Systems Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

System Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median System Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £50,000 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 71 126 131
Rank change year-on-year +55 +5 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 263 132 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.28% 2.27% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.47% 2.52% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 134 26 64
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,313 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,250 £36,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.99% +20.41% -1.34%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,125 £47,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £64,000 £49,625
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,573 5,238 7,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 89.94% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5,594 3,217 4,815
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the West Midlands

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the West Midlands

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the West Midlands

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +23 98 £50,000 -21.88% 13
Staffordshire +26 63 £45,000 +12.50% 11
Herefordshire +21 37 £80,000 +90.48% 2
Birmingham +11 33 £50,000 +17.65% 3
Worcestershire -16 8 £45,000 - 5
Wolverhampton +23 7 - - 2
Coventry +22 2 £62,500 +30.07% 4
Solihull - 2 £35,000 - 1
Walsall - 1 - -
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 72 (27.38%) Automotive
2 37 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (14.07%) Systems Engineering
3 35 (13.31%) Security Cleared
4 26 (9.89%) Microsoft
4 26 (9.89%) VMware
4 26 (9.89%) Azure
5 23 (8.75%) Manufacturing
5 23 (8.75%) SQL
5 23 (8.75%) SQL Server
6 22 (8.37%) WAN
7 19 (7.22%) Degree
8 18 (6.84%) High Availability
8 18 (6.84%) Clustering
8 18 (6.84%) IIS
9 17 (6.46%) Validation
10 16 (6.08%) VMware Infrastructure
10 16 (6.08%) SC Cleared
10 16 (6.08%) Social Skills
10 16 (6.08%) Software Testing
10 16 (6.08%) Windows
11 15 (5.70%) Firewall
11 15 (5.70%) Active Directory
12 13 (4.94%) Capacity Planning
12 13 (4.94%) Project Management
13 12 (4.56%) CAD
13 12 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
13 12 (4.56%) Windows Server
13 12 (4.56%) CI/CD
14 11 (4.18%) Continuous Delivery

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 18 (6.84%) IIS
2 5 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.38%) JBoss
3 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.38%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.52%) Simulink
2 1 (0.38%) CATIA
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.89%) Azure
2 12 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (3.42%) AWS
3 9 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.14%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.38%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.37%) WAN
2 15 (5.70%) Firewall
3 8 (3.04%) VPN
4 4 (1.52%) DHCP
4 4 (1.52%) DNS
4 4 (1.52%) LAN
5 3 (1.14%) FlexRay
5 3 (1.14%) Internet
5 3 (1.14%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.76%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.76%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.76%) SAN
6 2 (0.76%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.38%) BGP
7 1 (0.38%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.38%) MQTT
7 1 (0.38%) OSPF
7 1 (0.38%) VLAN
7 1 (0.38%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.75%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.42%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.76%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.66%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.38%) JIRA
General
1 72 (27.38%) Automotive
2 23 (8.75%) Manufacturing
3 16 (6.08%) Social Skills
4 7 (2.66%) Electronics
5 6 (2.28%) Aerospace
5 6 (2.28%) Finance
5 6 (2.28%) Military
6 4 (1.52%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.52%) Aviation
6 4 (1.52%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.38%) Legal
8 1 (0.38%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.42%) REST
1 9 (3.42%) WebRTC
2 1 (0.38%) Middleware
2 1 (0.38%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.84%) Clustering
2 9 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (3.42%) Public Cloud
3 8 (3.04%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (1.52%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.14%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.14%) IoT
5 3 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.76%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.76%) CCTV
6 2 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (0.76%) State Machine
7 1 (0.38%) Robotics
7 1 (0.38%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.08%) Windows
2 12 (4.56%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.42%) Linux
4 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.38%) Android
5 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.38%) Unix
5 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
1 37 (14.07%) Systems Engineering
2 18 (6.84%) High Availability
3 17 (6.46%) Validation
4 16 (6.08%) Software Testing
5 13 (4.94%) Capacity Planning
5 13 (4.94%) Project Management
6 12 (4.56%) CAD
6 12 (4.56%) CI/CD
7 11 (4.18%) Continuous Delivery
7 11 (4.18%) Software Engineering
8 10 (3.80%) Test Automation
9 9 (3.42%) API Design
9 9 (3.42%) API Development
9 9 (3.42%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (3.42%) Load Balancing
9 9 (3.42%) Performance Analysis
9 9 (3.42%) Prototyping
9 9 (3.42%) TDD
10 7 (2.66%) Data Acquisition
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.75%) SQL
2 11 (4.18%) Java
3 6 (2.28%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.52%) MATLAB
5 3 (1.14%) C
5 3 (1.14%) Python
5 3 (1.14%) R
6 2 (0.76%) C++
6 2 (0.76%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.38%) C#
Qualifications
1 35 (13.31%) Security Cleared
2 19 (7.22%) Degree
3 16 (6.08%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.28%) MCSE
4 6 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.90%) CCNA
5 5 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (1.90%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.14%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.38%) HNC
7 1 (0.38%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.90%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (1.14%) JSP 440
3 2 (0.76%) GDPR
3 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 16 (6.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (5.70%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.42%) Hyper-V
3 9 (3.42%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.76%) NFS
5 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (1.90%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.14%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 26 (9.89%) Microsoft
1 26 (9.89%) VMware
2 9 (3.42%) CheckPoint
3 7 (2.66%) Siemens
4 3 (1.14%) Dell
4 3 (1.14%) EMC
4 3 (1.14%) HP
4 3 (1.14%) QinetiQ
4 3 (1.14%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.14%) Ruckus Wireless
4 3 (1.14%) Veeam
5 2 (0.76%) Brocade
5 2 (0.76%) Cisco
5 2 (0.76%) IBM
5 2 (0.76%) SonicWALL
6 1 (0.38%) Apple
6 1 (0.38%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.38%) Google
6 1 (0.38%) QNX
6 1 (0.38%) SAP