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 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 161 166 219
Rank change year-on-year +5 +53 -68
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 117 42 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.71% 0.97% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 1.08% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 74 15 16
10th Percentile £31,250 £43,800 £40,000
25th Percentile £39,813 £49,000 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +12.82% +28.29%
75th Percentile £64,688 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,750 £63,000 £76,875
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 6,635 3,895 5,814
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 89.52% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,785 2,120 3,050
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,652 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £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 1 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 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
Glasgow -81 37 £40,000 -27.27% 14
Edinburgh +51 28 £63,750 +32.81% 10
Aberdeen +2 22 £60,000 +9.09% 5
Aberdeenshire +6 11 - - 2
Highlands - 5 - -
East Lothian - 4 £77,500 -
Stirling - 4 - -
Falkirk - 4 - -
West Lothian -3 1 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 £52,500 - 3
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 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 Scotland region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 33 (28.21%) VMware
1 33 (28.21%) Azure
2 22 (18.80%) Security Cleared
3 21 (17.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (17.09%) Microsoft
5 18 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (14.53%) SQL Server
6 17 (14.53%) Windows
6 17 (14.53%) Public Cloud
7 16 (13.68%) WAN
8 15 (12.82%) High Availability
9 14 (11.97%) Prototyping
10 13 (11.11%) VMware NSX
10 13 (11.11%) Windows Server
10 13 (11.11%) IIS
10 13 (11.11%) SQL
10 13 (11.11%) Clustering
11 12 (10.26%) SC Cleared
12 11 (9.40%) Capacity Planning
12 11 (9.40%) Active Directory
13 10 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 10 (8.55%) Systems Engineering
13 10 (8.55%) Entra ID
14 9 (7.69%) API Development
14 9 (7.69%) API Design
14 9 (7.69%) CI/CD
14 9 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (7.69%) Java
14 9 (7.69%) Finance
14 9 (7.69%) AWS

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 13 (11.11%) IIS
2 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (5.13%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.85%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 33 (28.21%) Azure
2 10 (8.55%) Entra ID
3 9 (7.69%) AWS
3 9 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.56%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.71%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.68%) WAN
2 8 (6.84%) NetScaler
3 4 (3.42%) Wireless
4 3 (2.56%) LAN
4 3 (2.56%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (1.71%) Firewall
5 2 (1.71%) Network Security
5 2 (1.71%) SAN
5 2 (1.71%) VPN
6 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.85%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (14.53%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.69%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Git
1 1 (0.85%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (0.85%) Subversion
General
1 9 (7.69%) Finance
2 7 (5.98%) Social Skills
3 5 (4.27%) Aerospace
4 4 (3.42%) Agriculture
4 4 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.56%) Legal
6 2 (1.71%) Law
6 2 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.85%) Electronics
7 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.42%) REST
1 4 (3.42%) WebRTC
2 1 (0.85%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.53%) Public Cloud
2 13 (11.11%) Clustering
3 9 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (6.84%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.42%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.42%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.71%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.71%) PKI
7 1 (0.85%) CCTV
7 1 (0.85%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.85%) GNSS
7 1 (0.85%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.53%) Windows
2 13 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.27%) Linux
4 3 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.85%) Android
5 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.85%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.85%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (12.82%) High Availability
3 14 (11.97%) Prototyping
4 11 (9.40%) Capacity Planning
5 10 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 10 (8.55%) Systems Engineering
6 9 (7.69%) API Design
6 9 (7.69%) API Development
6 9 (7.69%) CI/CD
6 9 (7.69%) Continuous Delivery
6 9 (7.69%) Continuous Integration
6 9 (7.69%) Performance Analysis
6 9 (7.69%) Software Testing
6 9 (7.69%) TDD
7 8 (6.84%) Client Onboarding
7 8 (6.84%) Validation
8 7 (5.98%) Coaching
9 5 (4.27%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (3.42%) Asset Management
10 4 (3.42%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.11%) SQL
2 9 (7.69%) Java
3 2 (1.71%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.71%) Python
4 1 (0.85%) Assembly Language
4 1 (0.85%) Bash
4 1 (0.85%) C
4 1 (0.85%) C++
4 1 (0.85%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.85%) Perl
Qualifications
1 22 (18.80%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.26%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.13%) Degree
4 2 (1.71%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.71%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.71%) HNC
4 2 (1.71%) MCSE
4 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.85%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (0.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.27%) QA
2 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (1.71%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (17.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (11.11%) VMware NSX
3 11 (9.40%) Active Directory
4 4 (3.42%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.42%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.71%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.85%) Firmware
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (4.27%) SCCM
2 2 (1.71%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.85%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 33 (28.21%) VMware
2 20 (17.09%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.84%) Citrix
3 8 (6.84%) Veeam
4 6 (5.13%) EMC
4 6 (5.13%) Sophos
5 4 (3.42%) Dell
5 4 (3.42%) HP
5 4 (3.42%) iManage
6 3 (2.56%) Aderant
7 2 (1.71%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (0.85%) Aruba
8 1 (0.85%) Cisco
8 1 (0.85%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.85%) Keysight
8 1 (0.85%) NetApp
8 1 (0.85%) Thales