Systems Engineer Jobs in Kent

System Engineer
South East > Kent

The median System Engineer salary in Kent is £48,500 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 41 57 76
Rank change year-on-year +16 +19 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 65 46 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 4.35% 4.00% 3.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.68% 4.67% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 37 1 9
10th Percentile £36,650 - £31,650
25th Percentile £41,000 - £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £36,000 £34,750
Median % change year-on-year +34.72% +3.60% +2.21%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £35,250
90th Percentile £63,972 - £35,425
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +17.65%

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%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Kent

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Kent

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Kent over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Kent

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 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 - 14 £50,000 - 1
Canterbury -2 7 £44,000 -
Maidstone +20 6 - -
Tunbridge Wells +1 5 £65,000 -
Stansted - 3 £44,500 -
Chatham - 3 £38,500 -
Westerham - 1 - -
Systems Engineer
South East

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

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

1 28 (43.08%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (32.31%) MATLAB
2 21 (32.31%) Simulink
3 18 (27.69%) Validation
3 18 (27.69%) Automotive
3 18 (27.69%) Functional Safety
4 17 (26.15%) Algorithms
4 17 (26.15%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (26.15%) Stateflow
5 16 (24.62%) Telecoms
6 15 (23.08%) Embedded Systems
7 14 (21.54%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 14 (21.54%) Social Skills
8 13 (20.00%) Management Information System
9 11 (16.92%) Microsoft
9 11 (16.92%) Legal
9 11 (16.92%) Degree
9 11 (16.92%) Systems Engineering
9 11 (16.92%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (16.92%) Automotive SPICE
9 11 (16.92%) ISO 26262
9 11 (16.92%) Customer Requirements
10 10 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (15.38%) GDPR
10 10 (15.38%) CTC Cleared
10 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
10 10 (15.38%) FortiGate
10 10 (15.38%) Hyper-V
10 10 (15.38%) Cisco
11 9 (13.85%) Project Management

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 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (4.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (32.31%) Simulink
2 17 (26.15%) Stateflow
3 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.23%) Azure
1 6 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.62%) Azure App Service
2 3 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (4.62%) Entra ID
2 3 (4.62%) OneDrive
2 3 (4.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.85%) 4G
1 9 (13.85%) 5G
1 9 (13.85%) Firewall
1 9 (13.85%) MPLS
1 9 (13.85%) WAN
2 7 (10.77%) J1939
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 7 (10.77%) JIRA
General
1 18 (27.69%) Automotive
2 16 (24.62%) Telecoms
3 14 (21.54%) Social Skills
4 11 (16.92%) Legal
5 5 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.62%) Retail
8 1 (1.54%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.15%) Algorithms
2 15 (23.08%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 11 (16.92%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (13.85%) ARM Cortex
5 9 (13.85%) Driving Licence
5 9 (13.85%) IoT
6 4 (6.15%) Public Cloud
7 3 (4.62%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (4.62%) Security Posture
8 2 (3.08%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.62%) Android
1 3 (4.62%) Apple iOS
1 3 (4.62%) VMS
1 3 (4.62%) Windows
2 1 (1.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (43.08%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (27.69%) Validation
3 17 (26.15%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (21.54%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 11 (16.92%) Customer Requirements
5 11 (16.92%) Systems Engineering
6 9 (13.85%) Data Management
6 9 (13.85%) Project Management
7 8 (12.31%) Customer Service
8 7 (10.77%) FMEA
9 6 (9.23%) Change Control
9 6 (9.23%) Time Management
10 5 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (7.69%) Software Engineering
11 4 (6.15%) DevOps
11 4 (6.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 4 (6.15%) Patch Management
11 4 (6.15%) Requirements Management
11 4 (6.15%) SysML
11 4 (6.15%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 21 (32.31%) MATLAB
2 8 (12.31%) C
3 3 (4.62%) SQL
4 1 (1.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (16.92%) Degree
2 10 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 10 (15.38%) CTC Cleared
2 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.15%) CESG Certified Professional
3 4 (6.15%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.62%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.92%) Automotive SPICE
1 11 (16.92%) ISO 26262
2 10 (15.38%) GDPR
3 9 (13.85%) COSHH
3 9 (13.85%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 10 (15.38%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.62%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (27.69%) Functional Safety
2 10 (15.38%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.62%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.38%) Cisco
3 9 (13.85%) Darktrace
3 9 (13.85%) HP
3 9 (13.85%) Mitel
3 9 (13.85%) NEC
3 9 (13.85%) Ribbon
4 6 (9.23%) VMware
5 3 (4.62%) Citrix
5 3 (4.62%) Facebook
5 3 (4.62%) Instagram
5 3 (4.62%) Meraki
5 3 (4.62%) MikroTik
5 3 (4.62%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (1.54%) Aruba