Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Rochester

Senior System Engineer
Kent > Rochester

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Rochester is £55,000 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 16 9 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 31 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Rochester 18.13% 4.55% -
As % of the Job Titles category 18.13% 5.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 17 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 -
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Rochester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Rochester. 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 Rochester with a recognized job title 171 20 46
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 90.91% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 83 19 13
10th Percentile £25,450 £22,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £31,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £37,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.87% -26.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £57,500 £39,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £51,000 £65,000
Kent median annual salary £45,250 £42,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +6.47% -8.60% +3.33%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Rochester

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Rochester

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Rochester

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Rochester

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 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 Rochester region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (96.77%) Degree
2 24 (77.42%) Systems Engineering
3 23 (74.19%) Coaching
3 23 (74.19%) Mathematics
3 23 (74.19%) Physics
4 22 (70.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (54.84%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (51.61%) Rational DOORS
6 16 (51.61%) Information Assurance
6 16 (51.61%) SysML
6 16 (51.61%) Requirements Management
6 16 (51.61%) Management Information System
6 16 (51.61%) Electronics
6 16 (51.61%) Siemens
6 16 (51.61%) MATLAB
6 16 (51.61%) Simulink
6 16 (51.61%) Military
6 16 (51.61%) Agile
6 16 (51.61%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 7 (22.58%) Acceptance Criteria
7 7 (22.58%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (22.58%) Use Case
7 7 (22.58%) IEC 61508
7 7 (22.58%) DO-254
7 7 (22.58%) ARP4754
8 2 (6.45%) Mentoring
8 2 (6.45%) Integration Testing
8 2 (6.45%) Customer Requirements
9 1 (3.23%) NIST 800
9 1 (3.23%) NIST

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Rochester 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 16 (51.61%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 16 (51.61%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.23%) LabVIEW
General
1 16 (51.61%) Electronics
1 16 (51.61%) Military
2 1 (3.23%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 16 (51.61%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (77.42%) Systems Engineering
2 23 (74.19%) Coaching
2 23 (74.19%) Mathematics
2 23 (74.19%) Physics
3 17 (54.84%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (51.61%) Agile
4 16 (51.61%) Information Assurance
4 16 (51.61%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 16 (51.61%) Requirements Management
4 16 (51.61%) SysML
5 7 (22.58%) Acceptance Criteria
5 7 (22.58%) Use Case
6 2 (6.45%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (6.45%) Integration Testing
6 2 (6.45%) Mentoring
7 1 (3.23%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (3.23%) Software Engineering
7 1 (3.23%) Software Testing
7 1 (3.23%) Validation
7 1 (3.23%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (51.61%) MATLAB
2 1 (3.23%) C#
2 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (96.77%) Degree
2 22 (70.97%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (22.58%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (22.58%) ARP4754
1 7 (22.58%) DO-254
1 7 (22.58%) IEC 61508
2 1 (3.23%) NIST
2 1 (3.23%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 16 (51.61%) Siemens