Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Engineer during 2025 is USD 171,825

✏️ This salary info is based on 80 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Systems Engineer salary lies between USD 124,000 and USD 225,000 globally. 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
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
80
Top 10%
$ 300,000
Top 25%
$ 225,000
Median
$ 171,825
Bottom 25%
$ 124,000
Bottom 10%
$ 83,597

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Systems Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and Pipelines. 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:

Engineering | 56 jobs Python | 52 jobs Pipelines | 31 jobs SQL | 29 jobs R | 27 jobs Machine Learning | 25 jobs Data Analytics | 25 jobs Data pipelines | 25 jobs Computer Science | 25 jobs Security | 24 jobs Architecture | 24 jobs ETL | 23 jobs Tableau | 23 jobs Power BI | 23 jobs Data visualization | 23 jobs Spark | 22 jobs Hadoop | 21 jobs Business Intelligence | 21 jobs Streaming | 21 jobs Predictive modeling | 21 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Systems Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Systems Engineer job listings are Career development, Flex hours and Competitive pay. 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 | 58 jobs Flex hours | 37 jobs Competitive pay | 35 jobs Flex vacation | 33 jobs Health care | 20 jobs Equity / stock options | 15 jobs Insurance | 14 jobs Parental leave | 11 jobs Relocation support | 10 jobs 401(k) matching | 9 jobs Team events | 9 jobs Startup environment | 7 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 6 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Signing bonus | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs

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