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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 148 192
Rank change year-on-year +54 +44 +48
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 254 132 221
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.77% 1.72% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 1.90% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 113 79 101
10th Percentile £43,000 £42,998 £39,490
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.51% +12.11%
75th Percentile £75,900 £68,750 £70,250
90th Percentile £85,560 £70,600 £80,000
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 10,319 6,954 13,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.97% 90.50% 84.17%
Number of salaries quoted 6,982 3,373 9,805
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
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 14 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 14 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 +33 111 £60,000 - 25
Isle of Wight +1 56 £66,300 +6.94% 4
Kent -14 41 £52,500 -4.55% 3
Thames Valley +10 19 £66,750 +11.25% 11
Berkshire +28 17 £72,500 - 4
West Sussex -11 13 £70,000 +27.27% 3
Surrey -25 11 £47,500 +16.57% 9
Sussex - 3 - - 3
Oxfordshire -7 1 £52,500 -12.50% 7
Buckinghamshire - 1 £63,500 - 1
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 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (14.96%) Simulink
2 25 (9.84%) CATIA
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (1.97%) AWS
2 5 (1.97%) Azure
3 4 (1.57%) GCP
4 2 (0.79%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.57%) ATM
1 4 (1.57%) DNS
1 4 (1.57%) Firewall
2 2 (0.79%) Wireless
3 1 (0.39%) SNA
3 1 (0.39%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.79%) GIS
Development Applications
1 97 (38.19%) Rational DOORS
2 23 (9.06%) JIRA
3 5 (1.97%) Apache Continuum
4 4 (1.57%) GitLab
5 1 (0.39%) Git
5 1 (0.39%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.39%) Subversion
5 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 93 (36.61%) Aerospace
2 53 (20.87%) Finance
3 46 (18.11%) Electronics
4 38 (14.96%) Social Skills
5 37 (14.57%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (11.02%) Military
7 5 (1.97%) Aviation
8 4 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.18%) Aeronautics
9 3 (1.18%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.39%) Avionics
11 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 173 (68.11%) Systems Engineer
2 90 (35.43%) Senior
3 75 (29.53%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 54 (21.26%) Principal Engineer
4 54 (21.26%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 26 (10.24%) Lead
6 16 (6.30%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 10 (3.94%) Team Leader
8 9 (3.54%) Architect
9 6 (2.36%) Consultant
9 6 (2.36%) Engineering Manager
9 6 (2.36%) Integration Engineer
9 6 (2.36%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (2.36%) Software Engineering Manager
9 6 (2.36%) Software Manager
10 5 (1.97%) Systems Integration Engineer
11 4 (1.57%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (1.57%) Systems Architect
11 4 (1.57%) Technical Leader
11 4 (1.57%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.76%) OLE
2 1 (0.39%) .NET
2 1 (0.39%) MACH
2 1 (0.39%) Middleware
2 1 (0.39%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.39%) Management Information System
2 12 (4.72%) Acoustics
3 10 (3.94%) Algorithms
4 6 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (2.36%) Augmented Reality
4 6 (2.36%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (1.97%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.97%) FPGA
6 4 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (1.57%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (1.57%) SCADA
7 3 (1.18%) PCIe
7 3 (1.18%) Verilog
7 3 (1.18%) VHDL
8 2 (0.79%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.39%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.39%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.39%) GNSS
9 1 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.54%) Linux
2 7 (2.76%) Windows
3 2 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.39%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (22.05%) Requirements Management
2 49 (19.29%) Mathematics
2 49 (19.29%) Physics
2 49 (19.29%) Software Engineering
3 48 (18.90%) Agile
3 48 (18.90%) Technical Leadership
4 43 (16.93%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 42 (16.54%) Validation
6 40 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (14.96%) Systems Thinking
8 33 (12.99%) Verification and Validation
9 29 (11.42%) Information Assurance
9 29 (11.42%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (11.02%) Customer Requirements
11 26 (10.24%) Decision-Making
12 25 (9.84%) SysML
13 24 (9.45%) Collaborative Working
14 23 (9.06%) Coaching
15 22 (8.66%) Asset Management
16 21 (8.27%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 52 (20.47%) MATLAB
2 13 (5.12%) Python
3 12 (4.72%) C
4 7 (2.76%) C++
5 5 (1.97%) Embedded C
5 5 (1.97%) Embedded C++
6 3 (1.18%) C#
7 1 (0.39%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 135 (53.15%) BPSS Clearance
2 115 (45.28%) Degree
3 28 (11.02%) Chartered Engineer
4 27 (10.63%) Security Cleared
5 11 (4.33%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.33%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.97%) HNC
7 4 (1.57%) HND
7 4 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (20.47%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 19 (7.48%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 4 (1.57%) ARP4754
3 4 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.57%) DO-254
4 2 (0.79%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.79%) NCSC
5 1 (0.39%) GDPR
5 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.39%) MISRA
5 1 (0.39%) QA
System Software
1 10 (3.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.79%) BMC PATROL
2 2 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 46 (18.11%) IBM
2 35 (13.78%) Siemens
3 7 (2.76%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.57%) Sparx
5 3 (1.18%) EMC
6 2 (0.79%) Facebook
6 2 (0.79%) Instagram
7 1 (0.39%) Cisco
7 1 (0.39%) Juniper