Systems Engineer Jobs in Dorset

System Engineer
South West > Dorset

The median System Engineer salary in Dorset is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 68 87
Rank change year-on-year +31 +19 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 67 15 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 6.08% 2.09% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.39% 2.48% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 34 7 1
10th Percentile £32,250 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% -28.06%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £37,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £71,750 -
South West median annual salary £55,000 £46,375 £45,000
% change year-on-year +18.60% +3.06% +4.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 1,048 606 735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.10% 84.40% 97.74%
Number of salaries quoted 646 381 588
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £49,400
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% +9.78%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £73,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,918 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.69% +3.84% +11.11%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Dorset

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Dorset

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Dorset over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Dorset

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Bournemouth - 20 £42,500 -
Dorchester - 11 - - 2
Wareham - 6 - -
Weymouth - 2 - -
Poole - 1 £40,000 - 1
Systems Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 Dorset region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (50.75%) Security Cleared
2 27 (40.30%) SC Cleared
3 19 (28.36%) Aerospace
4 16 (23.88%) Degree
5 14 (20.90%) LabVIEW
6 11 (16.42%) Mentoring
6 11 (16.42%) SDLC
6 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (16.42%) Rational DOORS
6 11 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (16.42%) Systems Engineering
7 10 (14.93%) MATLAB
7 10 (14.93%) Simulink
7 10 (14.93%) Artificial Intelligence
7 10 (14.93%) Machine Learning
8 8 (11.94%) Linux
8 8 (11.94%) Electronics
9 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Office
9 7 (10.45%) TOGAF
9 7 (10.45%) Agile
9 7 (10.45%) Waterfall
9 7 (10.45%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 7 (10.45%) Sparx
9 7 (10.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 6 (8.96%) Social Skills
10 6 (8.96%) Def Stans
10 6 (8.96%) Commercialisation
10 6 (8.96%) Analogue Electronics
10 6 (8.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (8.96%) Self-Motivation

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 10 (14.93%) Simulink
2 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (10.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.96%) AWS
2 2 (2.99%) Azure
2 2 (2.99%) Entra ID
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.96%) Ethernet
1 6 (8.96%) RS-232
2 3 (4.48%) 4G
2 3 (4.48%) 5G
3 2 (2.99%) Firewall
3 2 (2.99%) Network Security
3 2 (2.99%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 14 (20.90%) LabVIEW
2 11 (16.42%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (2.99%) JIRA
3 2 (2.99%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 19 (28.36%) Aerospace
2 8 (11.94%) Electronics
3 6 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.96%) Manufacturing
3 6 (8.96%) Social Skills
4 5 (7.46%) Marketing
5 2 (2.99%) Aviation
5 2 (2.99%) Finance
6 1 (1.49%) Military
6 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.96%) Analogue Electronics
1 6 (8.96%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (8.96%) Embedded Systems
1 6 (8.96%) Robotics
1 6 (8.96%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.97%) PMI
3 2 (2.99%) BYOD
4 1 (1.49%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.94%) Linux
2 5 (7.46%) Windows
3 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.99%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 11 (16.42%) Mentoring
1 11 (16.42%) SDLC
1 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 11 (16.42%) Systems Engineering
2 10 (14.93%) Artificial Intelligence
2 10 (14.93%) Machine Learning
3 7 (10.45%) Agile
3 7 (10.45%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 7 (10.45%) TOGAF
3 7 (10.45%) Waterfall
4 6 (8.96%) ArchiMate
4 6 (8.96%) Coaching
4 6 (8.96%) Commercialisation
4 6 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (8.96%) MODAF
4 6 (8.96%) Physics
4 6 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (8.96%) Software Engineering
4 6 (8.96%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.93%) MATLAB
2 6 (8.96%) C
3 4 (5.97%) C++
Qualifications
1 34 (50.75%) Security Cleared
2 27 (40.30%) SC Cleared
3 16 (23.88%) Degree
4 5 (7.46%) TOGAF Certification
5 4 (5.97%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.99%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) Def Stans
1 6 (8.96%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (2.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 7 (10.45%) Sparx
2 4 (5.97%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.97%) Rockwell
3 1 (1.49%) Cisco
3 1 (1.49%) Fortinet
3 1 (1.49%) Juniper
3 1 (1.49%) Splunk