Senior System Engineer
UK
The median Senior System Engineer salary in the UK is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 118 | 461 | 601 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +343 | +140 | +374 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer | 1,494 | 530 | 339 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.65% | 0.49% | 0.36% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.94% | 0.52% | 0.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 810 | 373 | 76 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £43,239 | £36,356 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,869 | £50,000 | £45,775 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £54,793 | £60,000 | £64,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.68% | -6.25% | -1.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £61,813 | £65,000 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £62,000 | £75,000 | £82,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,793 | £59,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.13% | +7.27% | -0.14% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 50,763 | 102,595 | 85,167 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.09% | 94.88% | 91.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,743 | 72,457 | 55,296 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,524 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -6.54% | +5.94% |
Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer.
Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.
Senior Systems Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 2025. 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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| UK excluding London | +308 | 1,447 | £54,793 | -7.13% | 178 |
| England | +320 | 1,369 | £54,793 | -8.68% | 211 |
| North of England | +291 | 657 | £50,055 | -8.99% | 29 |
| North West | +216 | 622 | £50,055 | +0.11% | 21 |
| South East | +157 | 327 | £62,000 | +12.73% | 74 |
| Midlands | +148 | 178 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 25 |
| South West | +125 | 151 | £52,600 | -12.33% | 26 |
| West Midlands | +116 | 97 | £55,000 | - | 18 |
| Work from Home | +123 | 87 | £50,055 | +0.11% | 89 |
| East Midlands | +92 | 81 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 7 |
| Scotland | +147 | 58 | £75,360 | +28.27% | 11 |
| Wales | +75 | 43 | £62,000 | +69.98% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +79 | 35 | £57,560 | +27.61% | 8 |
| East of England | +49 | 32 | £85,000 | +41.67% | 13 |
| London | +84 | 20 | £76,000 | +16.92% | 47 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 June 2025, 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 job ads featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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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