Systems Engineer Salary in United Kingdom during 2025

💰 The median Systems Engineer Salary in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 72,341

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The average Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 54,925 and USD 105,622 in the United Kingdom. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Systems Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
United Kingdom
Salary year
2025
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 105,800
Top 25%
$ 105,622
Median
$ 72,341
Bottom 25%
$ 54,925
Bottom 10%
$ 42,025

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Systems Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Systems Engineer job listings are Clearance, DoD and Cloud. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Clearance | 473 jobs DoD | 348 jobs Cloud | 346 jobs CISSP | 319 jobs Compliance | 286 jobs Security Clearance | 265 jobs TS/SCI | 249 jobs Computer Science | 234 jobs Linux | 220 jobs Windows | 215 jobs Top Secret | 202 jobs Monitoring | 197 jobs Firewalls | 181 jobs Automation | 179 jobs DoDD 8570 | 175 jobs Scripting | 166 jobs Python | 161 jobs Agile | 156 jobs Risk management | 143 jobs VMware | 140 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Systems Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Systems Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Insurance. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 433 jobs Health care | 413 jobs Insurance | 285 jobs Competitive pay | 256 jobs Flex hours | 210 jobs Flex vacation | 175 jobs Salary bonus | 172 jobs 401(k) matching | 151 jobs Medical leave | 131 jobs Team events | 130 jobs Relocation support | 126 jobs Parental leave | 118 jobs Equity / stock options | 117 jobs Startup environment | 109 jobs Wellness | 96 jobs Transparency | 68 jobs Flexible spending account | 29 jobs Signing bonus | 12 jobs Home office stipend | 10 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs

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