Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in the South East

The median annual salary for a Senior Systems Engineer was £57,500 in advertised job vacancies in the South East during the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Senior System Engineer England / South East
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	351	395	410
Rank change year-on-year	+44	+15
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer	45	47	68
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East	0.31%	0.25%	0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.32%	0.26%	0.33%
Number of salaries quoted	39	40	63
Median salary	£57,500	£52,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+9.52%	+16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than	£43,800	£30,000	£30,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£63,000	£67,500	£55,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£46,250	£43,500
% change year-on-year	-2.70%	+6.32%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles South East
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	13973	17912	20759
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East	96.60%	96.94%	97.18%
Number of salaries quoted	11705	15216	16890
Median salary	£43,000	£44,000	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-2.27%	+3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,500	£26,250	£25,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£65,000	£62,500	£62,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South East that featured Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the South East

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the South East

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in the South East over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Engineer in the South East

Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Hampshire	+26	11	£60,000	+33.33%	1
Surrey	+34	9	£60,000	-11.11%	2
Oxfordshire	+12	9	£58,750	+67.85%	1
East Sussex	+16	7	£50,000	-
Kent	+12	4	£39,000	-	1
West Sussex	+7	2	-	-	2
Buckinghamshire	-	2	£55,000	-
Middlesex	-	1	£65,000	-
Senior Systems Engineer England

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, Senior Systems Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South East region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1	47 (54.65%)	Windows
2	39 (45.35%)	Microsoft
3	38 (44.19%)	Linux
4	37 (43.02%)	Amazon AWS
5	34 (39.53%)	Microsoft Azure
6	32 (37.21%)	Active Directory
7	31 (36.05%)	Hyper-V
7	31 (36.05%)	Windows Server
8	25 (29.07%)	Windows Server 2012
8	25 (29.07%)	DNS
9	24 (27.91%)	Identity Management
10	23 (26.74%)	PowerShell
11	21 (24.42%)	Office 365
12	20 (23.26%)	IaaS
13	19 (22.09%)	Degree

13	19 (22.09%)	Python
14	17 (19.77%)	VMware
14	17 (19.77%)	SCOM
15	15 (17.44%)	Java
16	14 (16.28%)	Perl
16	14 (16.28%)	Unix
16	14 (16.28%)	PostgreSQL
16	14 (16.28%)	DevOps
17	13 (15.12%)	Skype
17	13 (15.12%)	Patch Management
17	13 (15.12%)	Skype for Business
17	13 (15.12%)	Computer Science
17	13 (15.12%)	PaaS
17	13 (15.12%)	PBX
17	13 (15.12%)	PSTN

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	13 (15.12%)	Skype for Business
2	4 (4.65%)	MS Exchange
3	3 (3.49%)	Apache
3	3 (3.49%)	nginx
4	1 (1.16%)	SharePoint
4	1 (1.16%)	Tomcat

Cloud Services
1	37 (43.02%)	Amazon AWS
2	34 (39.53%)	Microsoft Azure
3	21 (24.42%)	Office 365
4	20 (23.26%)	IaaS
5	13 (15.12%)	PaaS
6	6 (6.98%)	OpenShift
6	6 (6.98%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	25 (29.07%)	DNS
2	13 (15.12%)	DHCP
2	13 (15.12%)	PBX
2	13 (15.12%)	PSTN
2	13 (15.12%)	Skype
3	10 (11.63%)	Kerberos
3	10 (11.63%)	LDAP
4	6 (6.98%)	TCP/IP
5	5 (5.81%)	SAN
6	4 (4.65%)	HTTP
7	3 (3.49%)	LAN
7	3 (3.49%)	WAN
8	2 (2.33%)	VoIP
9	1 (1.16%)	2G
9	1 (1.16%)	3G
9	1 (1.16%)	LTE
9	1 (1.16%)	SSL

Database & Business Intelligence
1	14 (16.28%)	PostgreSQL
2	11 (12.79%)	MySQL
3	7 (8.14%)	Hadoop
3	7 (8.14%)	RDBMS
3	7 (8.14%)	Relational Database
4	5 (5.81%)	Big Data
5	4 (4.65%)	SQL Server
6	3 (3.49%)	NoSQL
7	1 (1.16%)	SQL Server 2012

Development Applications
1	1 (1.16%)	HP UFT
1	1 (1.16%)	Rational DOORS
1	1 (1.16%)	Selenium
1	1 (1.16%)	StarTeam

General
1	3 (3.49%)	Aerospace
1	3 (3.49%)	Legal
1	3 (3.49%)	Marketing
2	2 (2.33%)	Avionics
3	1 (1.16%)	Electronics
3	1 (1.16%)	Games
3	1 (1.16%)	Manufacturing

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	8 (9.30%)	HTML
2	4 (4.65%)	Web Services
3	1 (1.16%)	CSS
3	1 (1.16%)	J2EE
3	1 (1.16%)	jQuery
3	1 (1.16%)	REST

Miscellaneous
1	13 (15.12%)	Computer Science
2	8 (9.30%)	PKI
3	6 (6.98%)	Smart Meter
4	5 (5.81%)	Data Structures
5	2 (2.33%)	Clustering
5	2 (2.33%)	Data Centre
5	2 (2.33%)	Driving Licence
6	1 (1.16%)	Analytical Skills
6	1 (1.16%)	Embedded Systems
6	1 (1.16%)	EMC VNXe
6	1 (1.16%)	Fat Client
6	1 (1.16%)	Hybrid Cloud
6	1 (1.16%)	Online Games
6	1 (1.16%)	Replication
6	1 (1.16%)	Smart Energy
6	1 (1.16%)	Thin Client

Operating Systems
1	47 (54.65%)	Windows
2	38 (44.19%)	Linux
3	31 (36.05%)	Windows Server
4	25 (29.07%)	Windows Server 2012
5	14 (16.28%)	Unix
6	11 (12.79%)	Ubuntu
7	10 (11.63%)	Debian
7	10 (11.63%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	8 (9.30%)	Mac OS X
9	6 (6.98%)	CentOS
10	5 (5.81%)	AIX
11	1 (1.16%)	Embedded Linux
11	1 (1.16%)	Oracle Linux
11	1 (1.16%)	Windows 10
11	1 (1.16%)	Windows 7

Processes & Methodologies
1	24 (27.91%)	Identity Management
2	14 (16.28%)	DevOps
3	13 (15.12%)	Patch Management
4	11 (12.79%)	Task Automation
5	9 (10.47%)	Agile Software Development
5	9 (10.47%)	High Availability
6	8 (9.30%)	Email Filtering
6	8 (9.30%)	Kalman Filter
7	7 (8.14%)	Change Management
7	7 (8.14%)	Continuous Integration
7	7 (8.14%)	ITIL
7	7 (8.14%)	Mentoring
8	6 (6.98%)	ITIL V3
8	6 (6.98%)	Root Cause Analysis
8	6 (6.98%)	Software Engineering
9	5 (5.81%)	Asset Management
9	5 (5.81%)	Validation
9	5 (5.81%)	Virtual Infrastructure
10	4 (4.65%)	Configuration Management
10	4 (4.65%)	Service Design

Programming Languages
1	23 (26.74%)	PowerShell
2	19 (22.09%)	Python
3	15 (17.44%)	Java
4	14 (16.28%)	Perl
5	11 (12.79%)	PHP
5	11 (12.79%)	SQL
6	10 (11.63%)	C
6	10 (11.63%)	C++
7	8 (9.30%)	Bash Shell
7	8 (9.30%)	JavaScript
7	8 (9.30%)	Ruby
8	4 (4.65%)	Shell Script
9	2 (2.33%)	Fortran
10	1 (1.16%)	C#
10	1 (1.16%)	Embedded C
10	1 (1.16%)	Embedded C++

Qualifications
1	19 (22.09%)	Degree
2	8 (9.30%)	CCNA
2	8 (9.30%)	Cisco Certification
2	8 (9.30%)	RHCE
3	7 (8.14%)	Security Cleared
4	6 (6.98%)	CISSP
4	6 (6.98%)	Computer Science Degree
4	6 (6.98%)	RHCSA
4	6 (6.98%)	SC Cleared
5	4 (4.65%)	MCSE
5	4 (4.65%)	Microsoft Certification
6	2 (2.33%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7	1 (1.16%)	ISEB

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	10 (11.63%)	QA
2	7 (8.14%)	PCI DSS
3	6 (6.98%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	1 (1.16%)	ISO 13485

System Software
1	32 (37.21%)	Active Directory
2	31 (36.05%)	Hyper-V
3	7 (8.14%)	Virtual Servers
3	7 (8.14%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	6 (6.98%)	Docker
5	4 (4.65%)	Firmware
6	3 (3.49%)	KVM
6	3 (3.49%)	Varnish
6	3 (3.49%)	Xen
7	2 (2.33%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
8	1 (1.16%)	Microsoft App-V
8	1 (1.16%)	NFS
8	1 (1.16%)	Sendmail
8	1 (1.16%)	Virtual Desktop

Systems Management
1	17 (19.77%)	SCOM
2	12 (13.95%)	SCCM
3	4 (4.65%)	Puppet
4	3 (3.49%)	Kubernetes
4	3 (3.49%)	Nagios
5	1 (1.16%)	AirWatch
5	1 (1.16%)	Ansible
5	1 (1.16%)	Microsoft Intune

Vendors
1	39 (45.35%)	Microsoft
2	17 (19.77%)	VMware
3	12 (13.95%)	Red Hat
4	7 (8.14%)	Citrix
4	7 (8.14%)	SolarWinds
5	5 (5.81%)	IBM
5	5 (5.81%)	LANDesk
6	4 (4.65%)	Cisco
7	2 (2.33%)	EMC
7	2 (2.33%)	HP
7	2 (2.33%)	Progress
7	2 (2.33%)	SAP
7	2 (2.33%)	ServiceNow
7	2 (2.33%)	Veeam
7	2 (2.33%)	Zerto
8	1 (1.16%)	Apple
8	1 (1.16%)	Brocade
8	1 (1.16%)	Oracle