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 18 April 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 193 247
Rank change year-on-year +120 +54 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 584 256 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.53% 1.67% 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.76% 1.84% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 403 71 165
10th Percentile £34,000 £38,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,400 £75,000 £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 15,533 13,886 18,819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 90.74% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 11,294 8,676 12,662
10th Percentile £27,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +139 311 £50,000 -4.76% 33
Hampshire +59 158 £55,000 +0.92% 34
Berkshire +117 150 £50,000 +2.35% 16
Oxfordshire +76 106 £47,500 +11.76% 13
Kent +24 67 £48,500 +3.74% 4
Buckinghamshire +14 55 £42,500 -19.05% 4
West Sussex +60 23 £45,000 -5.26% 7
Surrey -30 13 £50,000 -9.09% 8
East Sussex +21 7 £37,500 -40.00% 1
Sussex - 3 £30,000 -
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 18 April 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.

1 116 (19.86%) Security Cleared
2 111 (19.01%) Systems Engineering
3 102 (17.47%) Microsoft
4 87 (14.90%) Windows
5 81 (13.87%) Degree
6 72 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
7 66 (11.30%) Azure
8 64 (10.96%) Active Directory
9 58 (9.93%) Windows Server
10 56 (9.59%) Social Skills
11 54 (9.25%) Validation
12 51 (8.73%) VMware
13 49 (8.39%) Customer Requirements
13 49 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
14 46 (7.88%) SC Cleared
14 46 (7.88%) DV Cleared
15 43 (7.36%) Electronics
15 43 (7.36%) Linux
16 42 (7.19%) Manufacturing
17 41 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
18 40 (6.85%) SQL
19 39 (6.68%) Configuration Management
20 36 (6.16%) DNS
21 34 (5.82%) Agile
21 34 (5.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
22 33 (5.65%) Automotive
22 33 (5.65%) Firewall
23 29 (4.97%) Cisco
24 28 (4.79%) Verification and Validation
25 27 (4.62%) PowerShell

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 16 (2.74%) IIS
2 14 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.86%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.51%) Kinematics
5 3 (0.51%) WinCC
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) Confluence
6 1 (0.17%) JBoss
6 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (3.94%) Simulink
2 17 (2.91%) Stateflow
3 13 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 66 (11.30%) Azure
2 49 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (2.57%) Entra ID
4 10 (1.71%) AWS
5 9 (1.54%) SaaS
6 7 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.03%) Azure App Service
7 6 (1.03%) OneDrive
8 5 (0.86%) PaaS
9 3 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.51%) Google Sheets
10 2 (0.34%) IaaS
11 1 (0.17%) CloudBees
11 1 (0.17%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.17%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 36 (6.16%) DNS
2 33 (5.65%) Firewall
3 22 (3.77%) TCP/IP
4 21 (3.60%) DHCP
5 17 (2.91%) WAN
6 16 (2.74%) SNMP
7 11 (1.88%) 4G
7 11 (1.88%) 5G
7 11 (1.88%) HTTP
8 9 (1.54%) MPLS
8 9 (1.54%) SMTP
9 8 (1.37%) LAN
10 7 (1.20%) J1939
11 6 (1.03%) Ethernet
11 6 (1.03%) VPN
11 6 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.86%) Modbus
12 5 (0.86%) Profibus
12 5 (0.86%) VLAN
13 4 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (0.86%) InfluxDB
2 5 (0.86%) MariaDB
2 5 (0.86%) MySQL
2 5 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.68%) Big Data
3 4 (0.68%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.51%) RDBMS
4 3 (0.51%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.17%) OLTP
5 1 (0.17%) Power BI
5 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (2.40%) JIRA
2 13 (2.23%) Rational DOORS
3 9 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.86%) Git
5 4 (0.68%) GitLab
6 3 (0.51%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.34%) Apache Continuum
7 2 (0.34%) LabVIEW
General
1 56 (9.59%) Social Skills
2 43 (7.36%) Electronics
3 42 (7.19%) Manufacturing
4 33 (5.65%) Automotive
5 26 (4.45%) Aerospace
6 24 (4.11%) Telecoms
7 18 (3.08%) Legal
8 17 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (2.91%) Games
9 11 (1.88%) Retail
10 8 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.20%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.03%) Marketing
13 5 (0.86%) Advertising
13 5 (0.86%) Finance
13 5 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.86%) Military
13 5 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.54%) Web Services
2 4 (0.68%) JSON
2 4 (0.68%) Keycloak
2 4 (0.68%) Middleware
3 2 (0.34%) .NET
3 2 (0.34%) WPF
4 1 (0.17%) JSP
4 1 (0.17%) LDAP
4 1 (0.17%) OpenMP
4 1 (0.17%) WSH
4 1 (0.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.62%) CMDB
2 26 (4.45%) Embedded Systems
2 26 (4.45%) Management Information System
3 20 (3.42%) Algorithms
4 19 (3.25%) Driving Licence
5 15 (2.57%) IoT
5 15 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.40%) NHS
7 13 (2.23%) SCADA
8 9 (1.54%) ARM Cortex
9 8 (1.37%) PKI
10 7 (1.20%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.03%) Onboarding
12 5 (0.86%) Acoustics
12 5 (0.86%) Robotics
12 5 (0.86%) Solar Energy
13 4 (0.68%) CCTV
13 4 (0.68%) Clustering
13 4 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 87 (14.90%) Windows
2 58 (9.93%) Windows Server
3 43 (7.36%) Linux
4 20 (3.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (3.08%) Windows 10
5 18 (3.08%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (2.91%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (1.88%) Windows 7
8 7 (1.20%) CentOS
8 7 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.20%) VMS
9 4 (0.68%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.51%) Android
10 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (19.01%) Systems Engineering
2 72 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (9.25%) Validation
4 49 (8.39%) Customer Requirements
5 41 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (6.68%) Configuration Management
7 34 (5.82%) Agile
7 34 (5.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 28 (4.79%) Verification and Validation
9 24 (4.11%) Decision-Making
10 23 (3.94%) Software Engineering
11 19 (3.25%) ITIL
11 19 (3.25%) Systems Thinking
12 17 (2.91%) Project Management
13 16 (2.74%) Waterfall
14 14 (2.40%) Collaborative Working
14 14 (2.40%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 14 (2.40%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
14 14 (2.40%) Roadmaps
14 14 (2.40%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (6.85%) SQL
2 27 (4.62%) PowerShell
3 25 (4.28%) MATLAB
4 20 (3.42%) C
5 17 (2.91%) Python
6 7 (1.20%) Perl
7 6 (1.03%) Embedded C
8 5 (0.86%) Bash
8 5 (0.86%) Ladder Logic
9 4 (0.68%) C#
9 4 (0.68%) C++
9 4 (0.68%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.51%) Java
10 3 (0.51%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.34%) PHP
11 2 (0.34%) XAML
12 1 (0.17%) COBOL
12 1 (0.17%) HLASM
12 1 (0.17%) REXX
12 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 116 (19.86%) Security Cleared
2 81 (13.87%) Degree
3 46 (7.88%) DV Cleared
3 46 (7.88%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.08%) HNC
5 13 (2.23%) DBS Check
6 12 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.54%) CTC Cleared
7 9 (1.54%) HND
8 7 (1.20%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.03%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.86%) PhD
11 4 (0.68%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (0.34%) CCNA
12 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.34%) NVQ Level 4
13 1 (0.17%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.17%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (1.88%) Automotive SPICE
1 11 (1.88%) ISO 26262
2 10 (1.71%) COSHH
2 10 (1.71%) GDPR
3 9 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.37%) QA
5 7 (1.20%) ISO 9001
6 6 (1.03%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.34%) PMO
9 1 (0.17%) ECSS
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 64 (10.96%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.45%) Hyper-V
3 22 (3.77%) Firmware
3 22 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.20%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.86%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.51%) XenApp
7 3 (0.51%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.34%) Docker
9 1 (0.17%) NFS
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (3.08%) Functional Safety
2 16 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (2.74%) SCOM
3 14 (2.40%) SCCM
4 11 (1.88%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.54%) FortiGate
6 5 (0.86%) Terraform
7 4 (0.68%) Ansible
7 4 (0.68%) Autotask
7 4 (0.68%) Puppet
7 4 (0.68%) Red Hat Spacewalk
7 4 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.51%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.51%) Wonderware InTouch
9 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 102 (17.47%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.73%) VMware
3 29 (4.97%) Cisco
4 17 (2.91%) Citrix
5 16 (2.74%) Dynatrace
6 10 (1.71%) Fortinet
6 10 (1.71%) Thales
7 9 (1.54%) Darktrace
7 9 (1.54%) HP
7 9 (1.54%) Mitel
7 9 (1.54%) NEC
7 9 (1.54%) Ribbon
8 8 (1.37%) Wonderware
9 7 (1.20%) Draytek
9 7 (1.20%) Juniper
10 5 (0.86%) Allen-Bradley
10 5 (0.86%) EMC
11 4 (0.68%) Aruba
11 4 (0.68%) Meraki
11 4 (0.68%) Red Hat