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 30 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 30 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 98 | 297 | 431 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +199 | +134 | -116 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 2,728 | 1,134 | 1,422 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.63% | 1.18% | 0.85% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.78% | 1.30% | 0.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,744 | 446 | 654 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £32,500 | £34,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £67,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £85,000 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | - | +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 | 98,289 | 87,483 | 160,516 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.80% | 91.33% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 69,984 | 55,957 | 84,773 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,500 | £50,238 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.49% | +5.76% |
Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer.
Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.
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 30 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 |
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| England | +200 | 2,444 | £50,000 | - | 525 |
| UK excluding London | +162 | 2,363 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 486 |
| South East | +145 | 676 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 113 |
| Work from Home | +109 | 497 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 178 |
| South West | +105 | 492 | £55,000 | +11.68% | 99 |
| Midlands | +94 | 431 | £49,000 | +10.73% | 85 |
| East of England | +65 | 301 | £52,500 | -0.94% | 63 |
| North of England | +135 | 288 | £45,000 | +2.74% | 99 |
| West Midlands | +56 | 258 | £50,000 | +12.99% | 48 |
| London | +123 | 253 | £55,000 | -16.98% | 70 |
| North West | +81 | 185 | £50,000 | +14.16% | 54 |
| East Midlands | +91 | 173 | £42,500 | - | 37 |
| Scotland | -10 | 113 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 39 |
| Yorkshire | +134 | 82 | £45,000 | +1.12% | 37 |
| Wales | +50 | 54 | £35,000 | - | 10 |
| North East | -17 | 21 | £40,000 | +10.34% | 10 |
| Northern Ireland | +28 | 8 | £35,000 | -46.15% | 4 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 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.
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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:
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