Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Somerset

Senior System Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Somerset is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 49 59
Rank change year-on-year +13 +10 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 16 12 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 4.29% 1.63% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.47% 1.67% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - -
75th Percentile £48,750 £67,500 -
90th Percentile - £70,000 -
South West median annual salary £52,600 £60,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -12.33% -5.88% -5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 358 718 474
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.98% 97.42% 82.29%
Number of salaries quoted 169 589 360
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,228 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -10.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £70,600
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Somerset

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Somerset

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yeovil - 14 - -
Senior Systems Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 Somerset region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (87.50%) Degree
2 9 (56.25%) Systems Engineering
3 7 (43.75%) Mathematics
3 7 (43.75%) Physics
3 7 (43.75%) Use Case
3 7 (43.75%) Chartered Engineer
3 7 (43.75%) IEC 61508
3 7 (43.75%) DO-254
3 7 (43.75%) ARP4754
3 7 (43.75%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (43.75%) Coaching
3 7 (43.75%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 2 (12.50%) DBS Check
4 2 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 2 (12.50%) SmoothWall
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (12.50%) Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Service Management
4 2 (12.50%) VMware
4 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Local Government
4 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
4 2 (12.50%) Azure
4 2 (12.50%) SaaS
4 2 (12.50%) ITIL

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
1 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) SAN
General
1 2 (12.50%) Local Government
1 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Systems Engineering
2 7 (43.75%) Acceptance Criteria
2 7 (43.75%) Coaching
2 7 (43.75%) Mathematics
2 7 (43.75%) Physics
2 7 (43.75%) Use Case
3 2 (12.50%) Analytics
3 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (12.50%) Decision Intelligence
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL
3 2 (12.50%) Project Management
3 2 (12.50%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (87.50%) Degree
2 7 (43.75%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (43.75%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) DBS Check
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) ARP4754
1 7 (43.75%) DO-254
1 7 (43.75%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (12.50%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco
1 2 (12.50%) EMC
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 2 (12.50%) Palo Alto
1 2 (12.50%) VMware