Systems Engineering Job Trends in Northampton

Systems Engineering
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 5 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 1.96% 2.44% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 3.14% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £75,900 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northampton

Systems Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Northampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 222 191 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 87.06% 77.64% 88.84%
Number of salaries quoted 147 83 168
10th Percentile £29,400 £25,850 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,400 £73,250
Northamptonshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Systems Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in Northampton

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Systems Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (40.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (40.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) SysML
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) IBM