Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Kent

Senior System Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Kent is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 77 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 22 26 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.47% 2.26% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.59% 2.64% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £52,500 - -
25th Percentile £60,625 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £66,250 - -
90th Percentile £67,500 - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,388 985 1,264
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.84% 85.73% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,033 549 741
10th Percentile £25,250 £27,400 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £72,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Kent

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Kent

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the Kent region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Gravesend - 4 £62,500 -
Tunbridge Wells - 4 £65,000 -
Senior Systems Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Senior 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 Kent region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (68.18%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (63.64%) MATLAB
2 14 (63.64%) Simulink
3 11 (50.00%) Automotive
3 11 (50.00%) Validation
3 11 (50.00%) Degree
3 11 (50.00%) ISO 26262
3 11 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
3 11 (50.00%) Functional Safety
3 11 (50.00%) Automotive SPICE
4 10 (45.45%) Algorithms
4 10 (45.45%) Stateflow
5 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
6 7 (31.82%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 7 (31.82%) J1939
6 7 (31.82%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (31.82%) FMEA
6 7 (31.82%) C
6 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
6 7 (31.82%) JIRA
7 4 (18.18%) CTC Cleared
7 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
7 4 (18.18%) Hyper-V
7 4 (18.18%) Data Management
7 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
7 4 (18.18%) SysML
7 4 (18.18%) Requirements Management
7 4 (18.18%) Legal
7 4 (18.18%) Manufacturing

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (63.64%) Simulink
2 10 (45.45%) Stateflow
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
1 3 (13.64%) Azure App Service
1 3 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (13.64%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) J1939
2 4 (18.18%) 4G
2 4 (18.18%) 5G
2 4 (18.18%) Firewall
2 4 (18.18%) MPLS
2 4 (18.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) JIRA
General
1 11 (50.00%) Automotive
2 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Legal
3 4 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 4 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 3 (13.64%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Algorithms
2 7 (31.82%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (18.18%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (18.18%) Driving Licence
3 4 (18.18%) IoT
3 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 4 (18.18%) Public Cloud
4 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 11 (50.00%) Validation
3 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (31.82%) FMEA
4 7 (31.82%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (18.18%) Customer Service
5 4 (18.18%) Data Management
5 4 (18.18%) Patch Management
5 4 (18.18%) Project Management
5 4 (18.18%) Requirements Management
5 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
5 4 (18.18%) SysML
5 4 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (13.64%) Configuration Management
6 3 (13.64%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) MATLAB
2 7 (31.82%) C
3 3 (13.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (18.18%) CESG Certified Professional
2 4 (18.18%) CTC Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) Master's Degree
2 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (50.00%) Automotive SPICE
1 11 (50.00%) ISO 26262
2 4 (18.18%) COSHH
2 4 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (18.18%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Hyper-V
2 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (50.00%) Functional Safety
2 4 (18.18%) FortiGate
3 3 (13.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Cisco
2 4 (18.18%) Darktrace
2 4 (18.18%) HP
2 4 (18.18%) Mitel
2 4 (18.18%) NEC
2 4 (18.18%) Ribbon
3 3 (13.64%) Citrix
3 3 (13.64%) Facebook
3 3 (13.64%) Instagram
3 3 (13.64%) VMware