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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 142 195
Rank change year-on-year +50 +53 +59
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 263 145 227
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.81% 1.89% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 2.08% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 119 86 105
10th Percentile £43,000 £45,500 £39,694
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -2.36% +1.60%
75th Percentile £75,900 £70,450 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,140 £70,600 £81,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -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 10,465 6,965 13,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.03% 90.74% 83.57%
Number of salaries quoted 7,140 3,216 9,851
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,280 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 24 May 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 24 May 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 +31 122 £60,000 - 26
Isle of Wight +1 57 £66,300 +4.41% 5
Kent -17 38 £52,500 -4.55% 2
Thames Valley +12 19 £66,750 -13.87% 15
Berkshire +24 17 £72,500 -6.45% 6
West Sussex -10 13 £70,000 +27.27% 3
Surrey -25 11 £47,500 +16.57% 6
Sussex - 3 - - 3
Oxfordshire -12 1 £52,500 -30.00% 9
Buckinghamshire - 1 £63,500 - 2
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 1 (0.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (14.45%) Simulink
2 28 (10.65%) CATIA
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (1.90%) AWS
2 5 (1.90%) Azure
3 4 (1.52%) GCP
4 3 (1.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.90%) ATM
2 4 (1.52%) DNS
2 4 (1.52%) Firewall
3 2 (0.76%) Wireless
4 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.14%) GIS
Development Applications
1 96 (36.50%) Rational DOORS
2 23 (8.75%) JIRA
3 5 (1.90%) Apache Continuum
4 4 (1.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.38%) Git
5 1 (0.38%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.38%) Subversion
5 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 101 (38.40%) Aerospace
2 61 (23.19%) Finance
3 46 (17.49%) Electronics
4 41 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (15.21%) Social Skills
6 27 (10.27%) Military
7 6 (2.28%) Aviation
8 3 (1.14%) Aeronautics
8 3 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.14%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.76%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 185 (70.34%) Systems Engineer
2 87 (33.08%) Senior
3 72 (27.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 56 (21.29%) Principal Engineer
4 56 (21.29%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 26 (9.89%) Lead
6 16 (6.08%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 10 (3.80%) Team Leader
8 8 (3.04%) Architect
9 6 (2.28%) Consultant
9 6 (2.28%) Engineering Manager
9 6 (2.28%) Integration Engineer
9 6 (2.28%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (2.28%) Software Engineering Manager
9 6 (2.28%) Software Manager
10 5 (1.90%) FPGA Engineer
10 5 (1.90%) Security Engineer
10 5 (1.90%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 5 (1.90%) Traffic Engineer
11 4 (1.52%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.66%) OLE
2 1 (0.38%) .NET
2 1 (0.38%) MACH
2 1 (0.38%) Middleware
2 1 (0.38%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.79%) Management Information System
2 13 (4.94%) Acoustics
3 12 (4.56%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.42%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.66%) Augmented Reality
5 7 (2.66%) FPGA
6 6 (2.28%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (2.28%) SCADA
7 5 (1.90%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.90%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (1.90%) PCIe
7 5 (1.90%) Verilog
7 5 (1.90%) VHDL
8 4 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.14%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.38%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.38%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.38%) GNSS
10 1 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.42%) Linux
2 8 (3.04%) Windows
3 3 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (21.29%) Requirements Management
2 50 (19.01%) Mathematics
2 50 (19.01%) Software Engineering
2 50 (19.01%) Technical Leadership
3 48 (18.25%) Physics
4 46 (17.49%) Agile
5 42 (15.97%) Validation
6 39 (14.83%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (14.83%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 39 (14.83%) Systems Thinking
7 33 (12.55%) Verification and Validation
8 31 (11.79%) Customer Requirements
9 30 (11.41%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (10.27%) Decision-Making
11 26 (9.89%) Collaborative Working
11 26 (9.89%) Information Assurance
12 23 (8.75%) SysML
13 22 (8.37%) Asset Management
13 22 (8.37%) Test Planning
14 21 (7.98%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 55 (20.91%) MATLAB
2 16 (6.08%) Python
3 15 (5.70%) C
4 10 (3.80%) C++
5 8 (3.04%) Embedded C
5 8 (3.04%) Embedded C++
6 4 (1.52%) C#
7 1 (0.38%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 137 (52.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 112 (42.59%) Degree
3 30 (11.41%) Security Cleared
4 29 (11.03%) Chartered Engineer
5 13 (4.94%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.56%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.52%) HNC
8 4 (1.52%) HND
9 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (20.53%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 19 (7.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 6 (2.28%) ARP4754
3 6 (2.28%) DO-254
4 5 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.52%) ECSS
6 3 (1.14%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.76%) NCSC
8 1 (0.38%) GDPR
8 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.38%) MISRA
8 1 (0.38%) QA
System Software
1 12 (4.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.14%) SCCM
3 2 (0.76%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 48 (18.25%) IBM
2 32 (12.17%) Siemens
3 9 (3.42%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.52%) EMC
5 3 (1.14%) Facebook
5 3 (1.14%) Instagram
5 3 (1.14%) Sparx
6 1 (0.38%) Cisco
6 1 (0.38%) Juniper