Senior Systems Engineer Job Trends in Basingstoke

Senior System Engineer
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Basingstoke is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 0.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £73,750 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +47.50% - +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 Basingstoke with a recognized job title 300 329 537
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.15% 92.94% 97.11%
Number of salaries quoted 233 279 459
10th Percentile - £42,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +2.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -6.54%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Senior Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 1 June 2026, Senior Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Basingstoke region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Server Building
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform