Systems Engineer Jobs in Scotland

System Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median System Engineer salary in Scotland is £42,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 176 219
Rank change year-on-year -5 +43 -70
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 99 39 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.48% 0.85% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 0.94% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 60 15 16
10th Percentile £31,250 £43,800 £38,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £49,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -22.27% +18.92% +23.33%
75th Percentile £64,063 £60,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,000 £76,875
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +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 6,501 4,130 5,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.93% 89.92% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,618 2,225 3,030
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,453 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,810
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,043 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -79 36 £40,000 -27.27% 14
Edinburgh +48 21 £62,500 +30.21% 10
Aberdeen -7 13 £40,000 -27.27% 5
Aberdeenshire +8 11 - - 2
Highlands - 5 - -
East Lothian - 4 £77,500 -
Stirling - 4 - -
Falkirk - 4 - -
West Lothian -5 1 - -
Argyll and Bute - 1 £44,000 -
Dundee - 1 £38,000 -
Angus - 1 £40,000 -
Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Systems Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 34 (34.34%) VMware
1 34 (34.34%) Azure
2 23 (23.23%) Security Cleared
3 21 (21.21%) Microsoft
4 20 (20.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (19.19%) SQL Server
6 18 (18.18%) Public Cloud
6 18 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (17.17%) Windows
8 16 (16.16%) WAN
9 15 (15.15%) High Availability
9 15 (15.15%) Prototyping
10 14 (14.14%) Windows Server
10 14 (14.14%) VMware NSX
10 14 (14.14%) SQL
10 14 (14.14%) IIS
10 14 (14.14%) Clustering
11 12 (12.12%) Active Directory
11 12 (12.12%) SC Cleared
12 11 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
12 11 (11.11%) Entra ID
13 10 (10.10%) Continuous Delivery
13 10 (10.10%) API Development
13 10 (10.10%) API Design
13 10 (10.10%) NoSQL
13 10 (10.10%) Performance Analysis
13 10 (10.10%) AWS
13 10 (10.10%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (10.10%) Software Testing
13 10 (10.10%) Continuous Integration

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 14 (14.14%) IIS
2 6 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (6.06%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 34 (34.34%) Azure
2 11 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 10 (10.10%) AWS
3 10 (10.10%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.04%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.02%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (16.16%) WAN
2 8 (8.08%) NetScaler
3 3 (3.03%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (3.03%) Wireless
4 2 (2.02%) LAN
5 1 (1.01%) Firewall
5 1 (1.01%) Network Security
5 1 (1.01%) SAN
5 1 (1.01%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.01%) SNMP
5 1 (1.01%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (19.19%) SQL Server
2 10 (10.10%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Git
1 1 (1.01%) Subversion
General
1 9 (9.09%) Finance
2 6 (6.06%) Social Skills
3 4 (4.04%) Agriculture
3 4 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.03%) Legal
5 2 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.02%) Law
5 2 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.01%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.01%) Electronics
6 1 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.01%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.04%) REST
1 4 (4.04%) WebRTC
2 1 (1.01%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.18%) Public Cloud
2 14 (14.14%) Clustering
3 10 (10.10%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (8.08%) Onboarding
5 4 (4.04%) Algorithms
5 4 (4.04%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.01%) CCTV
6 1 (1.01%) Device Driver
6 1 (1.01%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.01%) GNSS
6 1 (1.01%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.01%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.01%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 17 (17.17%) Windows
2 14 (14.14%) Windows Server
3 5 (5.05%) Linux
4 4 (4.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.01%) Android
5 1 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.01%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (1.01%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (15.15%) High Availability
2 15 (15.15%) Prototyping
3 11 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
4 10 (10.10%) API Design
4 10 (10.10%) API Development
4 10 (10.10%) CI/CD
4 10 (10.10%) Continuous Delivery
4 10 (10.10%) Continuous Integration
4 10 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (10.10%) Performance Analysis
4 10 (10.10%) Software Testing
4 10 (10.10%) TDD
5 8 (8.08%) Client Onboarding
5 8 (8.08%) Systems Engineering
5 8 (8.08%) Validation
6 7 (7.07%) Coaching
7 5 (5.05%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (5.05%) Information Security
7 5 (5.05%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.14%) SQL
2 10 (10.10%) Java
3 2 (2.02%) Python
4 1 (1.01%) Assembly Language
4 1 (1.01%) Bash
4 1 (1.01%) C
4 1 (1.01%) C++
4 1 (1.01%) Perl
4 1 (1.01%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (23.23%) Security Cleared
2 12 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.03%) Degree
4 2 (2.02%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.02%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.02%) HNC
4 2 (2.02%) MCSE
4 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.01%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.01%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (1.01%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.05%) QA
2 3 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (2.02%) GDPR
System Software
1 20 (20.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (14.14%) VMware NSX
3 12 (12.12%) Active Directory
4 5 (5.05%) Hyper-V
5 3 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.02%) XenDesktop
7 1 (1.01%) Firmware
7 1 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (6.06%) SCCM
2 2 (2.02%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.01%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 34 (34.34%) VMware
2 21 (21.21%) Microsoft
3 8 (8.08%) Citrix
3 8 (8.08%) Veeam
4 6 (6.06%) EMC
4 6 (6.06%) Sophos
5 5 (5.05%) Dell
5 5 (5.05%) HP
5 5 (5.05%) iManage
6 4 (4.04%) Aderant
7 2 (2.02%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (1.01%) Aruba
8 1 (1.01%) Cisco
8 1 (1.01%) Darktrace
8 1 (1.01%) Keysight
8 1 (1.01%) NetApp
8 1 (1.01%) Thales