Systems Engineer Jobs in Manchester

System Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median System Engineer salary in Manchester is £45,000 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 139 209 252
Rank change year-on-year +70 +43 -81
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 84 28 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.40% 0.62% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 0.68% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 46 18 8
10th Percentile £31,250 £43,410 £36,575
25th Percentile £37,000 £43,800 £40,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,250 £41,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +10.78% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,438 £49,688
90th Percentile £70,000 £54,500 £52,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £43,800 £45,000
% change year-on-year +14.16% -2.67% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 5,681 4,133 5,641
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 91.93% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4,201 2,572 3,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £43,750 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,968 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Manchester

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Manchester

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Manchester

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Cheadle -4 4 - - 1
Oldham +15 2 - -
Stockport - 2 £67,880 - 1
Bolton - 1 £50,000 - 3
Systems Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 across the Manchester region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (17.86%) Windows
2 13 (15.48%) Active Directory
2 13 (15.48%) VMware
2 13 (15.48%) Social Skills
3 11 (13.10%) Hyper-V
3 11 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (11.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (11.90%) Microsoft
5 9 (10.71%) Degree
5 9 (10.71%) Windows Server
6 8 (9.52%) Acoustics
6 8 (9.52%) Security Cleared
6 8 (9.52%) Azure
6 8 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (9.52%) LabVIEW
6 8 (9.52%) Software Engineering
6 8 (9.52%) Customer Service
7 6 (7.14%) SCADA
7 6 (7.14%) DBS Check
7 6 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
7 6 (7.14%) Rockwell
7 6 (7.14%) Firewall
7 6 (7.14%) Electronics
8 5 (5.95%) Project Management
8 5 (5.95%) ERP
8 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (5.95%) CCTV
8 5 (5.95%) SC Cleared

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.57%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.52%) Azure
1 8 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.19%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.19%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.14%) Firewall
2 3 (3.57%) DHCP
2 3 (3.57%) DNS
2 3 (3.57%) Software-Defined Radio
3 2 (2.38%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (2.38%) SAN
3 2 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.38%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (2.38%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (9.52%) LabVIEW
2 2 (2.38%) JIRA
3 1 (1.19%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.19%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 13 (15.48%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (7.14%) Electronics
3 4 (4.76%) Aerospace
3 4 (4.76%) Finance
3 4 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (4.76%) Telecoms
4 3 (3.57%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.38%) Banking
5 2 (2.38%) Games
5 2 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.19%) Advertising
6 1 (1.19%) Marketing
6 1 (1.19%) Military
6 1 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.19%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.52%) Acoustics
2 6 (7.14%) SCADA
3 5 (5.95%) CCTV
4 3 (3.57%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.38%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.19%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.19%) Chip and PIN
6 1 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.19%) NHS
6 1 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (17.86%) Windows
2 9 (10.71%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.76%) Linux
4 3 (3.57%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (9.52%) Customer Service
3 8 (9.52%) Software Engineering
4 6 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
5 5 (5.95%) ERP
5 5 (5.95%) Project Management
6 4 (4.76%) Cloud Security
6 4 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (4.76%) Deadline-Driven
6 4 (4.76%) Mentoring
7 3 (3.57%) ITIL
8 2 (2.38%) Agile
8 2 (2.38%) Artificial Intelligence
8 2 (2.38%) CRM
8 2 (2.38%) Incident Management
8 2 (2.38%) People Management
8 2 (2.38%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (2.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (2.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.57%) SQL
2 1 (1.19%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (10.71%) Degree
2 8 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 6 (7.14%) DBS Check
4 5 (5.95%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.38%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.19%) ISO 13485
1 1 (1.19%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (15.48%) Active Directory
2 11 (13.10%) Hyper-V
3 10 (11.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.57%) vSphere
5 2 (2.38%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.19%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (15.48%) VMware
2 10 (11.90%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.14%) Rockwell
4 4 (4.76%) Thales
5 3 (3.57%) Veeam
6 2 (2.38%) Aruba
6 2 (2.38%) Citrix
6 2 (2.38%) Datto
6 2 (2.38%) HP
6 2 (2.38%) Meraki
6 2 (2.38%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (2.38%) SYSPRO
6 2 (2.38%) Ubiquiti
6 2 (2.38%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.19%) SolarWinds