Systems Engineering Job Trends in Portsmouth

Systems Engineering
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 32 40
Rank change year-on-year +23 +8 -16
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 40 11 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 12.35% 3.73% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.61% 4.21% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 1
10th Percentile £41,300 £38,154 -
25th Percentile £48,500 £41,051 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £49,926 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.18% -16.79% +33.33%
75th Percentile £75,900 £51,852 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,020 £58,426 -
Hampshire median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 294 261 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 90.74% 88.47% 81.71%
Number of salaries quoted 186 155 162
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,645 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% -6.10% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £79,875 £78,250 £78,625
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Systems Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in Portsmouth

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) CATIA
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.50%) GNU Octave
3 1 (2.50%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (45.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (2.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 9 (22.50%) JIRA
1 9 (22.50%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (5.00%) Apache Continuum
General
1 18 (45.00%) Finance
2 3 (7.50%) Aerospace
3 2 (5.00%) Electronics
3 2 (5.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.50%) Military
4 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (72.50%) Systems Engineer
2 7 (17.50%) Senior
3 5 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Principal Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Requirements Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Systems Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Consultant
5 2 (5.00%) Graduate
5 2 (5.00%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (2.50%) Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Graduate Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Graduate Systems Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Graduate Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Lead
6 1 (2.50%) Product Assurance Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Project Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 18 (45.00%) e-Learning
2 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.50%) Acoustics
4 1 (2.50%) Augmented Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (55.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 21 (52.50%) Innovative Thinking
3 19 (47.50%) SysML
4 18 (45.00%) DoDAF
4 18 (45.00%) Scenario Testing
4 18 (45.00%) Trade-off Analysis
4 18 (45.00%) UML
5 9 (22.50%) Systems Thinking
6 8 (20.00%) Agile
7 7 (17.50%) Requirements Management
7 7 (17.50%) Validation
7 7 (17.50%) Waterfall
8 6 (15.00%) Technical Leadership
9 4 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
9 4 (10.00%) Signal Processing
9 4 (10.00%) Software Engineering
10 3 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (7.50%) Project Management
11 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity
11 2 (5.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (5.00%) Python
2 1 (2.50%) C++
2 1 (2.50%) Java
2 1 (2.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 19 (47.50%) SC Cleared
3 17 (42.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (27.50%) Degree
5 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.00%) PhD
6 1 (2.50%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (32.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (17.50%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (2.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 18 (45.00%) Sparx
2 9 (22.50%) IBM
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.50%) ANSYS
4 1 (2.50%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.50%) Keysight
4 1 (2.50%) PTC