Senior Systems Engineer Job Trends in Gravesend

Senior System Engineer
Kent > Gravesend

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Gravesend is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gravesend 2.94% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £56,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Gravesend

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gravesend. 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 Gravesend with a recognized job title 34 11 23
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 78.57% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 31 11 23
10th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £57,500 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +13.64% +44.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,125 £58,750
90th Percentile - £70,500 £67,500
Kent median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -12.09% -9.00%

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Gravesend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in Gravesend.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in Gravesend

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gravesend

For the 6 months to 19 September 2026, Senior Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Gravesend region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gravesend by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens