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 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 | 93 | 299 | 422 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +206 | +123 | -93 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 2,992 | 1,139 | 1,494 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.76% | 1.22% | 0.87% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.91% | 1.34% | 0.91% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,882 | 450 | 671 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,000 | £32,500 | £34,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £40,063 | £40,000 |
| 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
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% |
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 9 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 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 | +193 | 2,675 | £50,000 | - | 540 |
| UK excluding London | +147 | 2,593 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 503 |
| South East | +150 | 719 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 136 |
| South West | +101 | 571 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 101 |
| Work from Home | +140 | 529 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 188 |
| Midlands | +86 | 472 | £49,000 | +10.73% | 90 |
| East of England | +64 | 321 | £55,000 | +3.77% | 59 |
| North of England | +119 | 316 | £45,000 | +2.74% | 86 |
| West Midlands | +54 | 278 | £50,000 | +12.99% | 47 |
| London | +96 | 272 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 72 |
| North West | +69 | 200 | £50,000 | +14.16% | 49 |
| East Midlands | +99 | 194 | £42,500 | - | 43 |
| Scotland | +12 | 124 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 42 |
| Yorkshire | +123 | 93 | £42,500 | -5.56% | 23 |
| Wales | +53 | 61 | £35,000 | - | 12 |
| North East | -20 | 23 | £42,500 | +18.06% | 16 |
| Northern Ireland | +24 | 9 | £35,000 | -53.33% | 4 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
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 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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