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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 140 179
Rank change year-on-year +47 +39 +108
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 279 168 246
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.82% 2.04% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 2.28% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 132 101 103
10th Percentile £43,000 £47,683 £36,298
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 £82,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,971 £59,000
% change year-on-year +7.20% -5.13% -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 11,031 7,361 14,644
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.89% 89.29% 81.55%
Number of salaries quoted 7,854 3,763 10,172
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,900 £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 £82,400 £78,750
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 3 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 3 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 +19 136 £60,000 - 42
Isle of Wight -1 57 £87,200 +40.65% 1
Kent +4 43 £65,000 +8.33% 4
Thames Valley +20 20 £67,500 -12.90% 24
Berkshire +19 15 £72,500 -6.45% 8
West Sussex -11 12 £70,000 +27.27% 1
Surrey -11 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 (1.08%) Apache
2 1 (0.36%) nginx
Applications
1 39 (13.98%) Simulink
2 23 (8.24%) CATIA
3 2 (0.72%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (2.51%) Azure
3 6 (2.15%) AWS
4 5 (1.79%) GCP
5 3 (1.08%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.36%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.51%) ATM
2 4 (1.43%) DNS
2 4 (1.43%) Firewall
2 4 (1.43%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.72%) HTTP
3 2 (0.72%) LAN
3 2 (0.72%) MQTT
3 2 (0.72%) Software-Defined Radio
3 2 (0.72%) VoIP
3 2 (0.72%) WAN
3 2 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.43%) GIS
2 2 (0.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 93 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
2 19 (6.81%) JIRA
3 4 (1.43%) Apache Continuum
4 3 (1.08%) GitLab
5 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.36%) Git
6 1 (0.36%) Subversion
6 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 130 (46.59%) Aerospace
2 93 (33.33%) Finance
3 56 (20.07%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (19.35%) Social Skills
5 51 (18.28%) Electronics
6 26 (9.32%) Military
7 7 (2.51%) Aviation
8 4 (1.43%) Avionics
8 4 (1.43%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.43%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.08%) Aeronautics
9 3 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.36%) Law
10 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 203 (72.76%) Systems Engineer
2 82 (29.39%) Senior
3 67 (24.01%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 63 (22.58%) Principal Engineer
4 63 (22.58%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 29 (10.39%) Lead
6 18 (6.45%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 13 (4.66%) Team Leader
8 8 (2.87%) Architect
9 7 (2.51%) Engineering Manager
10 6 (2.15%) Integration Engineer
10 6 (2.15%) Traffic Engineer
11 5 (1.79%) FPGA Engineer
11 5 (1.79%) IT Engineer
11 5 (1.79%) Project Manager
11 5 (1.79%) Security Engineer
11 5 (1.79%) Systems Integration Engineer
12 4 (1.43%) Senior Consultant
12 4 (1.43%) Systems Architect
12 4 (1.43%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.43%) OLE
2 2 (0.72%) gRPC
2 2 (0.72%) JSON
2 2 (0.72%) LAMP
2 2 (0.72%) Node.js
2 2 (0.72%) Protocol Buffers
2 2 (0.72%) React
2 2 (0.72%) RESTful
3 1 (0.36%) MACH
3 1 (0.36%) Middleware
3 1 (0.36%) Qt
3 1 (0.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.32%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.02%) Algorithms
3 12 (4.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (3.94%) Acoustics
4 11 (3.94%) SCADA
5 8 (2.87%) FPGA
6 6 (2.15%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (1.79%) PCIe
7 5 (1.79%) Verilog
7 5 (1.79%) VHDL
8 4 (1.43%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (1.43%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.43%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.08%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.36%) Analogue Electronics
10 1 (0.36%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.30%) Linux
2 10 (3.58%) Windows
3 4 (1.43%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.72%) Debian
4 2 (0.72%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (21.51%) Requirements Management
2 54 (19.35%) Mathematics
3 52 (18.64%) Technical Leadership
4 51 (18.28%) Physics
5 47 (16.85%) Software Engineering
6 41 (14.70%) Agile
7 39 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (13.98%) Systems Thinking
7 39 (13.98%) Validation
8 37 (13.26%) Decision-Making
8 37 (13.26%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 34 (12.19%) Customer Requirements
9 34 (12.19%) Cybersecurity
10 31 (11.11%) Verification and Validation
11 28 (10.04%) Collaborative Working
11 28 (10.04%) Test Planning
12 26 (9.32%) Asset Management
13 24 (8.60%) Information Assurance
13 24 (8.60%) SysML
14 20 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 58 (20.79%) MATLAB
2 21 (7.53%) Python
3 16 (5.73%) C
4 10 (3.58%) C++
5 9 (3.23%) Embedded C
5 9 (3.23%) Embedded C++
6 4 (1.43%) C#
7 2 (0.72%) PHP
8 1 (0.36%) Ada
8 1 (0.36%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 142 (50.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 128 (45.88%) Degree
3 34 (12.19%) Chartered Engineer
4 33 (11.83%) Security Cleared
5 15 (5.38%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.02%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.51%) HNC
7 7 (2.51%) HND
8 5 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.43%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 13 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 8 (2.87%) ARP4754
3 8 (2.87%) DO-254
4 6 (2.15%) ECSS
5 5 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.43%) Def Stans
7 3 (1.08%) QA
8 2 (0.72%) NCSC
9 1 (0.36%) GDPR
9 1 (0.36%) MISRA
System Software
1 12 (4.30%) Firmware
2 2 (0.72%) Docker
3 1 (0.36%) Squid
3 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.79%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.08%) SCCM
3 2 (0.72%) BMC PATROL
3 2 (0.72%) Terraform
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 48 (17.20%) IBM
2 33 (11.83%) Siemens
3 9 (3.23%) Microsoft
4 5 (1.79%) EMC
5 4 (1.43%) Facebook
5 4 (1.43%) Instagram
6 3 (1.08%) Sparx
7 1 (0.36%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.36%) Cisco
7 1 (0.36%) Juniper
7 1 (0.36%) Veeam
7 1 (0.36%) VMware
7 1 (0.36%) Yahoo!