Systems Engineer Jobs in Northampton

System Engineer
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median System Engineer salary in Northampton is £47,683 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 28 38
Rank change year-on-year +22 +10 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 104 21 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 20.76% 5.01% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.40% 5.10% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 28 15 0
10th Percentile £37,574 £24,750 -
25th Percentile - £32,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% - -
75th Percentile - £50,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 -
% change year-on-year +5.96% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 486 412 256
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.01% 98.33% 86.20%
Number of salaries quoted 186 340 171
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,807 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £41,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.30% -21.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £78,500
Northamptonshire median annual salary £47,683 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +19.21% -23.81% +5.00%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Northampton

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Northampton

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Northampton

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 Northampton region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 90 (86.54%) Systems Engineering
2 84 (80.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 68 (65.38%) Degree
4 44 (42.31%) MATLAB
5 39 (37.50%) Agile
5 39 (37.50%) SysML
6 33 (31.73%) UML
7 26 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (25.00%) MODAF
8 23 (22.12%) Validation
9 22 (21.15%) Automotive
10 18 (17.31%) Aerospace
10 18 (17.31%) Simulink
10 18 (17.31%) Mathematics
10 18 (17.31%) Physics
11 17 (16.35%) Project Planning
11 17 (16.35%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 13 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
13 11 (10.58%) Telecoms
13 11 (10.58%) Software Testing
14 9 (8.65%) Coaching
15 7 (6.73%) Creative Problem-Solving
15 7 (6.73%) Problem-Solving
15 7 (6.73%) Social Skills
15 7 (6.73%) Electronics
15 7 (6.73%) PLM
15 7 (6.73%) Teamcenter
15 7 (6.73%) Project Management
15 7 (6.73%) IBM

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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 2 (1.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (17.31%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (6.73%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.96%) Azure
1 1 (0.96%) IaaS
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.92%) MySQL
1 2 (1.92%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (6.73%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.92%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.92%) Git
2 2 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 26 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 22 (21.15%) Automotive
3 18 (17.31%) Aerospace
4 11 (10.58%) Telecoms
5 7 (6.73%) Electronics
5 7 (6.73%) Social Skills
6 4 (3.85%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.92%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.92%) Linux
1 2 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (86.54%) Systems Engineering
2 39 (37.50%) Agile
2 39 (37.50%) SysML
3 33 (31.73%) UML
4 26 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (25.00%) MODAF
5 23 (22.12%) Validation
6 18 (17.31%) Mathematics
6 18 (17.31%) Physics
7 17 (16.35%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 17 (16.35%) Project Planning
8 13 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
9 11 (10.58%) Software Testing
10 9 (8.65%) Coaching
11 7 (6.73%) Computer Science
11 7 (6.73%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 7 (6.73%) PLM
11 7 (6.73%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (6.73%) Project Management
11 7 (6.73%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 44 (42.31%) MATLAB
2 2 (1.92%) C#
Qualifications
1 84 (80.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 68 (65.38%) Degree
3 7 (6.73%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (0.96%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.96%) CCNA
4 1 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) ARP4754
1 7 (6.73%) DO-254
1 7 (6.73%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 2 (1.92%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (6.73%) IBM
2 2 (1.92%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.96%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (0.96%) Datto
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.96%) Veeam