Systems Engineer Jobs in the South East

System Engineer
England > South East

The median System Engineer salary in the South East is £62,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 68 198
Rank change year-on-year +50 +130 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 789 625 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.27% 3.73% 1.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.56% 3.96% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 564 421 73
10th Percentile £44,604 £34,000 £39,600
25th Percentile £47,683 £37,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile - £70,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -4.76% +5.00%

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 8,254 15,768 12,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.53% 94.01% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,528 11,302 8,136
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%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the South East

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the South East

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the South East

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 Systems Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Isle of Wight - 391 £62,000 - 32
Hampshire +42 230 £47,683 -13.30% 86
Kent +28 75 £47,683 -3.18% 8
Surrey +82 42 £45,500 -9.00% 30
Thames Valley -117 26 £50,000 - 51
West Sussex +32 17 £50,000 +11.11% 10
Oxfordshire -46 12 £52,500 +5.00% 22
Berkshire -75 8 £50,000 - 22
Buckinghamshire -11 6 £44,000 +3.53% 13
Middlesex -16 5 - -
East Sussex +21 2 - - 4
Home Counties - 1 £70,000 -
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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 Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 613 (77.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 606 (76.81%) Systems Engineering
3 352 (44.61%) Degree
4 351 (44.49%) Electronics
5 346 (43.85%) Rational DOORS
6 328 (41.57%) IBM
7 302 (38.28%) Signal Processing
8 292 (37.01%) Technical Leadership
9 291 (36.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 291 (36.88%) Algorithms
10 193 (24.46%) MATLAB
11 182 (23.07%) SysML
12 166 (21.04%) UML
13 159 (20.15%) Test Planning
14 146 (18.50%) Cybersecurity
15 140 (17.74%) Agile
16 132 (16.73%) Physics
17 129 (16.35%) Mentoring
18 124 (15.72%) Mathematics
18 124 (15.72%) Presentation Skills
18 124 (15.72%) MODAF
19 103 (13.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 101 (12.80%) R
21 94 (11.91%) Social Skills
22 74 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
22 74 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
23 68 (8.62%) Requirements Management
24 65 (8.24%) Computer Science
25 59 (7.48%) Aerospace
26 58 (7.35%) Model-Based Systems Engineering

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 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.13%) Apache
2 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.13%) WinCC
Applications
1 53 (6.72%) Simulink
2 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.25%) Zemax
4 1 (0.13%) EPLAN
4 1 (0.13%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 35 (4.44%) Teamcenter
2 7 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.63%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 4 (0.51%) Azure
2 3 (0.38%) GitHub
2 3 (0.38%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (0.25%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.13%) AWS
4 1 (0.13%) Azure App Service
4 1 (0.13%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.13%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.04%) Broadband
2 23 (2.92%) Wireshark
3 11 (1.39%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (0.51%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.38%) DHCP
5 3 (0.38%) DNS
5 3 (0.38%) Firewall
5 3 (0.38%) SMTP
5 3 (0.38%) VoIP
6 2 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.25%) NAS
6 2 (0.25%) SAN
7 1 (0.13%) ATM
7 1 (0.13%) DVB
7 1 (0.13%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.13%) LTE
7 1 (0.13%) Profibus
7 1 (0.13%) SSL
7 1 (0.13%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.38%) MongoDB
1 3 (0.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (0.25%) MySQL
2 2 (0.25%) Power BI
3 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 346 (43.85%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (0.38%) Eclipse
2 3 (0.38%) JIRA
3 1 (0.13%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 351 (44.49%) Electronics
2 124 (15.72%) Presentation Skills
3 94 (11.91%) Social Skills
4 59 (7.48%) Aerospace
5 24 (3.04%) Military
6 13 (1.65%) Automotive
7 12 (1.52%) Finance
8 11 (1.39%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.01%) Aviation
10 4 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.51%) Legal
11 3 (0.38%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (0.38%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.25%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.13%) Advertising
13 1 (0.13%) Avionics
13 1 (0.13%) Games
13 1 (0.13%) Marketing
13 1 (0.13%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.63%) XML
2 3 (0.38%) Kafka
3 1 (0.13%) REST
3 1 (0.13%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 291 (36.88%) Algorithms
2 17 (2.15%) Management Information System
3 12 (1.52%) e-Learning
4 11 (1.39%) FPGA
5 9 (1.14%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (0.63%) Data Centre
6 5 (0.63%) Reference Data
7 3 (0.38%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.25%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.25%) SCADA
8 2 (0.25%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.13%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.13%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.13%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.13%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.13%) Replication
9 1 (0.13%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 29 (3.68%) Linux
2 28 (3.55%) Windows
3 4 (0.51%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.38%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) CentOS
6 1 (0.13%) Debian
6 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 606 (76.81%) Systems Engineering
2 302 (38.28%) Signal Processing
3 292 (37.01%) Technical Leadership
4 182 (23.07%) SysML
5 166 (21.04%) UML
6 159 (20.15%) Test Planning
7 146 (18.50%) Cybersecurity
8 140 (17.74%) Agile
9 132 (16.73%) Physics
10 129 (16.35%) Mentoring
11 124 (15.72%) Mathematics
11 124 (15.72%) MODAF
12 103 (13.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 74 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
13 74 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
14 68 (8.62%) Requirements Management
15 65 (8.24%) Computer Science
16 58 (7.35%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
17 51 (6.46%) Coaching
18 50 (6.34%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 193 (24.46%) MATLAB
2 101 (12.80%) R
3 13 (1.65%) C++
4 11 (1.39%) C
5 8 (1.01%) SQL
6 5 (0.63%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.63%) Python
7 4 (0.51%) C#
7 4 (0.51%) Embedded C++
8 3 (0.38%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.25%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.13%) Bash
10 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 613 (77.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 352 (44.61%) Degree
3 58 (7.35%) Chartered Engineer
4 33 (4.18%) Security Cleared
5 27 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.42%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.53%) HNC
7 14 (1.77%) NVQ Level 3
8 11 (1.39%) HND
9 2 (0.25%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.13%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (36.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 35 (4.44%) ARP4754
2 35 (4.44%) DO-254
2 35 (4.44%) IEC 61508
3 7 (0.89%) Def Stans
4 5 (0.63%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.51%) ISO 26262
6 3 (0.38%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.38%) ECSS
6 3 (0.38%) HAZOP
7 2 (0.25%) Automotive SPICE
8 1 (0.13%) GDPR
8 1 (0.13%) NIST
8 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 14 (1.77%) Firmware
2 11 (1.39%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (0.51%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.38%) WSUS
2 2 (0.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 328 (41.57%) IBM
2 19 (2.41%) Siemens
3 12 (1.52%) Microsoft
3 12 (1.52%) VMware
4 7 (0.89%) Sparx
5 4 (0.51%) Citrix
6 3 (0.38%) Cadence
6 3 (0.38%) EMC
7 2 (0.25%) Cisco
7 2 (0.25%) Dell
7 2 (0.25%) Veeam
8 1 (0.13%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.13%) AVEVA
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.13%) Remedy
8 1 (0.13%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.13%) Sophos
8 1 (0.13%) Vectorworks