Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in England

Senior System Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior System Engineer salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 434 569 922
Rank change year-on-year +135 +353 -148
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 500 357 266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.43% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.48% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 350 70 158
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,636 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,063 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.19% +12.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £83,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -1.54% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in England

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in England

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Engineer in England

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +57 163 £55,000 - 11
South West +31 120 £60,000 -13.04% 15
Midlands -6 81 £52,500 -17.97% 11
North of England -15 58 £55,000 - 5
London +106 54 £65,000 -13.33% 11
North West -18 44 £50,000 +11.11% 3
East Midlands +1 42 £50,000 - 6
West Midlands -9 39 £55,000 -14.06% 5
East of England -33 24 £60,000 +53.40% 3
Yorkshire +47 10 £45,107 -9.79% 2
North East -29 4 £55,000 -15.38%
Senior Systems Engineer
UK

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 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 across the England region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 94 (18.80%) Systems Engineering
2 84 (16.80%) Security Cleared
3 74 (14.80%) Degree
4 68 (13.60%) Microsoft
5 60 (12.00%) Windows
6 56 (11.20%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (11.00%) Azure
8 52 (10.40%) VMware
9 49 (9.80%) Active Directory
10 40 (8.00%) Validation
11 39 (7.80%) Social Skills
12 37 (7.40%) SC Cleared
13 34 (6.80%) VMware Infrastructure
13 34 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
14 33 (6.60%) Manufacturing
15 32 (6.40%) Aerospace
15 32 (6.40%) Linux
16 31 (6.20%) Embedded Systems
17 28 (5.60%) PowerShell
18 26 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
18 26 (5.20%) Windows Server
19 23 (4.60%) SQL
19 23 (4.60%) Automotive
20 22 (4.40%) AWS
21 21 (4.20%) HNC
21 21 (4.20%) Decision-Making
22 20 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
22 20 (4.00%) Mentoring
22 20 (4.00%) Firewall
23 19 (3.80%) Python

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 12 (2.40%) IIS
2 10 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.80%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.60%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) Confluence
5 1 (0.20%) JBoss
5 1 (0.20%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (2.80%) Simulink
2 10 (2.00%) Stateflow
3 7 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.00%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.60%) OrCAD
5 3 (0.60%) Revit
6 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Solid Edge
6 1 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.20%) SAP Business One
1 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 55 (11.00%) Azure
2 26 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (4.40%) AWS
4 9 (1.80%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.20%) Azure App Service
5 6 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.20%) OneDrive
6 3 (0.60%) PaaS
7 2 (0.40%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.40%) SaaS
8 1 (0.20%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.20%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.20%) GCP
8 1 (0.20%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.00%) Firewall
2 16 (3.20%) DNS
3 14 (2.80%) DHCP
3 14 (2.80%) TCP/IP
4 12 (2.40%) WAN
4 12 (2.40%) Wireless
5 7 (1.40%) J1939
6 6 (1.20%) Modbus
7 5 (1.00%) 4G
7 5 (1.00%) 5G
7 5 (1.00%) Profibus
7 5 (1.00%) VLAN
8 4 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.80%) MPLS
8 4 (0.80%) OpenLDAP
8 4 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.60%) SAN
10 2 (0.40%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.40%) Network Security
10 2 (0.40%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.40%) Big Data
4 1 (0.20%) MySQL
4 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (1.80%) Git
2 8 (1.60%) JIRA
2 8 (1.60%) LabVIEW
3 4 (0.80%) GitLab
3 4 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.60%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
General
1 39 (7.80%) Social Skills
2 33 (6.60%) Manufacturing
3 32 (6.40%) Aerospace
4 23 (4.60%) Automotive
5 15 (3.00%) Telecoms
6 12 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.00%) Electronics
8 8 (1.60%) Military
9 7 (1.40%) Finance
9 7 (1.40%) Law
9 7 (1.40%) Legal
9 7 (1.40%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.00%) Marketing
12 3 (0.60%) Retail
13 2 (0.40%) Avionics
14 1 (0.20%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.40%) REST
1 7 (1.40%) WebRTC
2 5 (1.00%) Keycloak
2 5 (1.00%) Middleware
3 2 (0.40%) .NET
4 1 (0.20%) CSS
4 1 (0.20%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.20%) Keras
4 1 (0.20%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.20%) Embedded Systems
2 16 (3.20%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.00%) Algorithms
4 12 (2.40%) IoT
5 9 (1.80%) NHS
6 8 (1.60%) CCTV
6 8 (1.60%) Public Cloud
6 8 (1.60%) SCADA
7 7 (1.40%) Clustering
8 6 (1.20%) Robotics
9 5 (1.00%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.00%) Solar Energy
10 4 (0.80%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (0.80%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.80%) Educational Technology
10 4 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.60%) PKI
12 2 (0.40%) 3D Printing
Operating Systems
1 60 (12.00%) Windows
2 32 (6.40%) Linux
3 26 (5.20%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.40%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (2.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (2.20%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.20%) Windows 7
5 11 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.20%) VMS
7 4 (0.80%) Unix
8 3 (0.60%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.40%) CentOS
10 1 (0.20%) Debian
10 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (18.80%) Systems Engineering
2 56 (11.20%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (8.00%) Validation
4 34 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (4.20%) Decision-Making
6 20 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (4.00%) Mentoring
7 19 (3.80%) Software Engineering
7 19 (3.80%) Verification and Validation
8 17 (3.40%) Configuration Management
9 15 (3.00%) Agile
9 15 (3.00%) Systems Thinking
10 14 (2.80%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 14 (2.80%) ITIL
11 13 (2.60%) Customer Requirements
11 13 (2.60%) Project Delivery
12 12 (2.40%) DevOps
12 12 (2.40%) Problem Management
12 12 (2.40%) Roadmaps
13 11 (2.20%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (5.60%) PowerShell
2 23 (4.60%) SQL
3 19 (3.80%) MATLAB
3 19 (3.80%) Python
4 16 (3.20%) C
5 12 (2.40%) Bash
6 10 (2.00%) C#
7 7 (1.40%) Ladder Logic
8 5 (1.00%) Java
9 1 (0.20%) C++
9 1 (0.20%) Go
9 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.20%) Korn
9 1 (0.20%) Perl
9 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.20%) tcsh
9 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 84 (16.80%) Security Cleared
2 74 (14.80%) Degree
3 37 (7.40%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.20%) HNC
5 14 (2.80%) HND
5 14 (2.80%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.40%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.20%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.00%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.80%) CESG Certified Professional
10 4 (0.80%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.60%) RIBA
12 2 (0.40%) CCNA
12 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.40%) NVQ Level 4
13 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.20%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.20%) Automotive SPICE
1 11 (2.20%) ISO 26262
2 5 (1.00%) GDPR
3 4 (0.80%) COSHH
3 4 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.20%) ECSS
5 1 (0.20%) PMO
5 1 (0.20%) QA
System Software
1 49 (9.80%) Active Directory
2 34 (6.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.40%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.20%) Embedded Firmware
4 11 (2.20%) Firmware
5 6 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (1.00%) vSphere
6 5 (1.00%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.60%) Docker
7 3 (0.60%) Forefront TMG
7 3 (0.60%) NFS
7 3 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.60%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (0.60%) XenApp
8 2 (0.40%) KVM
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (3.40%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.00%) SCCM
3 13 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (2.40%) Functional Safety
5 7 (1.40%) Ansible
5 7 (1.40%) Puppet
6 5 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.00%) Progress Chef
6 5 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.00%) Terraform
7 4 (0.80%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.60%) Grafana
8 3 (0.60%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.60%) SCOM
8 3 (0.60%) WSUS
9 1 (0.20%) Sysdig
9 1 (0.20%) systemd
9 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.20%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 68 (13.60%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.40%) VMware
3 14 (2.80%) Cisco
4 11 (2.20%) Citrix
5 8 (1.60%) Apple
6 7 (1.40%) Allen-Bradley
6 7 (1.40%) CheckPoint
6 7 (1.40%) HP
6 7 (1.40%) NetApp
7 6 (1.20%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.20%) Wonderware
8 4 (0.80%) Darktrace
8 4 (0.80%) Mitel
8 4 (0.80%) NEC
8 4 (0.80%) Ribbon
9 3 (0.60%) Facebook
9 3 (0.60%) Instagram
9 3 (0.60%) QinetiQ
10 2 (0.40%) Dell
10 2 (0.40%) IBM