Senior Systems Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Senior System Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior System Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 590 762
Rank change year-on-year +68 +172 -213
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 80 43 139
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.23% 0.11% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.12% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 54 34 100
10th Percentile - £36,356 £43,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,313 £56,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £66,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.75% -5.36% +43.15%
75th Percentile £65,188 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £110,000 £82,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -1.54% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,224 35,954 73,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.93% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,903 26,270 42,683
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Systems Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Senior Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Systems Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Senior Systems Engineer.

Senior Systems Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Senior Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Senior Systems Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (36.25%) Security Cleared
2 18 (22.50%) Systems Engineering
3 17 (21.25%) SC Cleared
4 16 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 14 (17.50%) Windows
6 12 (15.00%) Active Directory
6 12 (15.00%) Degree
6 12 (15.00%) Azure
7 11 (13.75%) Hyper-V
7 11 (13.75%) Aerospace
7 11 (13.75%) VMware
8 10 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
9 9 (11.25%) Software Engineering
10 8 (10.00%) LabVIEW
11 7 (8.75%) Linux
11 7 (8.75%) DV Cleared
11 7 (8.75%) Mentoring
12 6 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (7.50%) Windows Server
12 6 (7.50%) Feasibility Study
12 6 (7.50%) Migration
12 6 (7.50%) Manufacturing
12 6 (7.50%) FMECA
12 6 (7.50%) IoT
12 6 (7.50%) Master's Degree
13 5 (6.25%) Social Skills
13 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (6.25%) SQL
13 5 (6.25%) Performance Optimisation

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (5.00%) IIS
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.75%) AutoCAD
1 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.75%) OrCAD
1 3 (3.75%) Revit
2 1 (1.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.00%) Azure
2 6 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.00%) AWS
4 3 (3.75%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (3.75%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.50%) Fibre Channel
1 2 (2.50%) iSCSI
2 1 (1.25%) 4G
2 1 (1.25%) 5G
2 1 (1.25%) Network Security
2 1 (1.25%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 8 (10.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.25%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (13.75%) Aerospace
2 6 (7.50%) Manufacturing
3 5 (6.25%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.75%) Finance
5 3 (3.75%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.50%) Automotive
6 2 (2.50%) Avionics
6 2 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.50%) IoT
2 3 (3.75%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (3.75%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.25%) Acoustics
4 1 (1.25%) CCTV
4 1 (1.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.50%) Windows
2 7 (8.75%) Linux
3 6 (7.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.50%) Systems Engineering
2 9 (11.25%) Software Engineering
3 7 (8.75%) Mentoring
4 6 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (7.50%) Feasibility Study
4 6 (7.50%) FMECA
4 6 (7.50%) Migration
5 5 (6.25%) Performance Optimisation
6 4 (5.00%) Customer Service
6 4 (5.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 4 (5.00%) Project Delivery
7 3 (3.75%) Agile
7 3 (3.75%) Architectural Design
7 3 (3.75%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (3.75%) Fintech
7 3 (3.75%) Platform Engineering
7 3 (3.75%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (3.75%) Project Planning
7 3 (3.75%) SIEM
7 3 (3.75%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.25%) SQL
2 3 (3.75%) Python
3 1 (1.25%) C#
3 1 (1.25%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (36.25%) Security Cleared
2 17 (21.25%) SC Cleared
3 12 (15.00%) Degree
4 7 (8.75%) DV Cleared
5 6 (7.50%) Master's Degree
6 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.75%) RIBA
8 2 (2.50%) HND
9 1 (1.25%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.25%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.25%) ECSS
System Software
1 12 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (13.75%) Hyper-V
3 10 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (5.00%) vSphere
5 3 (3.75%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (3.75%) Firmware
5 3 (3.75%) Forefront TMG
5 3 (3.75%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (2.50%) NFS
7 1 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (3.75%) Ansible
1 3 (3.75%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.75%) Progress Chef
1 3 (3.75%) Puppet
1 3 (3.75%) SCOM
1 3 (3.75%) Terraform
1 3 (3.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.75%) VMware
3 2 (2.50%) Brocade
3 2 (2.50%) Cisco
3 2 (2.50%) IBM
4 1 (1.25%) Sparx
4 1 (1.25%) Thales