Systems Engineer Job Trends in Basingstoke

System Engineer
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median System Engineer salary in Basingstoke is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 October 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 50 35
Rank change year-on-year +3 -15 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 3 1 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 0.98% 0.20% 4.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.21% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £44,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £63,150 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +26.30% -28.57% +46.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 286 481 296
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 97.76% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 243 348 195
10th Percentile £30,000 £43,275 £27,000
25th Percentile £48,250 £50,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £65,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +35.42% -12.73%
75th Percentile £75,250 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,700 £85,000 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,073
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.72% +0.13%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 24 October 2025, 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 Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) HPUX
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database 10g
2 1 (33.33%) Perl
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) Solaris
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Unix
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Windows

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database 10g
General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) HPUX
1 1 (33.33%) Solaris
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Network Management
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) VMware