Systems Engineer Job Trends in Sheerness

System Engineer
Kent > Sheerness

The median System Engineer salary in Sheerness is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheerness 33.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 33.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £56,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +13.40% -15.65%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Sheerness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheerness. 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 Sheerness with a recognized job title 3 1 0
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £41,750 - -
25th Percentile £44,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £59,375 - -
90th Percentile £61,250 - -
Kent median annual salary £42,500 £52,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.27% +22.35% -15.00%

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheerness

For the 6 months to 15 February 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 Sheerness region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheerness 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 1 (100.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens