Systems Engineering Jobs in the Thames Valley

Systems Engineering
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Systems Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 200 235
Rank change year-on-year +34 +35 -22
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 87 60 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.29% 0.98% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.03% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 63 14 36
10th Percentile £35,898 £41,250 £60,794
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,401 £61,588
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £65,000 £67,725
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% -4.02% +12.88%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,625 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £86,000 -
South East median annual salary £63,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.43% - -4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Systems Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,747 5,808 6,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.19% 94.70% 92.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,024 3,157 3,950
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the Thames Valley

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineering in the Thames Valley

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in the Thames Valley

Systems Engineering
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 Systems Engineering 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 +63 68 £63,500 +12.89% 20
Oxfordshire +20 17 £55,000 -15.38% 7
Buckinghamshire -39 2 - - 6
Systems Engineering
South East

Systems Engineering
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 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (8.05%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.60%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (4.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.15%) Primavera
2 1 (1.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.64%) Azure
2 7 (8.05%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (8.05%) Power Platform
2 7 (8.05%) PowerApps
3 4 (4.60%) Amazon EKS
3 4 (4.60%) Amazon SQS
3 4 (4.60%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.05%) Intranet
2 4 (4.60%) BGP
2 4 (4.60%) DNS
2 4 (4.60%) SSL
2 4 (4.60%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.34%) Relational Database
2 4 (4.60%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (4.60%) Oracle Database
2 4 (4.60%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (11.49%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.15%) JIRA
General
1 24 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 18 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (12.64%) Manufacturing
4 7 (8.05%) Legal
4 7 (8.05%) Pharmaceutical
4 7 (8.05%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (5.75%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.60%) Automotive
7 2 (2.30%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.15%) Electronics
8 1 (1.15%) Finance
8 1 (1.15%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 64 (73.56%) Systems Engineer
2 21 (24.14%) Senior
2 21 (24.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 16 (18.39%) Principal Engineer
3 16 (18.39%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 13 (14.94%) Architect
5 11 (12.64%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (8.05%) Digital Architect
6 7 (8.05%) Digital Solutions Architect
7 6 (6.90%) Lead
7 6 (6.90%) Lead Architect
8 5 (5.75%) Consultant
8 5 (5.75%) Principal Consultant
8 5 (5.75%) Principal Technical Consultant
8 5 (5.75%) Reliability Engineer
8 5 (5.75%) Technical Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.45%) Head of Engineering
11 2 (2.30%) Team Leader
12 1 (1.15%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.60%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (4.60%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.64%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (8.05%) Biopharmaceutical
3 4 (4.60%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.60%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.15%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.60%) Linux
1 4 (4.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.29%) Validation
2 21 (24.14%) Decision-Making
3 17 (19.54%) Verification and Validation
4 16 (18.39%) Project Management
5 14 (16.09%) Agile
6 12 (13.79%) Artificial Intelligence
6 12 (13.79%) Mentoring
7 11 (12.64%) Systems Thinking
7 11 (12.64%) TOGAF
8 10 (11.49%) Generative AI
8 10 (11.49%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 10 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (10.34%) PLM
10 8 (9.20%) Customer Requirements
10 8 (9.20%) Requirements Management
11 7 (8.05%) Neuroscience
11 7 (8.05%) Project Delivery
11 7 (8.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (8.05%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.30%) C
1 2 (2.30%) MATLAB
1 2 (2.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (36.78%) Degree
2 31 (35.63%) Security Cleared
3 11 (12.64%) Azure Certification
4 10 (11.49%) SC Cleared
5 7 (8.05%) HND
5 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (5.75%) HNC
7 4 (4.60%) AWS Certification
7 4 (4.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.45%) PhD
9 2 (2.30%) DBS Check
9 2 (2.30%) Master's Degree
9 2 (2.30%) NVQ Level 4
10 1 (1.15%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.15%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 2 (2.30%) PMO
2 1 (1.15%) QA
System Software
1 5 (5.75%) Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.75%) Oracle
3 4 (4.60%) Sparx
4 2 (2.30%) Thales
5 1 (1.15%) Cadence
5 1 (1.15%) MuleSoft