCCM
5 19 (0.73%) vCenter Server
6 18 (0.69%) Kubernetes
7 12 (0.46%) SCOM
8 10 (0.39%) FortiGate
9 8 (0.31%) ZABBIX
10 7 (0.27%) Backup Exec
11 6 (0.23%) Terraform
11 6 (0.23%) WSUS
12 5 (0.19%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.15%) Autotask
13 4 (0.15%) Podman
13 4 (0.15%) Wonderware InTouch
14 1 (0.039%) Grafana
Vendors
1 221 (8.52%) Microsoft
2 161 (6.21%) VMware
3 65 (2.51%) EMC
4 43 (1.66%) IBM
5 40 (1.54%) Cisco
6 30 (1.16%) Citrix
7 25 (0.96%) Red Hat
8 24 (0.93%) Oracle
9 22 (0.85%) Siemens
10 21 (0.81%) HP
11 18 (0.69%) Rockwell
11 18 (0.69%) Thales
12 15 (0.58%) Meraki
12 15 (0.58%) Veeam
13 14 (0.54%) QinetiQ
14 12 (0.46%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.42%) Allen-Bradley
15 11 (0.42%) Dell
15 11 (0.42%) Sophos
16 10 (0.39%) Darktrace