Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Senior System Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior System Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 256 261
Rank change year-on-year +87 +5 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 84 4 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.25% 0.065% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 0.073% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 62 3 10
10th Percentile £47,500 - £47,601
25th Percentile £48,825 £45,775 £51,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,850 £66,043
Median % change year-on-year +22.82% -26.03% +39.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,838 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,385 £72,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,383 5,512 6,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 89.87% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,551 3,216 4,200
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,977 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,463 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Senior Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the Thames Valley

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the Thames Valley

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Engineer in the Thames Valley

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 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
Berkshire +66 49 £58,748 +20.26% 4
Oxfordshire - 24 £60,000 - 4
Buckinghamshire - 11 £65,000 - 2
Senior Systems Engineer
South East

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Senior 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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 21 (25.00%) Degree
2 21 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 19 (22.62%) Decision-Making
4 18 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (19.05%) HNC
6 14 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 14 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 14 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 12 (14.29%) Systems Thinking
7 12 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (14.29%) PowerShell
7 12 (14.29%) VMware
7 12 (14.29%) ITIL
7 12 (14.29%) Windows
8 11 (13.10%) Change Management
8 11 (13.10%) Windows 7
8 11 (13.10%) Problem Management
8 11 (13.10%) VMware Infrastructure
8 11 (13.10%) SCCM
8 11 (13.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (13.10%) Roadmaps
8 11 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (13.10%) Windows 10
9 10 (11.90%) Validation
10 9 (10.71%) Verification and Validation
11 8 (9.52%) Project Delivery
12 7 (8.33%) HND

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (1.19%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.57%) Azure
1 3 (3.57%) Entra ID
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (3.57%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.95%) Modbus
1 5 (5.95%) Profibus
1 5 (5.95%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.57%) DHCP
2 3 (3.57%) DNS
3 1 (1.19%) Firewall
3 1 (1.19%) LAN
3 1 (1.19%) SAN
3 1 (1.19%) WAN
General
1 6 (7.14%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (5.95%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (3.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.95%) Management Information System
1 5 (5.95%) SCADA
1 5 (5.95%) Solar Energy
2 3 (3.57%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (3.57%) PKI
3 1 (1.19%) FPGA
3 1 (1.19%) IoT
3 1 (1.19%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.29%) Windows
1 12 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
1 12 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
2 11 (13.10%) Windows 10
2 11 (13.10%) Windows 7
2 11 (13.10%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.19%) Linux
3 1 (1.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
2 19 (22.62%) Decision-Making
3 18 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 14 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 12 (14.29%) ITIL
5 12 (14.29%) Systems Thinking
6 11 (13.10%) Change Management
6 11 (13.10%) Problem Management
6 11 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (13.10%) Roadmaps
7 10 (11.90%) Validation
8 9 (10.71%) Verification and Validation
9 8 (9.52%) Project Delivery
10 7 (8.33%) Mentoring
11 5 (5.95%) Innovative Thinking
11 5 (5.95%) PLM
11 5 (5.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 4 (4.76%) Business Development
12 4 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.95%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (1.19%) C
3 1 (1.19%) C++
3 1 (1.19%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 21 (25.00%) Degree
3 16 (19.05%) HNC
4 7 (8.33%) HND
5 2 (2.38%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.38%) NVQ Level 4
6 1 (1.19%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 14 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (13.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.57%) XenApp
3 3 (3.57%) XenDesktop
4 1 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (13.10%) SCCM
2 3 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.29%) VMware
3 5 (5.95%) Allen-Bradley
3 5 (5.95%) Wonderware
4 3 (3.57%) Citrix
5 1 (1.19%) Cisco
5 1 (1.19%) Dell
5 1 (1.19%) Fortinet