Systems Engineer Jobs in Devon

System Engineer
South West > Devon

The median System Engineer salary in Devon is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 28 63
Rank change year-on-year -23 +35 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 5 60 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 1.05% 6.97% 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 7.35% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 48 6
10th Percentile - £35,000 £25,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £63,750 £26,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +128.07% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £70,000 £31,625
90th Percentile - £74,500 £33,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.36% +15.79% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 403 816 479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.66% 94.77% 85.69%
Number of salaries quoted 193 628 370
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £26,200
25th Percentile £27,500 £33,750 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £50,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £60,803
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Devon

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Devon

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Devon

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Devon region over the 6 months to 12 May 2025. 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
Torquay - 2 £45,000 -
Systems Engineer
South West

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 12 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 Devon region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Product Management
2 3 (60.00%) Broadband
2 3 (60.00%) High Availability
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Broadcast Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Optoelectronics
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (20.00%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (20.00%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (20.00%) Schematic Capture
4 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (20.00%) Firmware
4 1 (20.00%) Electronics
4 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Business Development
4 1 (20.00%) Stress Analysis

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

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Broadband
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Optoelectronics
2 1 (20.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Broadcast Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (60.00%) High Availability
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Product Management
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (20.00%) Stress Analysis
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware