Lead Systems Engineer Jobs in the South East

Lead System Engineer
England > South East

The median Lead System Engineer salary in the South East is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 340 310
Rank change year-on-year +46 -30 +182
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer 31 17 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.29% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 14
10th Percentile - - £60,875
25th Percentile £66,250 - £84,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £85,000
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £73,000 - -
England median annual salary £54,793 £54,793 £85,000
% change year-on-year - -35.54% +77.08%

All DemandTrendPermanent 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 9,752 13,681 9,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.81% 95.39% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,341 8,717 6,564
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Lead Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Systems Engineer in the South East

Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Lead Systems Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Systems Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Systems Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Systems Engineer in the South East

Lead 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 Lead Systems Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +60 16 £70,000 -
Isle of Wight - 8 - -
Kent - 4 - -
Thames Valley +7 3 £85,000 - 2
Buckinghamshire -6 2 - -
Berkshire +3 1 £85,000 - 2
Lead Systems Engineer
England

Lead Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, Lead 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 Lead Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (74.19%) Systems Engineering
2 20 (64.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) VMware
3 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.68%) API Integration
4 3 (9.68%) Def Stans
4 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.68%) Roadmaps
4 3 (9.68%) Aerospace
4 3 (9.68%) Software Testing
4 3 (9.68%) Integration Testing
4 3 (9.68%) Analytics
4 3 (9.68%) MongoDB
4 3 (9.68%) Kafka
4 3 (9.68%) Data Analytics
5 2 (6.45%) Siemens
6 1 (3.23%) Firewall
6 1 (3.23%) Software Engineering
6 1 (3.23%) SCADA
6 1 (3.23%) QA
6 1 (3.23%) Windows
6 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (3.23%) Modbus
6 1 (3.23%) Profibus
6 1 (3.23%) ArchestrA
6 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
6 1 (3.23%) IEC 61508

Lead 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) ArchestrA
1 1 (3.23%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (3.23%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) Modbus
1 1 (3.23%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) MongoDB
General
1 3 (9.68%) Aerospace
1 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
1 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
1 1 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (3.23%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
1 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (74.19%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (9.68%) Analytics
3 3 (9.68%) API Integration
3 3 (9.68%) Data Analytics
3 3 (9.68%) Integration Testing
3 3 (9.68%) Roadmaps
3 3 (9.68%) Software Testing
4 1 (3.23%) Software Engineering
4 1 (3.23%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 20 (64.52%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
2 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) Def Stans
2 1 (3.23%) IEC 61131
2 1 (3.23%) IEC 61508
2 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) VMware
2 2 (6.45%) Siemens
3 1 (3.23%) Rockwell