Lead Systems Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Lead System Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead System Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £57,560 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 November 2024.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 529 708
Rank change year-on-year -36 +179 +72
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer 78 44 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 22 19 21
10th Percentile - £44,725 £34,000
25th Percentile £53,399 £48,613 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £85,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.28% +77.08% -1.54%
75th Percentile £59,081 - £51,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £57,836 £85,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -31.96% +75.26% -3.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 49,958 30,871 62,944
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 95.88% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 24,225 21,353 37,632
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,008 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Lead Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Lead Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Lead Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Lead Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
North of England +35 59 £57,560 - 1
North West +13 57 £57,698 - 1
South East -35 10 - - 3
South West -5 5 - - 1
East of England - 4 - - 2
Yorkshire - 2 £57,560 -
Lead Systems Engineer
UK

Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 November 2024, Lead 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 UK excluding London region featuring Lead Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 48 (61.54%) Systems Engineering
2 39 (50.00%) Degree
3 34 (43.59%) Agile
4 25 (32.05%) Social Skills
5 24 (30.77%) Microsoft
5 24 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (26.92%) Mentoring
7 19 (24.36%) SysML
7 19 (24.36%) Requirements Management
7 19 (24.36%) UML
8 18 (23.08%) HND
9 17 (21.79%) Windows
9 17 (21.79%) ASP.NET
9 17 (21.79%) .NET
9 17 (21.79%) IIS
9 17 (21.79%) SSL
9 17 (21.79%) Internet
9 17 (21.79%) Intrusion Detection
9 17 (21.79%) Azure
9 17 (21.79%) Coaching
9 17 (21.79%) Analytical Skills
9 17 (21.79%) DevOps
9 17 (21.79%) Cyber Threat
9 17 (21.79%) Performance Optimisation
9 17 (21.79%) Windows Server
9 17 (21.79%) Architectural Design
9 17 (21.79%) Azure Certification
10 15 (19.23%) Management Information System
11 13 (16.67%) Chartered Engineer
12 12 (15.38%) Model-Based Systems Engineering

Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (21.79%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (21.79%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 17 (21.79%) Internet
1 17 (21.79%) Intrusion Detection
1 17 (21.79%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 25 (32.05%) Social Skills
2 17 (21.79%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (14.10%) Aerospace
4 6 (7.69%) Electronics
5 5 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.85%) Aeronautics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (21.79%) .NET
1 17 (21.79%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.79%) Cyber Threat
2 15 (19.23%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 17 (21.79%) Windows
1 17 (21.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (61.54%) Systems Engineering
2 34 (43.59%) Agile
3 24 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (26.92%) Mentoring
5 19 (24.36%) Requirements Management
5 19 (24.36%) SysML
5 19 (24.36%) UML
6 17 (21.79%) Architectural Design
6 17 (21.79%) Coaching
6 17 (21.79%) DevOps
6 17 (21.79%) Performance Optimisation
7 12 (15.38%) Asset Management
7 12 (15.38%) Decision-Making
7 12 (15.38%) Line Management
7 12 (15.38%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 12 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
7 12 (15.38%) Validation
7 12 (15.38%) Verification and Validation
8 11 (14.10%) Business Case
8 11 (14.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.82%) C
1 10 (12.82%) Java
2 7 (8.97%) MATLAB
3 2 (2.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 39 (50.00%) Degree
2 18 (23.08%) HND
3 17 (21.79%) Azure Certification
4 13 (16.67%) Chartered Engineer
5 6 (7.69%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.28%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 10 (12.82%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (7.69%) Firmware
Vendors
1 24 (30.77%) Microsoft