Junior Systems Engineer Jobs in the South East

Junior System Engineer
England > South East

The median Junior System Engineer salary in the South East is £40,101 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 264 393 397
Rank change year-on-year +129 +4 +87
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Systems Engineer 35 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.37% 0.012% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.013% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 30 2 6
10th Percentile - £27,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £28,125 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £30,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.67% -29.41% -
75th Percentile £42,627 £31,875 £43,750
90th Percentile - £32,250 -
England median annual salary £40,101 £35,000 £41,250
% change year-on-year +14.57% -15.15% -17.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 8,163 15,754 13,008
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.61% 93.96% 90.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,490 11,303 8,204
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Junior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Junior Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Junior Systems Engineer in the South East

Junior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Systems Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Junior Systems Engineer in the South East

Junior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Systems Engineer within the South East 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
Hampshire - 14 £40,101 -
Isle of Wight - 14 £40,101 -
Kent - 7 £40,101 -
Junior Systems Engineer
England

Junior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Junior 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 South East region featuring Junior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (100.00%) UML
1 35 (100.00%) IBM
1 35 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 35 (100.00%) Simulink
1 35 (100.00%) Project Management
1 35 (100.00%) Electronics
1 35 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 35 (100.00%) PLM
1 35 (100.00%) Teamcenter
1 35 (100.00%) SysML
1 35 (100.00%) Degree
1 35 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 35 (100.00%) Physics
1 35 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 35 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 35 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 35 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 35 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 35 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 35 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 35 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 35 (100.00%) Social Skills

Junior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 35 (100.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 35 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 35 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 35 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 35 (100.00%) Electronics
1 35 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 35 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 35 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 35 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 35 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 35 (100.00%) Physics
1 35 (100.00%) PLM
1 35 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 35 (100.00%) Project Management
1 35 (100.00%) SysML
1 35 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 35 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 35 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 35 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 35 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) IBM