Systems Engineer Jobs in Kingston Upon Thames

System Engineer
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The median System Engineer salary in Kingston Upon Thames is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 46 38
Rank change year-on-year +25 -8 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 10 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 6.90% 1.96% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.19% 2.06% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 1
10th Percentile £59,700 £50,300 -
25th Percentile £62,500 £53,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +108.33% -31.03%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,625 -
90th Percentile - £72,500 -
South London median annual salary £65,000 £61,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +105.83% -40.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kingston Upon Thames

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kingston Upon Thames. 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 Kingston Upon Thames with a recognized job title 139 340 161
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.86% 94.97% 92.00%
Number of salaries quoted 56 118 128
10th Percentile £46,500 £33,237 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,750 £45,688 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +0.83% +26.32%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £89,125
South London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Kingston Upon Thames

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in Kingston Upon Thames.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Kingston Upon Thames

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Kingston Upon Thames

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Kingston Upon Thames region over the 6 months to 7 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
New Malden +13 8 £65,000 +4.00%
Surbiton - 1 - -
Chessington - 1 - -
Systems Engineer
South London

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames

For the 6 months to 7 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 Kingston Upon Thames region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) High Availability
2 6 (60.00%) Siemens
3 4 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Degree
4 3 (30.00%) SCADA
4 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (30.00%) WinCC
4 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (30.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (30.00%) Product Management
4 3 (30.00%) Red Hat
4 3 (30.00%) Aerospace
4 3 (30.00%) C#
4 3 (30.00%) C++
4 3 (30.00%) SQL
4 3 (30.00%) VB
4 3 (30.00%) Oracle
4 3 (30.00%) Linux
4 3 (30.00%) Broadband
4 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (30.00%) Functional Safety
4 3 (30.00%) Rockwell
4 3 (30.00%) Broadcast Engineering
4 3 (30.00%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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 (30.00%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Broadband
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
1 3 (30.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) High Availability
2 4 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Broadcast Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Product Management
3 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Cyber Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) C#
1 3 (30.00%) C++
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
1 3 (30.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 3 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Siemens
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle
2 3 (30.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (30.00%) Rockwell