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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 139 146
Rank change year-on-year +46 +7 +80
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 306 180 228
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.77% 2.02% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 2.29% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 138 98 95
10th Percentile £43,000 £52,425 £39,240
25th Percentile £49,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -0.80% -11.03%
75th Percentile £77,100 £74,688 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year - +1.69% -15.71%

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 12,337 7,850 11,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.42% 87.96% 80.74%
Number of salaries quoted 8,845 4,206 7,133
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -11.20%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 +7 161 £58,000 -7.31% 43
Kent +15 48 £65,000 +8.33% 4
Isle of Wight -2 45 £87,200 +40.65%
Thames Valley +27 31 £67,500 -12.90% 20
Berkshire +26 15 £67,500 -12.90% 12
Buckinghamshire - 13 £67,500 - 3
West Sussex -11 10 £63,233 +14.97% 3
Surrey -20 9 £47,500 +2.84% 13
Oxfordshire -24 3 £52,500 -30.00% 6
Sussex -6 2 - - 3
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 12 (3.92%) Apache
2 10 (3.27%) nginx
3 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (14.05%) Simulink
2 19 (6.21%) CATIA
3 4 (1.31%) Mathcad
3 4 (1.31%) Windchill
4 2 (0.65%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 10 (3.27%) Azure
2 8 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.63%) AWS
4 4 (1.31%) GCP
5 3 (0.98%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.65%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (0.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.94%) DNS
2 8 (2.61%) ATM
3 7 (2.29%) Firewall
4 6 (1.96%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.98%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.65%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.65%) DHCP
6 2 (0.65%) HTTP
6 2 (0.65%) LAN
6 2 (0.65%) MQTT
6 2 (0.65%) Network Security
6 2 (0.65%) OSPF
6 2 (0.65%) VLAN
6 2 (0.65%) VoIP
6 2 (0.65%) VPN
6 2 (0.65%) WAN
6 2 (0.65%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.31%) GIS
2 2 (0.65%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 95 (31.05%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (5.88%) JIRA
3 6 (1.96%) Apache Continuum
4 4 (1.31%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.65%) GitLab
6 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 161 (52.61%) Aerospace
2 140 (45.75%) Finance
3 72 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 63 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (16.34%) Electronics
6 21 (6.86%) Military
7 14 (4.58%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.27%) Retail
9 8 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.96%) Aviation
10 6 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.63%) Aeronautics
12 4 (1.31%) Avionics
12 4 (1.31%) Italian Language
12 4 (1.31%) Japanese Language
13 3 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.98%) Police
14 2 (0.65%) Law
14 2 (0.65%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 218 (71.24%) Systems Engineer
2 83 (27.12%) Senior
3 72 (23.53%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 56 (18.30%) Principal Engineer
4 56 (18.30%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 35 (11.44%) Lead
6 19 (6.21%) Team Leader
7 15 (4.90%) IT Engineer
7 15 (4.90%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 10 (3.27%) NOC Manager
8 10 (3.27%) Operations Manager
9 8 (2.61%) Chief Systems Engineer
10 6 (1.96%) Architect
10 6 (1.96%) Integration Engineer
10 6 (1.96%) Traffic Engineer
11 5 (1.63%) Project Manager
11 5 (1.63%) Support Engineer
11 5 (1.63%) Technical Engineer
11 5 (1.63%) Technical Support
11 5 (1.63%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.63%) Web Services
2 4 (1.31%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.65%) gRPC
3 2 (0.65%) JSON
3 2 (0.65%) LAMP
3 2 (0.65%) Node.js
3 2 (0.65%) Protocol Buffers
3 2 (0.65%) React
3 2 (0.65%) RESTful
3 2 (0.65%) Terraform
4 1 (0.33%) Apache Camel
4 1 (0.33%) Kafka
4 1 (0.33%) MACH
4 1 (0.33%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.52%) Management Information System
2 16 (5.23%) Algorithms
3 13 (4.25%) SCADA
4 12 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.27%) Acoustics
5 10 (3.27%) Driving Licence
5 10 (3.27%) Social Media
6 8 (2.61%) FPGA
7 5 (1.63%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (1.63%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.63%) PCIe
7 5 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (1.63%) Verilog
7 5 (1.63%) VHDL
8 4 (1.31%) CESG
9 3 (0.98%) Augmented Reality
9 3 (0.98%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.98%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.65%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.88%) Linux
1 18 (5.88%) Windows
2 15 (4.90%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.29%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.65%) Debian
4 2 (0.65%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (24.84%) Requirements Management
2 57 (18.63%) Mathematics
3 55 (17.97%) Technical Leadership
4 54 (17.65%) Physics
5 46 (15.03%) Agile
6 45 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (14.05%) Software Engineering
7 43 (14.05%) Systems Thinking
8 41 (13.40%) Validation
9 40 (13.07%) Decision-Making
10 37 (12.09%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 36 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
12 29 (9.48%) Verification and Validation
13 28 (9.15%) Collaborative Working
13 28 (9.15%) SysML
14 26 (8.50%) Change Management
14 26 (8.50%) Cybersecurity
15 25 (8.17%) Asset Management
15 25 (8.17%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 58 (18.95%) MATLAB
2 23 (7.52%) Python
3 16 (5.23%) C
4 9 (2.94%) C++
4 9 (2.94%) Embedded C
4 9 (2.94%) Embedded C++
5 4 (1.31%) Assembly Language
5 4 (1.31%) C#
6 2 (0.65%) Ada
6 2 (0.65%) PHP
7 1 (0.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 142 (46.41%) BPSS Clearance
2 132 (43.14%) Degree
3 55 (17.97%) Security Cleared
4 31 (10.13%) Chartered Engineer
4 31 (10.13%) DV Cleared
5 30 (9.80%) SC Cleared
6 10 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (3.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (2.29%) HNC
7 7 (2.29%) HND
8 5 (1.63%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.31%) CISM
9 4 (1.31%) CISSP
9 4 (1.31%) PhD
10 3 (0.98%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.65%) CCNA
11 2 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 13 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 8 (2.61%) ARP4754
3 8 (2.61%) DO-254
4 7 (2.29%) ECSS
5 6 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.96%) Def Stans
6 5 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.31%) NIST
7 4 (1.31%) QA
8 2 (0.65%) NCSC
9 1 (0.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (3.92%) Firmware
1 12 (3.92%) VMware ESXi
1 12 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.63%) Squid
3 2 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.63%) HAProxy
1 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.31%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.98%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (14.38%) IBM
2 38 (12.42%) Siemens
3 18 (5.88%) Microsoft
4 12 (3.92%) Veeam
4 12 (3.92%) VMware
5 5 (1.63%) EMC
6 4 (1.31%) Facebook
6 4 (1.31%) Instagram
7 3 (0.98%) Cisco
8 2 (0.65%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.65%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.65%) Yahoo!
9 1 (0.33%) Juniper
9 1 (0.33%) Sparx