Systems Engineer Jobs in Portsmouth

System Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median System Engineer salary in Portsmouth is £47,683 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 16 50
Rank change year-on-year +13 +34 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 121 43 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 29.30% 7.86% 3.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 30.33% 8.35% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 52 22 2
10th Percentile £37,574 £30,798 £43,075
25th Percentile - £42,000 £45,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £48,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year -0.66% -7.25% +7.81%
75th Percentile £50,000 £63,125 £60,063
90th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £63,025
Hampshire median annual salary £47,683 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.30% -8.33% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 399 515 376
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.61% 94.15% 91.26%
Number of salaries quoted 188 446 274
10th Percentile £33,000 £24,500 £28,575
25th Percentile £47,188 £35,188 £38,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,638 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.10% +1.43%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Portsmouth

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Portsmouth

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Portsmouth

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Portsmouth region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 76 (62.81%) Systems Engineering
2 66 (54.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 64 (52.89%) Degree
4 51 (42.15%) MATLAB
5 47 (38.84%) UML
5 47 (38.84%) SysML
6 43 (35.54%) Physics
7 32 (26.45%) SC Cleared
7 32 (26.45%) Security Cleared
7 32 (26.45%) Innovative Thinking
8 26 (21.49%) Agile
8 26 (21.49%) MODAF
8 26 (21.49%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (21.49%) Presentation Skills
9 25 (20.66%) Mathematics
10 21 (17.36%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 18 (14.88%) Software-Defined Radio
11 18 (14.88%) Digital Signal Processing
11 18 (14.88%) Signal Processing
11 18 (14.88%) FPGA
11 18 (14.88%) Firmware
11 18 (14.88%) Embedded Firmware
11 18 (14.88%) Acceptance Criteria
12 14 (11.57%) Scenario Testing
12 14 (11.57%) Sparx
12 14 (11.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 14 (11.57%) Trade-off Analysis
12 14 (11.57%) DoDAF
12 14 (11.57%) e-Learning
12 14 (11.57%) Finance

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 7 (5.79%) Simulink
2 1 (0.83%) EPLAN
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.83%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (11.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (5.79%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.88%) Software-Defined Radio
2 6 (4.96%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Rational DOORS
General
1 26 (21.49%) Presentation Skills
2 14 (11.57%) Finance
3 13 (10.74%) Social Skills
4 11 (9.09%) Aerospace
5 7 (5.79%) Electronics
6 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.88%) FPGA
2 14 (11.57%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.96%) Linux
1 6 (4.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (62.81%) Systems Engineering
2 47 (38.84%) SysML
2 47 (38.84%) UML
3 43 (35.54%) Physics
4 32 (26.45%) Innovative Thinking
5 26 (21.49%) Agile
5 26 (21.49%) Cybersecurity
5 26 (21.49%) MODAF
6 25 (20.66%) Mathematics
7 21 (17.36%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 18 (14.88%) Acceptance Criteria
8 18 (14.88%) Digital Signal Processing
8 18 (14.88%) Signal Processing
9 14 (11.57%) DoDAF
9 14 (11.57%) Scenario Testing
9 14 (11.57%) Trade-off Analysis
10 11 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
10 11 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
10 11 (9.09%) Requirements Management
11 7 (5.79%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 51 (42.15%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 66 (54.55%) BPSS Clearance
2 64 (52.89%) Degree
3 32 (26.45%) SC Cleared
3 32 (26.45%) Security Cleared
4 13 (10.74%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (3.31%) NVQ Level 3
6 2 (1.65%) HNC
6 2 (1.65%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.79%) ARP4754
1 7 (5.79%) DO-254
1 7 (5.79%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 18 (14.88%) Embedded Firmware
1 18 (14.88%) Firmware
Vendors
1 14 (11.57%) Sparx
2 7 (5.79%) IBM
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.83%) Siemens