System Engineer
South West > Dorset
The median System Engineer salary in Dorset is £47,683 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 17 | 44 | 62 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +27 | +18 | +28 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 57 | 66 | 13 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset | 12.98% | 5.51% | 1.93% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 13.16% | 5.81% | 2.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 33 | 33 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,574 | £31,500 | £44,250 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £37,500 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,683 | £50,000 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.63% | -25.93% | +92.86% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £60,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £54,000 | £63,750 | £76,250 |
| 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
Dorset
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 | 433 | 1,136 | 561 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 98.63% | 94.90% | 83.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 188 | 667 | 353 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £27,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,893 | £36,500 | £39,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,683 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.63% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £58,756 | £60,000 | £60,899 |
| 90th Percentile | £63,750 | £65,200 | £72,500 |
| 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 Dorset
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.
Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Dorset
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in Dorset.
Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Dorset
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Dorset over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.
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 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorchester | -11 | 3 | £54,000 | - | 1 |
| Bournemouth | +37 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Systems Engineer South West |
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Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset
For the 6 months to 16 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 Dorset region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.
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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: