Systems Engineer Jobs in Hertfordshire

System Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median System Engineer salary in Hertfordshire is £55,000 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 20 77 125
Rank change year-on-year +57 +48 -103
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 144 61 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.42% 3.13% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.99% 3.62% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 71 27 6
10th Percentile £30,000 £54,750 -
25th Percentile £40,625 £56,250 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +25.00% +2.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £46,875
90th Percentile £62,500 £69,500 £51,000
East of England median annual salary £52,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.57% +15.00% -2.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 1,802 1,687 1,981
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 86.51% 96.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,423 828 979
10th Percentile £25,809 £30,669 £26,700
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage +23 57 £55,000 -15.38% 12
Hatfield - 37 - - 4
Hemel Hempstead - 8 £42,500 -
Berkhamsted - 5 £30,000 -
Borehamwood - 5 £40,000 -
Systems Engineer
East of England

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

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 Hertfordshire region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 66 (45.83%) Degree
2 61 (42.36%) Systems Engineering
3 46 (31.94%) Security Cleared
4 40 (27.78%) Customer Service
5 25 (17.36%) Master's Degree
6 24 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (14.58%) Project Delivery
7 21 (14.58%) Chartered Engineer
7 21 (14.58%) EMC
7 21 (14.58%) Aerospace
8 20 (13.89%) Automotive
9 19 (13.19%) C
10 16 (11.11%) Computer Science
10 16 (11.11%) FPGA
10 16 (11.11%) VHDL
10 16 (11.11%) Verilog
11 14 (9.72%) Mathematics
12 13 (9.03%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 12 (8.33%) Physics
14 11 (7.64%) Robotics
14 11 (7.64%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
15 10 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (6.94%) Social Skills
16 9 (6.25%) Firmware
16 9 (6.25%) MATLAB
16 9 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
17 8 (5.56%) Rational DOORS
17 8 (5.56%) Simulink
17 8 (5.56%) Requirements Management

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 8 (5.56%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (3.47%) Azure
2 5 (3.47%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.47%) DHCP
1 5 (3.47%) DNS
1 5 (3.47%) LAN
1 5 (3.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.08%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (5.56%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (4.17%) Rational Team Concert
3 3 (2.08%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.08%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (2.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (14.58%) Aerospace
2 20 (13.89%) Automotive
3 11 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (6.94%) Social Skills
5 7 (4.86%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.78%) Electronics
7 4 (2.78%) French Language
8 3 (2.08%) Military
9 2 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.11%) FPGA
1 16 (11.11%) Verilog
1 16 (11.11%) VHDL
2 11 (7.64%) Robotics
3 7 (4.86%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.47%) Cyber Security Posture
4 5 (3.47%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.08%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.69%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.47%) Windows
1 5 (3.47%) Windows Server 2019
2 3 (2.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (42.36%) Systems Engineering
2 40 (27.78%) Customer Service
3 21 (14.58%) Project Delivery
4 16 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 14 (9.72%) Mathematics
6 13 (9.03%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 12 (8.33%) Physics
8 11 (7.64%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (5.56%) Requirements Management
11 7 (4.86%) Validation
12 6 (4.17%) Agile
12 6 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence
12 6 (4.17%) Digital Twin
12 6 (4.17%) Ergonomics
12 6 (4.17%) Human Factors
12 6 (4.17%) V-Model
13 5 (3.47%) Email Filtering
13 5 (3.47%) Kalman Filter
13 5 (3.47%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.19%) C
2 9 (6.25%) MATLAB
3 7 (4.86%) C++
4 6 (4.17%) Java
5 3 (2.08%) C#
6 1 (0.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (45.83%) Degree
2 46 (31.94%) Security Cleared
3 25 (17.36%) Master's Degree
4 24 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (14.58%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (2.78%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.78%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 9 (6.25%) Firmware
2 5 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (14.58%) EMC
2 5 (3.47%) Acronis
2 5 (3.47%) IBM
2 5 (3.47%) Meraki
2 5 (3.47%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.47%) Sophos
2 5 (3.47%) Synology
3 1 (0.69%) Cisco
3 1 (0.69%) Citrix
3 1 (0.69%) Draytek