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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 128 169
Rank change year-on-year +38 +41 +52
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 326 190 196
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.78% 2.09% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 2.38% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 141 103 85
10th Percentile £43,000 £50,000 £39,240
25th Percentile £49,000 £55,000 £49,993
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,000 £54,995
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% +12.74% -22.81%
75th Percentile £75,900 £72,175 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £81,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,244
% change year-on-year - +4.81% -17.63%

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 13,092 7,977 10,501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.55% 87.85% 80.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,410 4,234 6,059
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,125
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.62% -1.59%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -2 177 £55,733 -10.93% 48
Kent +14 50 £65,000 +8.33% 5
Isle of Wight -3 42 £87,200 +40.65%
Thames Valley +31 35 £67,500 -12.90% 51
Berkshire +26 17 £67,500 -12.90% 35
Buckinghamshire - 15 £67,500 - 5
West Sussex -10 10 £52,733 -4.12% 8
Surrey -16 10 £47,500 +2.84% 15
Oxfordshire -30 3 £52,500 -30.00% 11
Sussex -8 2 - - 4
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 (3.68%) Apache
2 10 (3.07%) nginx
3 1 (0.31%) CMS
3 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (13.19%) Simulink
2 17 (5.21%) CATIA
3 6 (1.84%) Windchill
4 4 (1.23%) Mathcad
5 2 (0.61%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (3.07%) Azure
2 8 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.53%) AWS
4 4 (1.23%) GCP
5 3 (0.92%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (0.61%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.31%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.76%) ATM
1 9 (2.76%) DNS
2 7 (2.15%) Firewall
3 6 (1.84%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.92%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.61%) DHCP
5 2 (0.61%) HTTP
5 2 (0.61%) LAN
5 2 (0.61%) MQTT
5 2 (0.61%) Network Security
5 2 (0.61%) OSPF
5 2 (0.61%) VLAN
5 2 (0.61%) VoIP
5 2 (0.61%) VPN
5 2 (0.61%) WAN
5 2 (0.61%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.23%) GIS
2 2 (0.61%) MySQL
3 1 (0.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 99 (30.37%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (6.13%) JIRA
3 4 (1.23%) Apache Continuum
3 4 (1.23%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.61%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.61%) GitLab
5 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 176 (53.99%) Aerospace
2 156 (47.85%) Finance
3 74 (22.70%) Social Skills
4 63 (19.33%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (13.80%) Electronics
6 21 (6.44%) Military
7 14 (4.29%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.37%) Retail
9 10 (3.07%) Aviation
10 8 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.53%) Aeronautics
13 4 (1.23%) Avionics
13 4 (1.23%) Italian Language
13 4 (1.23%) Japanese Language
13 4 (1.23%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.92%) Police
15 2 (0.61%) Automotive
15 2 (0.61%) Law
Job Titles
1 234 (71.78%) Systems Engineer
2 88 (26.99%) Senior
3 76 (23.31%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 61 (18.71%) Principal Engineer
4 61 (18.71%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 38 (11.66%) Lead
6 22 (6.75%) Team Leader
7 18 (5.52%) IT Engineer
8 16 (4.91%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 10 (3.07%) Chief Systems Engineer
9 10 (3.07%) NOC Manager
9 10 (3.07%) Operations Manager
10 6 (1.84%) Integration Engineer
10 6 (1.84%) Software Team Leader
10 6 (1.84%) Traffic Engineer
11 5 (1.53%) Automation Engineer
11 5 (1.53%) FPGA Engineer
11 5 (1.53%) Security Engineer
11 5 (1.53%) Technical Engineer
11 5 (1.53%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.53%) Web Services
2 4 (1.23%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.61%) gRPC
3 2 (0.61%) JSON
3 2 (0.61%) LAMP
3 2 (0.61%) Node.js
3 2 (0.61%) Protocol Buffers
3 2 (0.61%) React
3 2 (0.61%) RESTful
3 2 (0.61%) Terraform
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Camel
4 1 (0.31%) Kafka
4 1 (0.31%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.21%) Algorithms
2 15 (4.60%) Management Information System
3 14 (4.29%) SCADA
4 12 (3.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (3.37%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.07%) Social Media
7 9 (2.76%) Acoustics
8 8 (2.45%) FPGA
9 6 (1.84%) Augmented Reality
10 5 (1.53%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.53%) PCIe
10 5 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.53%) Verilog
10 5 (1.53%) VHDL
11 4 (1.23%) CESG
12 3 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.92%) IoT
12 3 (0.92%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.92%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.21%) Linux
1 17 (5.21%) Windows
2 15 (4.60%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.15%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.61%) Debian
4 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (25.46%) Requirements Management
2 60 (18.40%) Mathematics
3 57 (17.48%) Technical Leadership
4 55 (16.87%) Physics
5 50 (15.34%) Agile
6 47 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (14.42%) Systems Thinking
6 47 (14.42%) Validation
7 45 (13.80%) Problem-Solving
8 43 (13.19%) Customer Requirements
9 42 (12.88%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 41 (12.58%) Software Engineering
11 40 (12.27%) Decision-Making
12 36 (11.04%) Verification and Validation
13 35 (10.74%) Change Management
14 33 (10.12%) SysML
15 32 (9.82%) Asset Management
16 29 (8.90%) Collaborative Working
17 24 (7.36%) Test Planning
18 23 (7.06%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 59 (18.10%) MATLAB
2 25 (7.67%) Python
3 17 (5.21%) C
4 9 (2.76%) C++
4 9 (2.76%) Embedded C
4 9 (2.76%) Embedded C++
5 6 (1.84%) Assembly Language
6 4 (1.23%) C#
7 2 (0.61%) Ada
7 2 (0.61%) PHP
8 1 (0.31%) Java
Qualifications
1 147 (45.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 143 (43.87%) Degree
3 57 (17.48%) Security Cleared
4 37 (11.35%) Chartered Engineer
5 32 (9.82%) SC Cleared
6 29 (8.90%) DV Cleared
7 10 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (3.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (2.76%) HNC
8 9 (2.76%) HND
9 5 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.23%) CISM
10 4 (1.23%) CISSP
10 4 (1.23%) PhD
11 3 (0.92%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.61%) CCNA
12 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.35%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 11 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 8 (2.45%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.45%) ARP4754
3 8 (2.45%) DO-254
4 7 (2.15%) ECSS
5 6 (1.84%) Def Stans
6 5 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.23%) NIST
8 3 (0.92%) QA
9 2 (0.61%) NCSC
10 1 (0.31%) GDPR
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (3.68%) VMware ESXi
1 12 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (3.37%) Firmware
3 5 (1.53%) Squid
4 2 (0.61%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.84%) BMC PATROL
2 5 (1.53%) HAProxy
2 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (13.50%) IBM
2 40 (12.27%) Siemens
3 18 (5.52%) Microsoft
4 12 (3.68%) Veeam
4 12 (3.68%) VMware
5 5 (1.53%) EMC
6 4 (1.23%) Facebook
6 4 (1.23%) Instagram
7 3 (0.92%) Cisco
7 3 (0.92%) Thales
8 2 (0.61%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.61%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.61%) Yahoo!
9 1 (0.31%) Juniper