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 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 | |
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| Rank | 476 | 623 | 961 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +147 | +338 | -198 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer | 507 | 347 | 302 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.48% | 0.37% | 0.18% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.51% | 0.40% | 0.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 364 | 78 | 178 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,239 | £36,356 | £41,724 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £45,775 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £61,250 | £66,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.04% | -7.55% | +10.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,063 | £75,000 | £76,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £82,500 | £82,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,495 | £55,000 | £56,288 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.54% | -2.29% | -6.19% |
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 | 99,552 | 86,380 | 162,088 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.85% | 91.27% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70,786 | 55,655 | 84,889 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,625 |
| 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 | £50,244 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.48% | +5.78% |
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 1 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 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 |
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| England | +151 | 473 | £60,000 | - | 68 |
| UK excluding London | +80 | 436 | £57,495 | +4.54% | 69 |
| South East | +78 | 161 | £55,000 | - | 13 |
| South West | +34 | 100 | £60,000 | -12.09% | 19 |
| Work from Home | +75 | 75 | £50,000 | -23.08% | 82 |
| Midlands | +17 | 74 | £52,500 | -17.97% | 13 |
| London | +132 | 58 | £65,000 | -11.86% | 10 |
| North of England | +23 | 57 | £55,000 | +15.79% | 8 |
| North West | +8 | 43 | £50,000 | +18.89% | 4 |
| West Midlands | -10 | 39 | £55,000 | -14.06% | 8 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 35 | £50,000 | - | 5 |
| East of England | -22 | 23 | £60,000 | +53.40% | 5 |
| Scotland | -64 | 13 | £58,750 | -9.62% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | +50 | 10 | £45,107 | -4.03% | 3 |
| Wales | +11 | 8 | £36,476 | - | 2 |
| North East | -19 | 4 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 1 |
Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 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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