Systems Engineering Job Trends in the South East

Systems Engineering
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 139 183
Rank change year-on-year +46 +44 +94
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 282 171 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.82% 2.04% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 2.30% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 134 104 98
10th Percentile £43,000 £47,853 £38,293
25th Percentile £49,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -2.36% -15.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,600 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -0.87% -17.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Systems Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,144 7,448 14,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.96% 89.02% 81.52%
Number of salaries quoted 7,929 3,859 10,026
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,400 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Systems Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in the South East

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Systems Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in the South East

Systems Engineering
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 Engineering within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 July 2026. 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 +19 137 £60,000 - 42
Isle of Wight 0 56 £87,200 +40.65% 1
Kent +1 45 £65,000 +8.33% 4
Thames Valley +26 20 £67,500 -12.90% 24
Berkshire +15 15 £72,500 -6.45% 8
West Sussex -9 13 £70,000 +27.27% 1
Surrey -19 8 £47,500 +9.51% 12
Sussex -7 3 - - 1
Oxfordshire -15 3 £52,500 -30.00% 8
Buckinghamshire - 2 £65,500 - 9
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.06%) Apache
2 1 (0.35%) Confluence
2 1 (0.35%) nginx
Applications
1 39 (13.83%) Simulink
2 23 (8.16%) CATIA
3 2 (0.71%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (2.48%) Azure
3 6 (2.13%) AWS
4 5 (1.77%) GCP
5 3 (1.06%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (0.71%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.84%) ATM
2 4 (1.42%) DNS
2 4 (1.42%) Firewall
2 4 (1.42%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.71%) HTTP
3 2 (0.71%) LAN
3 2 (0.71%) MQTT
3 2 (0.71%) Software-Defined Radio
3 2 (0.71%) VoIP
3 2 (0.71%) WAN
3 2 (0.71%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.42%) GIS
2 2 (0.71%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 93 (32.98%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (7.09%) JIRA
3 4 (1.42%) Apache Continuum
4 3 (1.06%) GitLab
5 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.35%) Git
6 1 (0.35%) Subversion
6 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 132 (46.81%) Aerospace
2 96 (34.04%) Finance
3 58 (20.57%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (19.50%) Social Skills
5 52 (18.44%) Electronics
6 25 (8.87%) Military
7 7 (2.48%) Aviation
8 6 (2.13%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.42%) Avionics
9 4 (1.42%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.06%) Aeronautics
10 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.71%) Law
12 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 205 (72.70%) Systems Engineer
2 80 (28.37%) Senior
3 65 (23.05%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 63 (22.34%) Principal Engineer
4 63 (22.34%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 30 (10.64%) Lead
6 19 (6.74%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 14 (4.96%) Team Leader
8 8 (2.84%) Architect
9 7 (2.48%) Engineering Manager
10 6 (2.13%) Integration Engineer
10 6 (2.13%) Traffic Engineer
11 5 (1.77%) FPGA Engineer
11 5 (1.77%) IT Engineer
11 5 (1.77%) Project Manager
11 5 (1.77%) Security Engineer
11 5 (1.77%) Systems Integration Engineer
12 4 (1.42%) Consultant
12 4 (1.42%) Senior Consultant
12 4 (1.42%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.42%) OLE
2 2 (0.71%) gRPC
2 2 (0.71%) JSON
2 2 (0.71%) LAMP
2 2 (0.71%) Node.js
2 2 (0.71%) Protocol Buffers
2 2 (0.71%) React
2 2 (0.71%) RESTful
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Camel
3 1 (0.35%) Kafka
3 1 (0.35%) MACH
3 1 (0.35%) Middleware
3 1 (0.35%) Qt
3 1 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.22%) Management Information System
2 15 (5.32%) Algorithms
3 12 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (4.26%) SCADA
4 11 (3.90%) Acoustics
5 8 (2.84%) FPGA
6 6 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.77%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (1.77%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.77%) PCIe
7 5 (1.77%) Verilog
7 5 (1.77%) VHDL
8 4 (1.42%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (1.42%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.06%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.35%) Analogue Electronics
10 1 (0.35%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.61%) Linux
2 10 (3.55%) Windows
3 4 (1.42%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.71%) Debian
4 2 (0.71%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (20.92%) Requirements Management
2 54 (19.15%) Mathematics
3 52 (18.44%) Technical Leadership
4 51 (18.09%) Physics
5 48 (17.02%) Software Engineering
6 41 (14.54%) Agile
6 41 (14.54%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (14.18%) Systems Thinking
7 40 (14.18%) Validation
8 37 (13.12%) Decision-Making
9 36 (12.77%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 34 (12.06%) Customer Requirements
10 34 (12.06%) Cybersecurity
11 32 (11.35%) Verification and Validation
12 28 (9.93%) Collaborative Working
12 28 (9.93%) Test Planning
13 26 (9.22%) Asset Management
14 24 (8.51%) SysML
15 23 (8.16%) Information Assurance
16 20 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 58 (20.57%) MATLAB
2 22 (7.80%) Python
3 17 (6.03%) C
4 10 (3.55%) C++
5 9 (3.19%) Embedded C
5 9 (3.19%) Embedded C++
6 4 (1.42%) C#
7 2 (0.71%) Ada
7 2 (0.71%) PHP
8 1 (0.35%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 144 (51.06%) BPSS Clearance
2 130 (46.10%) Degree
3 36 (12.77%) Chartered Engineer
4 34 (12.06%) Security Cleared
5 15 (5.32%) DV Cleared
5 15 (5.32%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.48%) HNC
6 7 (2.48%) HND
7 5 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.42%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (15.96%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 13 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 8 (2.84%) ARP4754
3 8 (2.84%) DO-254
4 6 (2.13%) Def Stans
4 6 (2.13%) ECSS
5 5 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.06%) QA
7 2 (0.71%) NCSC
8 1 (0.35%) GDPR
8 1 (0.35%) MISRA
System Software
1 12 (4.26%) Firmware
2 2 (0.71%) Docker
3 1 (0.35%) Squid
3 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.77%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.06%) SCCM
3 2 (0.71%) BMC PATROL
3 2 (0.71%) Terraform
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 48 (17.02%) IBM
2 33 (11.70%) Siemens
3 9 (3.19%) Microsoft
4 5 (1.77%) EMC
5 4 (1.42%) Facebook
5 4 (1.42%) Instagram
6 3 (1.06%) Sparx
7 2 (0.71%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.71%) Yahoo!
8 1 (0.35%) Cisco
8 1 (0.35%) Juniper
8 1 (0.35%) Veeam
8 1 (0.35%) VMware