Systems Engineer Jobs in the South East

System Engineer
England > South East

The median System Engineer salary in the South East is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 197 234
Rank change year-on-year +125 +37 +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 602 242 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.61% 1.62% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.84% 1.79% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 412 68 168
10th Percentile £34,000 £39,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,089 £41,151
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £73,863
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,671 13,511 19,163
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.53% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,327 8,466 12,622
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the South East

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the South East

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the South East

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Thames Valley +144 326 £50,000 -4.76% 38
Hampshire +60 165 £55,000 -4.35% 44
Berkshire +119 157 £50,000 -5.97% 15
Oxfordshire +82 114 £50,000 +17.65% 18
Kent +13 65 £48,500 +34.72% 7
Buckinghamshire +8 55 £42,500 -19.05% 5
West Sussex +61 22 £45,000 -5.26% 8
Surrey -30 10 £50,000 -9.09% 7
East Sussex +15 7 £37,500 -52.38% 1
Sussex - 5 £30,000 - 1
Middlesex - 2 £35,000 -
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 South East region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 121 (20.10%) Security Cleared
2 113 (18.77%) Systems Engineering
3 98 (16.28%) Microsoft
4 87 (14.45%) Degree
5 86 (14.29%) Windows
6 72 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (10.47%) Azure
7 63 (10.47%) Active Directory
8 56 (9.30%) Validation
9 55 (9.14%) Windows Server
10 53 (8.80%) Customer Requirements
11 52 (8.64%) VMware
12 51 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
13 50 (8.31%) Social Skills
14 49 (8.14%) DV Cleared
15 47 (7.81%) Electronics
16 44 (7.31%) Cybersecurity
17 43 (7.14%) Manufacturing
17 43 (7.14%) SC Cleared
18 38 (6.31%) SQL
19 37 (6.15%) Configuration Management
20 35 (5.81%) Linux
20 35 (5.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 33 (5.48%) Cisco
21 33 (5.48%) Agile
22 31 (5.15%) Automotive
22 31 (5.15%) Firewall
22 31 (5.15%) DNS
23 29 (4.82%) Management Information System
23 29 (4.82%) Hyper-V

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (2.33%) IIS
1 14 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.00%) OpenStack
3 5 (0.83%) Kinematics
4 3 (0.50%) WinCC
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) Confluence
5 1 (0.17%) JBoss
5 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (3.49%) Simulink
2 17 (2.82%) Stateflow
3 13 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 63 (10.47%) Azure
2 51 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (2.49%) Entra ID
4 11 (1.83%) SaaS
5 10 (1.66%) AWS
6 7 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.00%) Azure App Service
7 6 (1.00%) OneDrive
8 5 (0.83%) PaaS
9 3 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.50%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.33%) IaaS
11 1 (0.17%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.17%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.15%) DNS
1 31 (5.15%) Firewall
2 21 (3.49%) TCP/IP
3 18 (2.99%) DHCP
4 17 (2.82%) WAN
5 14 (2.33%) SNMP
6 11 (1.83%) 4G
6 11 (1.83%) 5G
7 9 (1.50%) MPLS
7 9 (1.50%) SMTP
8 8 (1.33%) HTTP
8 8 (1.33%) LAN
9 7 (1.16%) J1939
10 6 (1.00%) VPN
10 6 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.83%) Modbus
11 5 (0.83%) Profibus
11 5 (0.83%) VLAN
12 4 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.66%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (1.00%) Big Data
1 6 (1.00%) InfluxDB
1 6 (1.00%) MariaDB
1 6 (1.00%) MySQL
1 6 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (0.66%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.50%) RDBMS
3 3 (0.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.17%) Power BI
4 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (2.49%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (2.16%) JIRA
3 9 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.83%) Git
5 4 (0.66%) GitLab
6 3 (0.50%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.33%) Apache Continuum
7 2 (0.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 50 (8.31%) Social Skills
2 47 (7.81%) Electronics
3 43 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 31 (5.15%) Automotive
5 26 (4.32%) Aerospace
6 24 (3.99%) Telecoms
7 17 (2.82%) Games
7 17 (2.82%) Legal
8 16 (2.66%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (1.99%) Retail
10 8 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.16%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.00%) Marketing
13 5 (0.83%) Advertising
13 5 (0.83%) Finance
13 5 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.66%) Military
15 3 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.50%) Web Services
2 4 (0.66%) JSON
2 4 (0.66%) Keycloak
2 4 (0.66%) Middleware
2 4 (0.66%) WPF
3 2 (0.33%) .NET
4 1 (0.17%) JSP
4 1 (0.17%) LDAP
4 1 (0.17%) WSH
4 1 (0.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.82%) Management Information System
2 25 (4.15%) CMDB
3 23 (3.82%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (3.32%) Algorithms
5 19 (3.16%) Driving Licence
6 17 (2.82%) IoT
6 17 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.33%) NHS
7 14 (2.33%) SCADA
8 9 (1.50%) ARM Cortex
8 9 (1.50%) PKI
9 7 (1.16%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.83%) Clustering
10 5 (0.83%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.83%) GNSS
10 5 (0.83%) Robotics
10 5 (0.83%) Solar Energy
11 4 (0.66%) CCTV
11 4 (0.66%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 86 (14.29%) Windows
2 55 (9.14%) Windows Server
3 35 (5.81%) Linux
4 21 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (3.16%) Windows 10
5 19 (3.16%) Windows Server 2012
6 18 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (1.83%) Windows 7
8 7 (1.16%) VMS
9 6 (1.00%) CentOS
9 6 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.66%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.50%) Android
12 3 (0.50%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (18.77%) Systems Engineering
2 72 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (9.30%) Validation
4 53 (8.80%) Customer Requirements
5 44 (7.31%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (6.15%) Configuration Management
7 35 (5.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 33 (5.48%) Agile
9 28 (4.65%) Verification and Validation
10 23 (3.82%) Decision-Making
11 21 (3.49%) Software Engineering
12 19 (3.16%) Project Management
13 18 (2.99%) ITIL
13 18 (2.99%) Systems Thinking
14 17 (2.82%) Time Management
15 16 (2.66%) Collaborative Working
16 15 (2.49%) Data Management
17 14 (2.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 14 (2.33%) FMEA
17 14 (2.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 38 (6.31%) SQL
2 27 (4.49%) PowerShell
3 23 (3.82%) MATLAB
4 22 (3.65%) C
5 14 (2.33%) Python
6 6 (1.00%) Bash
6 6 (1.00%) C#
6 6 (1.00%) C++
6 6 (1.00%) Embedded C
6 6 (1.00%) Ladder Logic
7 5 (0.83%) Perl
8 4 (0.66%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.66%) XAML
9 3 (0.50%) Java
10 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 121 (20.10%) Security Cleared
2 87 (14.45%) Degree
3 49 (8.14%) DV Cleared
4 43 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 18 (2.99%) HNC
6 13 (2.16%) DBS Check
7 12 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.66%) CTC Cleared
9 9 (1.50%) HND
10 7 (1.16%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.16%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.66%) CESG Certified Professional
11 4 (0.66%) PhD
12 3 (0.50%) CCNA
12 3 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.33%) NVQ Level 4
14 1 (0.17%) Chartered Engineer
14 1 (0.17%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.17%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (1.83%) Automotive SPICE
1 11 (1.83%) GDPR
1 11 (1.83%) ISO 26262
2 10 (1.66%) COSHH
3 9 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (1.50%) QA
4 8 (1.33%) ISO 9001
5 7 (1.16%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.33%) PMO
7 1 (0.17%) ECSS
7 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 63 (10.47%) Active Directory
2 29 (4.82%) Hyper-V
3 26 (4.32%) Firmware
4 23 (3.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.16%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (1.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.66%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.50%) XenApp
9 1 (0.17%) NFS
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (2.99%) Functional Safety
2 16 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (2.33%) SCCM
3 14 (2.33%) SCOM
4 10 (1.66%) FortiGate
5 9 (1.50%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.00%) Terraform
7 5 (0.83%) Ansible
7 5 (0.83%) Puppet
7 5 (0.83%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 4 (0.66%) Autotask
8 4 (0.66%) Backup Exec
8 4 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.66%) Wonderware InTouch
9 3 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 98 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.64%) VMware
3 33 (5.48%) Cisco
4 18 (2.99%) Citrix
5 14 (2.33%) Dynatrace
6 12 (1.99%) Fortinet
7 10 (1.66%) Thales
8 9 (1.50%) Darktrace
8 9 (1.50%) HP
8 9 (1.50%) Mitel
8 9 (1.50%) NEC
8 9 (1.50%) Ribbon
8 9 (1.50%) Wonderware
9 8 (1.33%) Juniper
10 7 (1.16%) Draytek
11 6 (1.00%) Allen-Bradley
11 6 (1.00%) Aruba
12 5 (0.83%) EMC
13 4 (0.66%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.66%) Veritas