Systems Engineering Jobs in Essex

Systems Engineering
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring Systems Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 49 63
Rank change year-on-year -15 +14 +47
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 3 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 0.43% 1.22% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 1.72% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £64,965 - -
25th Percentile £66,788 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,200 £30,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +147.33% - -
75th Percentile £79,913 - -
90th Percentile £80,715 £46,500 -
East of England median annual salary £66,250 £59,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +11.34% -11.85% +1.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

Systems Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Essex.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 580 465 557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 82.74% 71.10% 93.77%
Number of salaries quoted 343 314 280
10th Percentile £25,850 £29,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £48,205
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +3.72% +1.48%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in Essex

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Systems Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineering within the Essex region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Brentwood - 1 £75,900 -
Witham - 1 - -
Systems Engineering
East of England

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (33.33%) AutoCAD
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Principal Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Signal Processing
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Test Planning
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM