Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Northamptonshire

Senior System Engineer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Northamptonshire is £63,150 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 59 41
Rank change year-on-year +8 -18 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 27 20 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 3.60% 2.16% 2.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.69% 2.28% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 20 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,150 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.25% - -
East Midlands median annual salary £63,150 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year +14.82% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 732 878 318
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.60% 94.82% 89.08%
Number of salaries quoted 289 536 202
10th Percentile £28,500 £24,750 £29,225
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,900 £70,000 £83,500
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +10.53%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Northamptonshire

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Northamptonshire

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Northampton +9 26 £63,150 -2.85%
Towcester - 1 - - 1
Senior Systems Engineer
East Midlands

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (96.30%) Systems Engineering
2 20 (74.07%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (48.15%) Degree
4 10 (37.04%) Automotive
5 7 (25.93%) Mathematics
5 7 (25.93%) Physics
5 7 (25.93%) IEC 61508
5 7 (25.93%) DO-254
5 7 (25.93%) ARP4754
5 7 (25.93%) Coaching
6 6 (22.22%) Telecoms
6 6 (22.22%) Requirements Management
6 6 (22.22%) Project Planning
7 4 (14.81%) Aerospace
7 4 (14.81%) Validation
7 4 (14.81%) Agile
7 4 (14.81%) Software Testing
7 4 (14.81%) MATLAB
7 4 (14.81%) Simulink
8 3 (11.11%) IBM
8 3 (11.11%) Algorithms
8 3 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (11.11%) Signal Processing
8 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (11.11%) Electronics

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

Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
General
1 10 (37.04%) Automotive
2 6 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 4 (14.81%) Aerospace
4 3 (11.11%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (96.30%) Systems Engineering
2 7 (25.93%) Coaching
2 7 (25.93%) Mathematics
2 7 (25.93%) Physics
3 6 (22.22%) Project Planning
3 6 (22.22%) Requirements Management
4 4 (14.81%) Agile
4 4 (14.81%) Software Testing
4 4 (14.81%) Validation
5 3 (11.11%) Signal Processing
5 3 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 20 (74.07%) BPSS Clearance
2 13 (48.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) ARP4754
1 7 (25.93%) DO-254
1 7 (25.93%) IEC 61508
2 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) IBM