System Engineer
UK

The median System Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 317 423
Rank change year-on-year +208 +106 -106
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 2,437 1,117 1,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.46% 1.11% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.60% 1.21% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,572 438 649
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £33,156
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,063 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £102,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the UK

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the UK

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the UK

Systems Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England +201 2,185 £50,000 -9.09% 520
UK excluding London +159 2,119 £50,000 +5.26% 466
South East +133 622 £50,000 -9.09% 125
Work from Home +115 456 £50,000 -13.04% 170
South West +95 421 £55,000 +15.79% 92
Midlands +76 387 £48,500 +10.54% 98
East of England +66 274 £52,500 -8.70% 67
North of England +165 261 £45,000 +2.74% 74
West Midlands +46 241 £50,000 +12.99% 58
London +100 217 £55,000 -20.08% 72
North West +83 164 £50,000 +14.16% 44
East Midlands +88 146 £42,500 - 40
Scotland +5 102 £40,750 -25.91% 24
Yorkshire +143 77 £45,000 +1.12% 24
Wales +36 44 £37,500 - 7
North East -7 20 £40,000 +13.48% 8
Northern Ireland +26 8 £35,000 -36.36% 3

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 488 (20.02%) Security Cleared
2 439 (18.01%) Systems Engineering
3 363 (14.90%) Degree
4 282 (11.57%) Windows
5 274 (11.24%) Microsoft
6 255 (10.46%) Problem-Solving
7 235 (9.64%) VMware
8 233 (9.56%) Azure
8 233 (9.56%) Social Skills
9 202 (8.29%) Linux
10 201 (8.25%) Manufacturing
11 194 (7.96%) SC Cleared
12 191 (7.84%) Active Directory
13 173 (7.10%) Aerospace
14 160 (6.57%) Validation
15 146 (5.99%) SQL
16 140 (5.74%) Windows Server
17 137 (5.62%) Automotive
17 137 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
18 135 (5.54%) Microsoft 365
19 121 (4.97%) Cybersecurity
20 120 (4.92%) Finance
21 114 (4.68%) Customer Service
22 107 (4.39%) Electronics
23 105 (4.31%) Firewall
24 101 (4.14%) Agile
25 89 (3.65%) BPSS Clearance
26 88 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
26 88 (3.61%) Python
27 87 (3.57%) Project Management

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 73 (3.00%) IIS
2 72 (2.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (1.89%) SharePoint
4 23 (0.94%) Confluence
5 13 (0.53%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.29%) WinCC
7 6 (0.25%) Kinematics
8 5 (0.21%) Apache
9 4 (0.16%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.082%) JBoss
10 2 (0.082%) nginx
10 2 (0.082%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.041%) SAS
11 1 (0.041%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.041%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.041%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (1.89%) Simulink
3 18 (0.74%) AutoCAD
4 17 (0.70%) Stateflow
5 13 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.16%) Revit
8 3 (0.12%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.082%) CATIA
9 2 (0.082%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.041%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.041%) Solid Edge
10 1 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.21%) C-CURE
3 4 (0.16%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.082%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.082%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.082%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.041%) iTrent
5 1 (0.041%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.041%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 233 (9.56%) Azure
2 135 (5.54%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (3.45%) AWS
4 59 (2.42%) Entra ID
5 35 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
6 19 (0.78%) SaaS
7 18 (0.74%) OneDrive
8 10 (0.41%) Mimecast
8 10 (0.41%) PaaS
9 9 (0.37%) IaaS
10 8 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (0.29%) GCP
12 6 (0.25%) Azure App Service
13 5 (0.21%) GitHub
14 4 (0.16%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (0.16%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.16%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (0.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 4 (0.16%) WhatsApp
15 3 (0.12%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 105 (4.31%) Firewall
2 76 (3.12%) WAN
3 75 (3.08%) DNS
4 53 (2.17%) DHCP
5 37 (1.52%) Software-Defined Radio
5 37 (1.52%) TCP/IP
6 27 (1.11%) LAN
6 27 (1.11%) VPN
7 26 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (1.07%) Wireless
8 25 (1.03%) Internet
9 24 (0.98%) VLAN
10 17 (0.70%) SAN
10 17 (0.70%) VSAN
11 16 (0.66%) PBX
12 15 (0.62%) Network Security
13 14 (0.57%) 4G
13 14 (0.57%) 5G
13 14 (0.57%) SNMP
14 12 (0.49%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (3.12%) SQL Server
2 44 (1.81%) MySQL
3 32 (1.31%) NoSQL
4 25 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (0.66%) MongoDB
6 13 (0.53%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.41%) Big Data
8 6 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.25%) InfluxDB
8 6 (0.25%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.21%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.082%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.082%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.082%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.082%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.082%) QlikView
11 2 (0.082%) Redis
12 1 (0.041%) Power BI
12 1 (0.041%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 73 (3.00%) Rational DOORS
2 47 (1.93%) JIRA
3 31 (1.27%) LabVIEW
4 24 (0.98%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.82%) Rational Rhapsody
6 19 (0.78%) Git
7 16 (0.66%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.49%) Rational Team Concert
9 5 (0.21%) GitLab
10 3 (0.12%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.12%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.12%) Subversion
10 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.082%) Apache Continuum
11 2 (0.082%) git-flow
11 2 (0.082%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 233 (9.56%) Social Skills
2 201 (8.25%) Manufacturing
3 173 (7.10%) Aerospace
4 137 (5.62%) Automotive
5 120 (4.92%) Finance
6 107 (4.39%) Electronics
7 85 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
8 56 (2.30%) Telecoms
9 43 (1.76%) Legal
10 40 (1.64%) Retail
11 38 (1.56%) Military
12 29 (1.19%) Games
13 25 (1.03%) Public Sector
14 23 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (0.82%) Marketing
16 19 (0.78%) Law
17 17 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
17 17 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
19 13 (0.53%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (0.74%) REST
1 18 (0.74%) WebRTC
2 10 (0.41%) .NET
3 9 (0.37%) Web Services
4 7 (0.29%) LAMP
5 6 (0.25%) LEMP Stack
5 6 (0.25%) Middleware
6 5 (0.21%) WPF
7 4 (0.16%) JSON
7 4 (0.16%) Keycloak
7 4 (0.16%) LDAP
7 4 (0.16%) XMPP
8 3 (0.12%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.082%) COM
9 2 (0.082%) HTML
9 2 (0.082%) HTML5
9 2 (0.082%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.082%) WebCenter
9 2 (0.082%) WSE
9 2 (0.082%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 66 (2.71%) Management Information System
2 59 (2.42%) Embedded Systems
3 58 (2.38%) SCADA
4 57 (2.34%) Algorithms
5 53 (2.17%) Clustering
5 53 (2.17%) Data Centre
6 43 (1.76%) Public Cloud
7 33 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
8 31 (1.27%) CCTV
8 31 (1.27%) IoT
9 29 (1.19%) Robotics
10 27 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
10 27 (1.11%) FPGA
11 24 (0.98%) CMDB
11 24 (0.98%) Driving Licence
12 18 (0.74%) AS400
13 17 (0.70%) NHS
14 16 (0.66%) Mainframe
14 16 (0.66%) Verilog
14 16 (0.66%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 282 (11.57%) Windows
2 202 (8.29%) Linux
3 140 (5.74%) Windows Server
4 39 (1.60%) Windows 10
5 31 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 30 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (1.03%) Mac OS
7 25 (1.03%) Ubuntu
8 22 (0.90%) Debian
9 20 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
10 19 (0.78%) Unix
11 15 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 12 (0.49%) CentOS
13 11 (0.45%) Windows 7
14 8 (0.33%) Android
14 8 (0.33%) VMS
15 6 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
16 5 (0.21%) Apple iOS
17 4 (0.16%) Solaris
17 4 (0.16%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (18.01%) Systems Engineering
2 255 (10.46%) Problem-Solving
3 160 (6.57%) Validation
4 121 (4.97%) Cybersecurity
5 114 (4.68%) Customer Service
6 101 (4.14%) Agile
7 88 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 87 (3.57%) Project Management
9 84 (3.45%) Configuration Management
10 82 (3.36%) Software Engineering
11 81 (3.32%) Computer Science
12 80 (3.28%) Customer Requirements
12 80 (3.28%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 74 (3.04%) Project Delivery
13 74 (3.04%) Verification and Validation
14 69 (2.83%) Software Testing
15 67 (2.75%) High Availability
16 61 (2.50%) Mathematics
16 61 (2.50%) Mentoring
17 57 (2.34%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 146 (5.99%) SQL
2 88 (3.61%) Python
3 82 (3.36%) C
4 81 (3.32%) PowerShell
5 66 (2.71%) Bash
6 62 (2.54%) MATLAB
7 60 (2.46%) C#
8 44 (1.81%) Java
9 33 (1.35%) C++
10 11 (0.45%) JavaScript
10 11 (0.45%) Perl
11 10 (0.41%) VB
12 9 (0.37%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.29%) Ladder Logic
14 6 (0.25%) Embedded C
14 6 (0.25%) RPG
15 5 (0.21%) PHP
15 5 (0.21%) R
15 5 (0.21%) XAML
16 2 (0.082%) Go
Qualifications
1 488 (20.02%) Security Cleared
2 363 (14.90%) Degree
3 194 (7.96%) SC Cleared
4 89 (3.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 72 (2.95%) DV Cleared
6 63 (2.59%) Master's Degree
7 48 (1.97%) Chartered Engineer
8 42 (1.72%) HNC
9 34 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
10 31 (1.27%) HND
11 29 (1.19%) DBS Check
12 27 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
13 25 (1.03%) CCNA
14 15 (0.62%) Azure Certification
14 15 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (0.41%) CTC Cleared
15 10 (0.41%) MCSE
16 8 (0.33%) PMI Certification
17 6 (0.25%) PhD
17 6 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (1.31%) QA
2 22 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 20 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (0.78%) ISO 9001
5 16 (0.66%) PMO
6 15 (0.62%) GDPR
7 14 (0.57%) ISO 26262
8 13 (0.53%) Automotive SPICE
9 12 (0.49%) IEC 61508
10 10 (0.41%) COSHH
11 7 (0.29%) Def Stans
11 7 (0.29%) ISO 14001
11 7 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 7 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 5 (0.21%) SLA
13 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.12%) ECSS
14 3 (0.12%) GMP
14 3 (0.12%) JSP 440
System Software
1 191 (7.84%) Active Directory
2 137 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 87 (3.57%) Hyper-V
4 69 (2.83%) Firmware
5 35 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
6 33 (1.35%) VMware NSX
7 23 (0.94%) vSphere
8 15 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
9 14 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
10 13 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
11 12 (0.49%) Docker
12 9 (0.37%) Forefront TMG
12 9 (0.37%) VMware Workstation
13 7 (0.29%) XenDesktop
14 6 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 5 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.16%) NFS
17 3 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
17 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
17 3 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 52 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (1.44%) SCCM
3 32 (1.31%) Ansible
4 30 (1.23%) SCOM
5 29 (1.19%) Functional Safety
6 27 (1.11%) Puppet
7 26 (1.07%) Kubernetes
8 22 (0.90%) vCenter Server
9 21 (0.86%) Terraform
10 11 (0.45%) WSUS
11 10 (0.41%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.37%) ZABBIX
13 8 (0.33%) Backup Exec
14 7 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
15 6 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (0.25%) Wonderware InTouch
16 5 (0.21%) Red Hat Spacewalk
17 4 (0.16%) Podman
17 4 (0.16%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 274 (11.24%) Microsoft
2 235 (9.64%) VMware
3 61 (2.50%) EMC
4 55 (2.26%) Cisco
5 52 (2.13%) IBM
6 35 (1.44%) Citrix
7 27 (1.11%) Veeam
8 26 (1.07%) Red Hat
9 24 (0.98%) Dell
9 24 (0.98%) HP
10 21 (0.86%) Siemens
11 19 (0.78%) Oracle
12 18 (0.74%) Atlassian
12 18 (0.74%) NetApp
12 18 (0.74%) Palo Alto
12 18 (0.74%) Thales
13 15 (0.62%) Meraki
14 14 (0.57%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.53%) Dynatrace
16 12 (0.49%) Rockwell