Lead Systems Engineer Job Trends in Sittingbourne

Lead System Engineer
Kent > Sittingbourne

The median Lead System Engineer salary in Sittingbourne is £65,000 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 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sittingbourne 4.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
Kent median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Sittingbourne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sittingbourne. 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 Sittingbourne with a recognized job title 16 8 22
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 69.57% 100.00% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 22
10th Percentile £32,600 £32,500 £27,525
25th Percentile - £33,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -27.27% +61.76%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,188 -
90th Percentile £60,000 £49,375 -
Kent median annual salary £42,500 £52,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.27% +22.35% -15.00%

Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sittingbourne

For the 6 months to 15 February 2026, Lead 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 Sittingbourne region featuring Lead Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
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%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering

Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sittingbourne 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%) Aerospace
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
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