Systems Engineer Jobs in the East of England

System Engineer
England > East of England

The median System Engineer salary in the East of England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 93 184
Rank change year-on-year +59 +91 -124
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 321 133 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 4.76% 2.81% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.06% 3.39% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 192 42 28
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,300 £34,373
25th Percentile £40,938 £37,267 £36,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +12.17% -21.25%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,450 £74,750 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 6,339 3,929 6,624
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 83.00% 93.07%
Number of salaries quoted 4,818 2,085 2,981
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £80,000 £77,500
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 East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the East of England.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
Hertfordshire +60 186 £55,000 -8.33% 32
Cambridgeshire +50 54 £55,000 +57.14% 13
Suffolk +7 24 £52,500 -
Norfolk -24 24 £50,000 +25.00% 2
Essex +27 23 £44,500 +18.67% 9
Bedfordshire -3 10 £52,500 +34.23% 12
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 8 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 East of England region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 88 (27.41%) Systems Engineering
2 83 (25.86%) Degree
3 53 (16.51%) Customer Service
4 50 (15.58%) Security Cleared
5 44 (13.71%) Aerospace
6 33 (10.28%) Manufacturing
7 26 (8.10%) Master's Degree
8 25 (7.79%) Automotive
9 24 (7.48%) Microsoft
9 24 (7.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (6.85%) Active Directory
10 22 (6.85%) EMC
10 22 (6.85%) C
10 22 (6.85%) Project Delivery
10 22 (6.85%) Chartered Engineer
11 21 (6.54%) Windows
11 21 (6.54%) MATLAB
12 20 (6.23%) Azure
13 19 (5.92%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 19 (5.92%) Social Skills
13 19 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (5.92%) Linux
14 18 (5.61%) Physics
14 18 (5.61%) Computer Science
14 18 (5.61%) Problem-Solving
15 17 (5.30%) Algorithms
15 17 (5.30%) Electronics
16 16 (4.98%) Robotics
16 16 (4.98%) FPGA
16 16 (4.98%) VHDL

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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 7 (2.18%) OpenStack
1 7 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (3.12%) Simulink
2 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (6.23%) Azure
2 19 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (3.74%) Entra ID
4 9 (2.80%) AWS
5 7 (2.18%) GCP
6 6 (1.87%) Mimecast
6 6 (1.87%) OneDrive
7 3 (0.93%) SaaS
8 1 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.05%) DHCP
1 13 (4.05%) DNS
2 10 (3.12%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (2.49%) VLAN
4 7 (2.18%) Software-Defined Networking
4 7 (2.18%) VPN
5 6 (1.87%) LAN
6 5 (1.56%) IP Telephony
7 4 (1.25%) Wireless
8 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.31%) Firewall
9 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.93%) Big Data
2 1 (0.31%) MySQL
2 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (2.80%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (2.18%) Rational Team Concert
3 3 (0.93%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.93%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (0.93%) Visual Studio
General
1 44 (13.71%) Aerospace
2 33 (10.28%) Manufacturing
3 25 (7.79%) Automotive
4 19 (5.92%) Social Skills
5 17 (5.30%) Electronics
6 13 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.18%) Finance
8 5 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.56%) Military
9 4 (1.25%) French Language
9 4 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.25%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.93%) Legal
10 3 (0.93%) Retail
11 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.31%) Wearables
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.30%) Algorithms
2 16 (4.98%) FPGA
2 16 (4.98%) Robotics
2 16 (4.98%) Verilog
2 16 (4.98%) VHDL
3 7 (2.18%) SCADA
4 5 (1.56%) Cyber Security Posture
4 5 (1.56%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.25%) CCTV
5 4 (1.25%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (0.93%) Management Information System
6 3 (0.93%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.31%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.31%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.31%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.31%) Life Science
7 1 (0.31%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.54%) Windows
2 19 (5.92%) Linux
3 8 (2.49%) Ubuntu
4 7 (2.18%) Debian
5 6 (1.87%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.93%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (27.41%) Systems Engineering
2 53 (16.51%) Customer Service
3 22 (6.85%) Project Delivery
4 19 (5.92%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 18 (5.61%) Computer Science
5 18 (5.61%) Physics
5 18 (5.61%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (4.98%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (4.36%) Mathematics
8 13 (4.05%) Auto-Scaling
9 12 (3.74%) Validation
10 10 (3.12%) Requirements Management
11 9 (2.80%) Use Case
12 8 (2.49%) DevOps
12 8 (2.49%) Project Management
13 7 (2.18%) CI/CD
13 7 (2.18%) Configuration Management
13 7 (2.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (2.18%) Network Monitoring
13 7 (2.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.85%) C
2 21 (6.54%) MATLAB
3 14 (4.36%) Python
4 13 (4.05%) C#
5 7 (2.18%) Bash
5 7 (2.18%) C++
5 7 (2.18%) Shell Script
6 6 (1.87%) Java
6 6 (1.87%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.25%) SQL
8 3 (0.93%) Perl
8 3 (0.93%) PHP
8 3 (0.93%) VB
Qualifications
1 83 (25.86%) Degree
2 50 (15.58%) Security Cleared
3 26 (8.10%) Master's Degree
4 24 (7.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (6.85%) Chartered Engineer
6 6 (1.87%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.25%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.62%) HNC
8 2 (0.62%) HND
9 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (6.85%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.12%) Firmware
3 7 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.87%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.93%) Docker
6 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (2.49%) ZABBIX
2 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.93%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.31%) Grafana
4 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (7.48%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.85%) EMC
3 9 (2.80%) Meraki
4 8 (2.49%) VMware
5 7 (2.18%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.56%) Acronis
6 5 (1.56%) IBM
6 5 (1.56%) Sophos
6 5 (1.56%) Synology
7 2 (0.62%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.31%) Cisco
8 1 (0.31%) Citrix
8 1 (0.31%) Draytek
8 1 (0.31%) SonicWALL