Systems Engineer Job Trends in Rochester

System Engineer
Kent > Rochester

The median System Engineer salary in Rochester is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 15 14 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Rochester 25.86% 23.33% 18.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 25.86% 23.33% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 0
10th Percentile £39,000 £40,525 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -
75th Percentile £58,000 £57,500 -
90th Percentile £86,157 £59,250 -
Kent median annual salary £45,000 £51,250 £46,250
% change year-on-year -12.20% +10.81% -19.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 58 60 11
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 39 43 7
10th Percentile - £34,400 £26,800
25th Percentile £24,000 £45,000 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £58,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +78.46% -61.76%
75th Percentile £57,125 £72,500 £38,250
90th Percentile £76,720 £75,000 £39,000
Kent median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -10.00%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Rochester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Rochester.

Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Rochester

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Rochester

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Rochester.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Rochester

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Rochester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Rochester over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Rochester

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Rochester

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Rochester region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (46.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (26.67%) Degree
3 3 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (20.00%) Coaching
3 3 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Cost Control
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (13.33%) Information Assurance
4 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
4 2 (13.33%) MATLAB
4 2 (13.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Physics
4 2 (13.33%) Requirements Management
4 2 (13.33%) Siemens
4 2 (13.33%) Simulink
4 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) SysML
4 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (6.67%) DO-254
5 1 (6.67%) FMEA
5 1 (6.67%) IBM
5 1 (6.67%) Internal Audit
5 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
5 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.67%) QA
5 1 (6.67%) Signal Processing

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Rochester 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 3 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (40.00%) Military
2 3 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (6.67%) Aviation
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Coaching
1 3 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (13.33%) Agile
2 2 (13.33%) Cost Control
2 2 (13.33%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (13.33%) Information Assurance
2 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
2 2 (13.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 2 (13.33%) Physics
2 2 (13.33%) Requirements Management
2 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (13.33%) SysML
2 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (6.67%) FMEA
3 1 (6.67%) Internal Audit
3 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (6.67%) Signal Processing
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.67%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (26.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) DO-254
1 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Siemens
2 1 (6.67%) IBM