Systems Engineer Jobs in Hampshire

System Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median System Engineer salary in Hampshire is £47,683 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 52 114
Rank change year-on-year +40 +62 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 237 177 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 11.96% 4.37% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.57% 4.63% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 123 119 21
10th Percentile £37,574 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile - £47,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 -
South East median annual salary £62,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +24.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,885 3,825 2,672
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.15% 94.51% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,143 2,986 1,993
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £81,100
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Hampshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Hampshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Hampshire

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Portsmouth +13 115 £47,683 -0.66% 35
Farnborough +36 51 £47,683 -10.03% 8
Southampton +19 15 £50,000 -16.67% 7
Southsea - 15 £50,000 -
Gosport - 15 £50,000 - 2
Waterlooville 0 14 £50,000 -28.57%
Petersfield - 14 £50,000 -
Andover - 4 £67,500 - 4
Fareham +11 2 £45,000 -18.18% 8
Tadley - 2 £50,000 -
Yateley 0 1 £60,000 -5.88% 1
Systems Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 Hampshire region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 154 (64.98%) BPSS Clearance
2 147 (62.03%) Degree
3 146 (61.60%) Systems Engineering
4 81 (34.18%) MATLAB
5 77 (32.49%) UML
5 77 (32.49%) SysML
6 73 (30.80%) Physics
7 59 (24.89%) Mathematics
8 55 (23.21%) Cybersecurity
9 52 (21.94%) Presentation Skills
9 52 (21.94%) MODAF
9 52 (21.94%) Agile
10 44 (18.57%) Acceptance Criteria
11 34 (14.35%) Social Skills
11 34 (14.35%) Chartered Engineer
12 32 (13.50%) Customer Requirements
13 30 (12.66%) Collaborative Working
13 30 (12.66%) SC Cleared
13 30 (12.66%) Security Cleared
13 30 (12.66%) Requirements Management
14 26 (10.97%) Innovative Thinking
15 25 (10.55%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
16 23 (9.70%) Roadmaps
17 22 (9.28%) Linux
17 22 (9.28%) Aerospace
18 20 (8.44%) OOP
18 20 (8.44%) OO
18 20 (8.44%) Windows
18 20 (8.44%) Data Analysis
18 20 (8.44%) Wireshark

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 14 (5.91%) Simulink
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (5.91%) Teamcenter
2 11 (4.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.44%) Wireshark
2 15 (6.33%) Software-Defined Radio
3 2 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (0.84%) VoIP
4 1 (0.42%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.27%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (5.91%) Rational DOORS
General
1 52 (21.94%) Presentation Skills
2 34 (14.35%) Social Skills
3 22 (9.28%) Aerospace
4 17 (7.17%) Electronics
5 11 (4.64%) Finance
6 3 (1.27%) Public Sector
7 2 (0.84%) Aviation
7 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.84%) Military
8 1 (0.42%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.42%) Automotive
8 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.27%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.33%) FPGA
2 11 (4.64%) e-Learning
3 2 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (0.42%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.42%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.42%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.28%) Linux
2 20 (8.44%) Windows
3 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (61.60%) Systems Engineering
2 77 (32.49%) SysML
2 77 (32.49%) UML
3 73 (30.80%) Physics
4 59 (24.89%) Mathematics
5 55 (23.21%) Cybersecurity
6 52 (21.94%) Agile
6 52 (21.94%) MODAF
7 44 (18.57%) Acceptance Criteria
8 32 (13.50%) Customer Requirements
9 30 (12.66%) Collaborative Working
9 30 (12.66%) Requirements Management
10 26 (10.97%) Innovative Thinking
11 25 (10.55%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 23 (9.70%) Roadmaps
13 20 (8.44%) Containerisation
13 20 (8.44%) Data Analysis
13 20 (8.44%) OO
13 20 (8.44%) OOP
14 18 (7.59%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 81 (34.18%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 154 (64.98%) BPSS Clearance
2 147 (62.03%) Degree
3 34 (14.35%) Chartered Engineer
4 30 (12.66%) SC Cleared
4 30 (12.66%) Security Cleared
5 12 (5.06%) NVQ Level 3
6 6 (2.53%) HNC
6 6 (2.53%) HND
7 2 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.91%) ARP4754
1 14 (5.91%) DO-254
1 14 (5.91%) IEC 61508
2 5 (2.11%) Def Stans
System Software
1 15 (6.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 15 (6.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 14 (5.91%) IBM
2 11 (4.64%) Sparx
3 3 (1.27%) VMware
4 2 (0.84%) Cisco
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.42%) Remedy
5 1 (0.42%) Siemens