Systems Engineering Jobs in England

Systems Engineering
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Systems Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 260 399 464
Rank change year-on-year +139 +65 -55
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 944 702 1,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.09% 0.79% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 0.83% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 535 193 446
10th Percentile £38,250 £42,600 £35,350
25th Percentile £48,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,250 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -12.59% +8.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Systems Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,567 84,580 131,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.06% 95.60% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 53,896 50,324 73,626
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in England

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineering in England

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in England

Systems Engineering
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineering within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
South East +69 236 £63,500 +1.60% 109
South West +25 232 £55,000 -20.29% 91
East of England +88 139 £55,000 -15.38% 58
Midlands -48 137 £55,000 - 56
London +105 127 £75,000 -25.00% 70
West Midlands -58 91 £55,000 - 38
North of England +79 67 £51,000 -27.14% 51
East Midlands +23 46 £50,000 - 18
Yorkshire +110 33 £51,000 - 7
North West +13 32 £60,000 -14.29% 41
North East 0 2 £67,500 - 4
Systems Engineering
UK

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 37 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (2.97%) WebLogic
3 16 (1.69%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.06%) IIS
5 8 (0.85%) Confluence
6 6 (0.64%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.21%) WinCC
Applications
1 58 (6.14%) Microsoft Project
2 55 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (3.28%) Simulink
4 27 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.74%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) CATIA
7 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 53 (5.61%) Primavera
2 31 (3.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.11%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 118 (12.50%) Azure
2 79 (8.37%) AWS
3 48 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (2.97%) Amazon EKS
4 28 (2.97%) Amazon SQS
5 22 (2.33%) Entra ID
6 16 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
6 16 (1.69%) SaaS
7 10 (1.06%) Power Platform
8 7 (0.74%) PowerApps
9 5 (0.53%) IaaS
9 5 (0.53%) PaaS
10 3 (0.32%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.21%) GCP
11 2 (0.21%) GitHub
11 2 (0.21%) Google Docs
11 2 (0.21%) Serverless
12 1 (0.11%) Azure Service Bus
12 1 (0.11%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.13%) TCP/IP
2 34 (3.60%) DNS
3 31 (3.28%) BGP
4 28 (2.97%) SSL
5 22 (2.33%) Firewall
6 11 (1.17%) WLAN
7 10 (1.06%) LAN
7 10 (1.06%) SAN
7 10 (1.06%) WAN
7 10 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (1.06%) Wireless
8 7 (0.74%) Ethernet
8 7 (0.74%) Intranet
9 6 (0.64%) 4G
9 6 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.53%) DHCP
10 5 (0.53%) Network Security
11 4 (0.42%) 5G
11 4 (0.42%) Modbus
11 4 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (4.56%) Relational Database
2 31 (3.28%) RDBMS
3 29 (3.07%) Oracle Database
4 28 (2.97%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (1.17%) Apache Cassandra
6 10 (1.06%) SQL Server
7 6 (0.64%) MySQL
7 6 (0.64%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.53%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.32%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.32%) Power BI
10 2 (0.21%) Big Data
10 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.21%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.11%) Redis
Development Applications
1 85 (9.00%) Rational DOORS
2 45 (4.77%) JIRA
3 31 (3.28%) Rational Rhapsody
4 21 (2.22%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.59%) Git
6 13 (1.38%) Robot Framework
7 12 (1.27%) Rational Team Concert
8 8 (0.85%) GitLab
9 7 (0.74%) LabVIEW
10 4 (0.42%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.42%) JMeter
10 4 (0.42%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.32%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.21%) Apache Continuum
12 2 (0.21%) Subversion
13 1 (0.11%) Gatling
13 1 (0.11%) JUnit
13 1 (0.11%) LoadRunner
13 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
13 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 239 (25.32%) Social Skills
2 131 (13.88%) Aerospace
3 71 (7.52%) Finance
3 71 (7.52%) Manufacturing
4 67 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (6.57%) Electronics
6 60 (6.36%) Military
7 59 (6.25%) Automotive
8 48 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
9 42 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 35 (3.71%) Marketing
11 33 (3.50%) Public Sector
12 21 (2.22%) Games
13 19 (2.01%) Retail
14 17 (1.80%) Telecoms
15 16 (1.69%) Legal
16 15 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
18 13 (1.38%) Aviation
19 9 (0.95%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 437 (46.29%) Systems Engineer
2 129 (13.67%) Senior
3 120 (12.71%) Lead
4 117 (12.39%) Principal Engineer
5 111 (11.76%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 100 (10.59%) Architect
7 73 (7.73%) Software Engineer
8 68 (7.20%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 64 (6.78%) Solutions Architect
10 52 (5.51%) Project Controller
11 35 (3.71%) Lead Architect
12 30 (3.18%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 27 (2.86%) Consultant
14 26 (2.75%) Project Manager
15 25 (2.65%) Senior Architect
16 24 (2.54%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
17 20 (2.12%) Team Leader
18 19 (2.01%) Senior Solutions Architect
18 19 (2.01%) Systems Architect
19 18 (1.91%) SCADA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.18%) HTML
2 28 (2.97%) RabbitMQ
2 28 (2.97%) Spring Boot
3 13 (1.38%) XML
4 4 (0.42%) .NET
4 4 (0.42%) 802.1X
4 4 (0.42%) Keycloak
4 4 (0.42%) LDAP
4 4 (0.42%) WPF
5 3 (0.32%) Bazel
5 3 (0.32%) CSS
5 3 (0.32%) HTML5
5 3 (0.32%) JSON
5 3 (0.32%) Keras
5 3 (0.32%) Middleware
5 3 (0.32%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.32%) Svelte
5 3 (0.32%) TensorFlow
5 3 (0.32%) Web Services
6 2 (0.21%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.52%) Management Information System
2 34 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
2 34 (3.60%) SCADA
3 31 (3.28%) Algorithms
4 29 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (2.97%) Operational Technology
5 28 (2.97%) Public Cloud
6 26 (2.75%) Clustering
7 20 (2.12%) Product Ownership
8 19 (2.01%) IoT
9 18 (1.91%) Robotics
10 16 (1.69%) Cyberattack
10 16 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
10 16 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.85%) Reinsurance
13 7 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.74%) Biopharmaceutical
13 7 (0.74%) Client/Server
13 7 (0.74%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 97 (10.28%) Linux
2 79 (8.37%) Windows
3 45 (4.77%) Windows Server
4 32 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.53%) Unix
5 5 (0.53%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (21.93%) Agile
2 160 (16.95%) Validation
3 131 (13.88%) Software Engineering
4 119 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (11.23%) Verification and Validation
6 95 (10.06%) Project Management
7 94 (9.96%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 93 (9.85%) Risk Management
9 83 (8.79%) Mentoring
10 79 (8.37%) Collaborative Working
11 77 (8.16%) Customer Requirements
12 72 (7.63%) Performance Management
13 68 (7.20%) Cybersecurity
14 67 (7.10%) Project Delivery
15 64 (6.78%) Programme Management
15 64 (6.78%) Requirements Management
16 57 (6.04%) Actionable Insight
17 56 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement
18 54 (5.72%) Customer Service
18 54 (5.72%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 76 (8.05%) Python
2 50 (5.30%) JavaScript
3 47 (4.98%) MATLAB
4 42 (4.45%) C
5 36 (3.81%) Java
6 30 (3.18%) PowerShell
7 28 (2.97%) C#
8 23 (2.44%) Bash
8 23 (2.44%) SQL
9 19 (2.01%) C++
10 12 (1.27%) Go
11 8 (0.85%) Ada
12 6 (0.64%) Perl
12 6 (0.64%) Rust
13 5 (0.53%) VB
14 3 (0.32%) R
14 3 (0.32%) Scala
14 3 (0.32%) VBScript
15 2 (0.21%) PHP
15 2 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 407 (43.11%) Security Cleared
2 269 (28.50%) Degree
3 136 (14.41%) SC Cleared
4 124 (13.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 73 (7.73%) DV Cleared
6 53 (5.61%) Master's Degree
7 45 (4.77%) Chartered Engineer
8 36 (3.81%) Azure Certification
9 30 (3.18%) AWS Certification
10 28 (2.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 20 (2.12%) HNC
12 19 (2.01%) CISSP
12 19 (2.01%) DBS Check
12 19 (2.01%) HND
13 12 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.53%) CISM
15 5 (0.53%) PhD
16 3 (0.32%) GIAC
17 2 (0.21%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.22%) Def Stans
2 18 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 7 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 6 (0.64%) IEC 61508
4 6 (0.64%) QA
5 5 (0.53%) JSP 440
6 4 (0.42%) Automotive SPICE
6 4 (0.42%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.32%) ECSS
7 3 (0.32%) JTAG
7 3 (0.32%) NCSC
7 3 (0.32%) NIST
8 2 (0.21%) GRC
8 2 (0.21%) PMO
9 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 45 (4.77%) Active Directory
2 43 (4.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (2.97%) Hyper-V
4 21 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (2.01%) Firmware
6 9 (0.95%) Forefront TMG
6 9 (0.95%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (0.64%) Ceph
7 6 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.21%) Docker
10 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (3.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.97%) Kubernetes
3 25 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
4 23 (2.44%) Microsoft Clustering
5 21 (2.22%) vCenter Server
6 20 (2.12%) Functional Safety
7 10 (1.06%) SCOM
8 9 (0.95%) Terraform
8 9 (0.95%) WSUS
9 8 (0.85%) Ansible
10 6 (0.64%) Knative
11 5 (0.53%) SELinux
12 3 (0.32%) Backup Exec
12 3 (0.32%) Istio
13 2 (0.21%) CASB
13 2 (0.21%) Grafana
13 2 (0.21%) Wonderware InTouch
13 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.11%) SCCM
14 1 (0.11%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 105 (11.12%) Microsoft
2 68 (7.20%) VMware
3 41 (4.34%) EMC
4 39 (4.13%) Oracle
5 35 (3.71%) ServiceNow
6 34 (3.60%) IBM
7 31 (3.28%) Sparx
8 21 (2.22%) IFS
9 20 (2.12%) Commvault
9 20 (2.12%) Thales
10 19 (2.01%) Sun
11 18 (1.91%) Workday
12 13 (1.38%) Red Hat
12 13 (1.38%) Veeam
13 10 (1.06%) Citrix
13 10 (1.06%) HP
13 10 (1.06%) Sophos
14 8 (0.85%) Informatica
15 7 (0.74%) Cisco
16 6 (0.64%) Google