Systems Engineer Jobs in Cowes

System Engineer
Isle of Wight > Cowes

The median System Engineer salary in Cowes is £62,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 96 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cowes 38.10% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 39.02% - -
Number of salaries quoted 75 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,683 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 - -
75th Percentile £70,600 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £62,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cowes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cowes. 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 Cowes with a recognized job title 246 5 0
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.62% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 148 5 0
10th Percentile £47,683 - -
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £42,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.88% - -
75th Percentile £70,150 £43,750 -
90th Percentile £70,600 - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £65,000 £42,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year +52.94% -2.30% +12.99%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cowes

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Cowes

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Cowes

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in Cowes.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Cowes

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cowes

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Cowes over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Cowes

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cowes

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 Cowes region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 89 (92.71%) BPSS Clearance
1 89 (92.71%) Systems Engineering
2 54 (56.25%) IBM
2 54 (56.25%) Electronics
2 54 (56.25%) Rational DOORS
3 47 (48.96%) Signal Processing
3 47 (48.96%) Technical Leadership
3 47 (48.96%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 47 (48.96%) Algorithms
4 44 (45.83%) Degree
5 31 (32.29%) UML
5 31 (32.29%) SysML
5 31 (32.29%) MATLAB
6 26 (27.08%) Test Planning
7 24 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
7 24 (25.00%) Agile
7 24 (25.00%) MODAF
7 24 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (17.71%) Mentoring
9 16 (16.67%) R
9 16 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (14.58%) Mathematics
10 14 (14.58%) Physics
11 7 (7.29%) Computer Science
11 7 (7.29%) IEC 61508
11 7 (7.29%) DO-254
11 7 (7.29%) ARP4754
11 7 (7.29%) Coaching
11 7 (7.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (7.29%) Simulink

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cowes 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:

Applications
1 7 (7.29%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (7.29%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 54 (56.25%) Rational DOORS
General
1 54 (56.25%) Electronics
2 24 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (7.29%) Aerospace
3 7 (7.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 47 (48.96%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (92.71%) Systems Engineering
2 47 (48.96%) Signal Processing
2 47 (48.96%) Technical Leadership
3 31 (32.29%) SysML
3 31 (32.29%) UML
4 26 (27.08%) Test Planning
5 24 (25.00%) Agile
5 24 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (25.00%) MODAF
6 17 (17.71%) Mentoring
7 16 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (14.58%) Mathematics
8 14 (14.58%) Physics
9 7 (7.29%) Coaching
9 7 (7.29%) Computer Science
9 7 (7.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (7.29%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 7 (7.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 7 (7.29%) PLM
9 7 (7.29%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (32.29%) MATLAB
2 16 (16.67%) R
Qualifications
1 89 (92.71%) BPSS Clearance
2 44 (45.83%) Degree
3 6 (6.25%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (48.96%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (7.29%) ARP4754
2 7 (7.29%) DO-254
2 7 (7.29%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 54 (56.25%) IBM