Systems Engineer Jobs in the North of England

System Engineer
England > North of England

The median System Engineer salary in the North of England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 287 348
Rank change year-on-year +134 +61 -111
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 297 145 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.57% 0.90% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% 1.01% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 206 82 56
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,527 £39,201
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,800 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -2.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £52,813
90th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £104,806
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 17,953 14,401 17,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 89.25% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,711 7,947 10,940
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,627 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the North of England

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the North of England

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the North of England

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West +76 191 £50,000 +14.16% 50
Yorkshire +117 83 £43,750 -1.69% 31
North East -13 23 £42,500 +17.24% 15
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 North of England region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 50 (16.84%) Security Cleared
2 46 (15.49%) SC Cleared
3 38 (12.79%) Manufacturing
4 32 (10.77%) SCADA
5 29 (9.76%) Windows
6 24 (8.08%) Linux
7 22 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 21 (7.07%) Finance
8 21 (7.07%) VMware
9 20 (6.73%) Microsoft
10 19 (6.40%) Hyper-V
10 19 (6.40%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (6.06%) Social Skills
11 18 (6.06%) Degree
11 18 (6.06%) Active Directory
12 17 (5.72%) SQL
12 17 (5.72%) Systems Engineering
13 16 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
14 15 (5.05%) VMware Infrastructure
14 15 (5.05%) Azure
14 15 (5.05%) Software Engineering
15 14 (4.71%) IBM
15 14 (4.71%) Data Centre
16 13 (4.38%) Windows Server
16 13 (4.38%) Cybersecurity
16 13 (4.38%) Firmware
16 13 (4.38%) Validation
17 12 (4.04%) Software-Defined Radio
17 12 (4.04%) Customer Service
18 11 (3.70%) Mentoring

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 11 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.35%) Confluence
4 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.34%) SAS
4 1 (0.34%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.34%) Simulink
1 1 (0.34%) Solid Edge
1 1 (0.34%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.68%) C-CURE
2 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (5.05%) Azure
3 5 (1.68%) AWS
4 4 (1.35%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.01%) Dropbox
5 3 (1.01%) Google Drive
5 3 (1.01%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.34%) GCP
6 1 (0.34%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.04%) Software-Defined Radio
2 8 (2.69%) Firewall
2 8 (2.69%) Wireless
3 6 (2.02%) LAN
3 6 (2.02%) WAN
4 5 (1.68%) Internet
4 5 (1.68%) SAN
5 3 (1.01%) DHCP
5 3 (1.01%) DNS
5 3 (1.01%) NAS
5 3 (1.01%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.01%) VPN
5 3 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.01%) WLAN
6 2 (0.67%) Broadband
6 2 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.67%) WPA
7 1 (0.34%) Modbus
7 1 (0.34%) MQTT
7 1 (0.34%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.37%) MongoDB
1 10 (3.37%) MySQL
2 2 (0.67%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (0.67%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.67%) QlikView
2 2 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.69%) Git
1 8 (2.69%) LabVIEW
2 6 (2.02%) JIRA
3 1 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 38 (12.79%) Manufacturing
2 21 (7.07%) Finance
3 18 (6.06%) Social Skills
4 11 (3.70%) Telecoms
5 10 (3.37%) Aerospace
6 9 (3.03%) Electronics
7 8 (2.69%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (2.36%) Automotive
8 7 (2.36%) Avionics
9 5 (1.68%) Games
9 5 (1.68%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.01%) Retail
12 2 (0.67%) Banking
13 1 (0.34%) Advertising
13 1 (0.34%) Law
13 1 (0.34%) Marketing
13 1 (0.34%) Military
13 1 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.01%) .NET
2 2 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.34%) ISPF
3 1 (0.34%) LDAP
3 1 (0.34%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.77%) SCADA
2 14 (4.71%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.70%) Mainframe
4 10 (3.37%) CCTV
5 9 (3.03%) AS400
5 9 (3.03%) iSeries
5 9 (3.03%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.69%) Acoustics
6 8 (2.69%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.68%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.01%) iPad
8 3 (1.01%) NHS
8 3 (1.01%) Replication
9 2 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.67%) Life Science
9 2 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.67%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.34%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.34%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (0.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.76%) Windows
2 24 (8.08%) Linux
3 13 (4.38%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.68%) Unix
5 3 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.01%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.67%) AIX
6 2 (0.67%) CentOS
7 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (6.40%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (5.72%) Systems Engineering
4 15 (5.05%) Software Engineering
5 13 (4.38%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (4.38%) Validation
6 12 (4.04%) Customer Service
7 11 (3.70%) Mentoring
8 10 (3.37%) Agile
8 10 (3.37%) Verification and Validation
9 9 (3.03%) Customer Engagement
9 9 (3.03%) High Availability
10 8 (2.69%) Logistics
10 8 (2.69%) Project Management
10 8 (2.69%) Software Architecture
11 7 (2.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (2.02%) Cloud Security
12 6 (2.02%) ITIL
12 6 (2.02%) Presales
13 5 (1.68%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.72%) SQL
2 11 (3.70%) C
2 11 (3.70%) C#
3 4 (1.35%) Python
4 3 (1.01%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.67%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.34%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.34%) Bash
6 1 (0.34%) JCL
6 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.34%) REXX
6 1 (0.34%) Tcl
6 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (16.84%) Security Cleared
2 46 (15.49%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.06%) Degree
4 6 (2.02%) DBS Check
4 6 (2.02%) HND
5 5 (1.68%) HNC
5 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.67%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.67%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.67%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.34%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (1.01%) ISO 26262
2 3 (1.01%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.01%) SLA
3 1 (0.34%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 19 (6.40%) Hyper-V
2 18 (6.06%) Active Directory
3 15 (5.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (4.38%) Firmware
5 8 (2.69%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (1.68%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.67%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.67%) vSphere
8 1 (0.34%) ACF2
8 1 (0.34%) Docker
8 1 (0.34%) KVM
8 1 (0.34%) RACF
8 1 (0.34%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.35%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.67%) Ansible
3 2 (0.67%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.67%) Puppet
3 2 (0.67%) WSUS
4 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.34%) OMEGAMON
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle ZFS
4 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.34%) Sysdig
4 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (7.07%) VMware
2 20 (6.73%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.71%) IBM
4 7 (2.36%) Rockwell
5 6 (2.02%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.68%) Cisco
7 4 (1.35%) Citrix
7 4 (1.35%) Thales
7 4 (1.35%) Veeam
8 3 (1.01%) Google
8 3 (1.01%) HP
8 3 (1.01%) Oracle
8 3 (1.01%) Siemens
9 2 (0.67%) Aruba
9 2 (0.67%) Meraki
9 2 (0.67%) Ruckus Wireless
9 2 (0.67%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.67%) SYSPRO
9 2 (0.67%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (0.67%) WatchGuard