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Systems Engineer Salary & Career Guide

What 671 live Systems Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.

Open roles
671
Employers
258
Remote
9%
Typical pay
$95k–220k
Verified live (7d)
655

Pay is advertised by 70% of these postings (473 of 671 in USD), so read it as what is offered rather than what is paid.

Pay by experience

Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it

ExperienceMedianPostings
0–2 years$94k56
3–5 years$120k161
6–9 years$125k83
10+ years$144k99

Skills in demand

Across 500 systems engineer postings that named at least one skill

  • Python39%
  • The MathWorks MATLAB21%
  • Linux20%
  • Microsoft Azure18%
  • Amazon Web Services18%
  • Atlassian JIRA13%
  • C++13%
  • Microsoft PowerShell11%
  • MathWorks Simulink9.6%
  • Microsoft Active Directory8.8%

Experience asked for

Minimum years named in the posting · 567 postings stated one

0–2 years
12%
3–5 years
39%
6–9 years
25%
10+ years
23%

Work arrangement

Where the work is done · 321 postings stated one

Remote
19%
Hybrid
33%
On-site
48%

Education

The floor the posting sets · 417 postings stated one

High school
2.9%
Associate
1.0%
Bachelor's
92%
Master's
3.8%
Doctorate
0.2%

Employers hiring for this

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