Senior System Engineer
UK
The median Senior System Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 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 | |
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| Rank | 468 | 583 | 974 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +115 | +391 | -200 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer | 531 | 391 | 314 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.49% | 0.42% | 0.18% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.52% | 0.46% | 0.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 373 | 75 | 186 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,239 | £36,356 | £41,660 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £47,750 | £51,563 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £64,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.25% | -1.54% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £75,000 | £75,938 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £82,500 | £82,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £59,000 | £60,000 | £55,075 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.67% | +8.94% | -8.21% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 102,753 | 84,908 | 164,946 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.75% | 91.21% | 95.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 72,538 | 55,143 | 85,388 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,524 | £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% |
Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer.
Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.
Senior Systems Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the UK 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 |
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| England | +125 | 491 | £60,000 | -6.25% | 65 |
| UK excluding London | +40 | 456 | £59,000 | -1.67% | 62 |
| South East | +74 | 163 | £55,000 | - | 15 |
| South West | +38 | 112 | £60,000 | -13.04% | 15 |
| Midlands | -2 | 79 | £52,500 | -17.97% | 11 |
| Work from Home | +91 | 78 | £50,000 | -24.53% | 22 |
| North of England | -1 | 58 | £55,000 | - | 6 |
| London | +80 | 56 | £65,000 | -13.33% | 13 |
| North West | -3 | 44 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 3 |
| West Midlands | -8 | 40 | £55,000 | -14.06% | 6 |
| East Midlands | -6 | 39 | £50,000 | - | 5 |
| East of England | -35 | 23 | £60,000 | +53.40% | 4 |
| Scotland | -65 | 13 | £58,750 | -9.62% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | +45 | 10 | £45,107 | -9.79% | 2 |
| Wales | +13 | 8 | £36,476 | - | 2 |
| North East | -27 | 4 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 1 |
Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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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