Systems Engineer Job Trends in Chichester

System Engineer
West Sussex > Chichester

The median System Engineer salary in Chichester is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chichester 9.89% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 9.89% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £44,799 - -
25th Percentile £46,999 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £72,950 - -
90th Percentile £75,900 - -
West Sussex median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Chichester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chichester. 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 Chichester with a recognized job title 91 6 49
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 53 4 48
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,875 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -21.88% +23.87%
75th Percentile £70,000 £44,938 £73,750
90th Percentile £72,000 £51,575 -
West Sussex median annual salary £47,750 £50,000 £46,581
% change year-on-year -4.50% +7.34% -15.31%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chichester

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 Chichester.

Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Chichester

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Chichester

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Chichester.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Chichester

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Chichester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Chichester over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Chichester

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

For the 6 months to 18 March 2026, 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 Chichester region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (77.78%) Systems Engineering
3 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 5 (55.56%) JIRA
3 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
3 5 (55.56%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (44.44%) Degree
5 3 (33.33%) Agile
5 3 (33.33%) CATIA
5 3 (33.33%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (33.33%) IBM
5 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (33.33%) Requirements Management
5 3 (33.33%) Systems Thinking
5 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
6 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
6 2 (22.22%) C
6 2 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (22.22%) HNC
6 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (22.22%) Linux
6 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 2 (22.22%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 2 (22.22%) Network Design
6 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
6 2 (22.22%) Strategic Management
6 2 (22.22%) Synthetic Environment
6 2 (22.22%) Test Planning

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chichester 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:

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) CATIA
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
2 3 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (11.11%) Apache Continuum
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Acoustics
1 2 (22.22%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Systems Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Requirements Management
3 3 (33.33%) Systems Thinking
3 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
4 2 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
4 2 (22.22%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) Network Design
4 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (22.22%) Strategic Management
4 2 (22.22%) Synthetic Environment
4 2 (22.22%) Test Planning
4 2 (22.22%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (22.22%) Virtual Environments
4 2 (22.22%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (44.44%) Degree
3 3 (33.33%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) IBM