Systems Engineering Job Trends in Rochester

Systems Engineering
Kent > Rochester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Rochester requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 8 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 6 12 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Rochester 10.00% 21.05% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.63% 21.05% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 0
10th Percentile £49,350 £39,800 -
25th Percentile £50,250 £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £47,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.63% - -
75th Percentile £66,075 £57,500 -
90th Percentile £71,970 £61,000 -
Kent median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -24.00% -3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Rochester

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 Rochester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 41 57 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Rochester 68.33% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 30 42 5
10th Percentile £24,000 £34,200 £31,100
25th Percentile £25,000 £45,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £58,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.28% +65.71% -58.82%
75th Percentile £59,500 £72,500 £39,000
90th Percentile £76,310 £75,000 £54,900
Kent median annual salary £40,000 £54,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +20.00% -10.00%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Rochester

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in Rochester

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in Rochester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Rochester citing Systems Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Rochester citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in Rochester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in Rochester over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in Rochester

Systems Engineering
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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) SNA
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Avionics
2 2 (33.33%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Senior
2 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Hardware Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance
2 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 2 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Physics
2 2 (33.33%) SysML
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Signal Processing
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (16.67%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Siemens
2 2 (33.33%) IBM