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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 130 176
Rank change year-on-year +39 +46 +95
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 287 185 223
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.81% 2.15% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 2.44% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 140 106 91
10th Percentile £43,000 £52,375 £39,490
25th Percentile £49,000 £57,500 £49,996
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -2.36% -15.33%
75th Percentile £78,125 £70,600 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,918 £59,000
% change year-on-year +3.60% -1.83% -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 11,351 7,596 13,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.74% 88.47% 81.55%
Number of salaries quoted 8,102 3,997 9,249
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,250
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 £81,250 £80,000
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 18 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 18 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 +7 138 £60,000 -3.23% 33
Isle of Wight -1 55 £87,200 +40.65% 1
Kent +10 46 £65,000 +8.33% 2
Thames Valley +20 25 £67,500 -12.90% 17
Berkshire +29 15 £72,500 -6.45% 5
West Sussex -11 12 £70,000 +27.27% 4
Surrey -20 8 £47,500 +2.84% 5
Buckinghamshire - 7 £67,500 - 6
Sussex -7 3 - - 3
Oxfordshire -12 3 £52,500 -30.00% 7
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 8 (2.79%) Apache
2 6 (2.09%) nginx
3 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 41 (14.29%) Simulink
2 22 (7.67%) CATIA
3 2 (0.70%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.35%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.79%) Azure
1 8 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (1.74%) AWS
3 4 (1.39%) GCP
4 3 (1.05%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.70%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (0.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.79%) ATM
2 5 (1.74%) DNS
2 5 (1.74%) Firewall
3 4 (1.39%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.05%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (0.70%) HTTP
5 2 (0.70%) LAN
5 2 (0.70%) MQTT
5 2 (0.70%) VoIP
5 2 (0.70%) WAN
5 2 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.39%) GIS
2 2 (0.70%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 94 (32.75%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (6.97%) JIRA
3 4 (1.39%) Apache Continuum
4 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.70%) GitLab
5 1 (0.35%) Git
5 1 (0.35%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.35%) Subversion
5 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 141 (49.13%) Aerospace
2 112 (39.02%) Finance
3 58 (20.21%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (19.51%) Social Skills
5 51 (17.77%) Electronics
6 25 (8.71%) Military
7 11 (3.83%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.44%) Aviation
9 6 (2.09%) Retail
10 4 (1.39%) Aeronautics
10 4 (1.39%) Avionics
10 4 (1.39%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.70%) Law
13 1 (0.35%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.35%) Japanese Language
13 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 206 (71.78%) Systems Engineer
2 78 (27.18%) Senior
3 64 (22.30%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 63 (21.95%) Principal Engineer
4 63 (21.95%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 28 (9.76%) Lead
6 18 (6.27%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 15 (5.23%) Team Leader
8 9 (3.14%) Architect
9 7 (2.44%) Engineering Manager
9 7 (2.44%) IT Engineer
10 6 (2.09%) Integration Engineer
10 6 (2.09%) NOC Manager
10 6 (2.09%) Operations Manager
10 6 (2.09%) Traffic Engineer
11 5 (1.74%) FPGA Engineer
11 5 (1.74%) Project Manager
11 5 (1.74%) Security Engineer
11 5 (1.74%) Systems Integration Engineer
12 4 (1.39%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.05%) OLE
1 3 (1.05%) Web Services
2 2 (0.70%) gRPC
2 2 (0.70%) JSON
2 2 (0.70%) LAMP
2 2 (0.70%) Node.js
2 2 (0.70%) Protocol Buffers
2 2 (0.70%) React
2 2 (0.70%) RESTful
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Camel
3 1 (0.35%) Kafka
3 1 (0.35%) MACH
3 1 (0.35%) Middleware
3 1 (0.35%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.67%) Management Information System
2 15 (5.23%) Algorithms
3 12 (4.18%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (4.18%) SCADA
4 11 (3.83%) Acoustics
5 9 (3.14%) FPGA
6 7 (2.44%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.09%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (1.74%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (1.74%) PCIe
8 5 (1.74%) Verilog
8 5 (1.74%) VHDL
9 4 (1.39%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.05%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.05%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.70%) Analogue Electronics
11 2 (0.70%) Cyber Defence
12 1 (0.35%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.92%) Linux
2 15 (5.23%) Windows
3 9 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.05%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.70%) Debian
5 2 (0.70%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (20.91%) Requirements Management
2 55 (19.16%) Mathematics
2 55 (19.16%) Technical Leadership
3 52 (18.12%) Physics
4 48 (16.72%) Software Engineering
5 40 (13.94%) Agile
5 40 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (13.59%) Decision-Making
6 39 (13.59%) Systems Thinking
7 37 (12.89%) Validation
8 34 (11.85%) Customer Requirements
9 33 (11.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 30 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
11 29 (10.10%) Verification and Validation
12 28 (9.76%) Test Planning
13 27 (9.41%) Collaborative Working
14 26 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (8.36%) Asset Management
15 24 (8.36%) SysML
16 21 (7.32%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (20.91%) MATLAB
2 21 (7.32%) Python
3 17 (5.92%) C
4 10 (3.48%) C++
5 9 (3.14%) Embedded C
5 9 (3.14%) Embedded C++
6 4 (1.39%) C#
7 2 (0.70%) Ada
7 2 (0.70%) PHP
8 1 (0.35%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 142 (49.48%) BPSS Clearance
2 134 (46.69%) Degree
3 39 (13.59%) Security Cleared
4 36 (12.54%) Chartered Engineer
5 20 (6.97%) SC Cleared
6 16 (5.57%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.44%) HNC
7 7 (2.44%) HND
8 6 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.39%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.05%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 8 (2.79%) ARP4754
3 8 (2.79%) DO-254
4 7 (2.44%) ECSS
5 6 (2.09%) Def Stans
6 5 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.05%) QA
8 2 (0.70%) NCSC
9 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.35%) GDPR
9 1 (0.35%) MISRA
System Software
1 13 (4.53%) Firmware
2 6 (2.09%) VMware ESXi
2 6 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.05%) Squid
4 2 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.05%) HAProxy
2 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.05%) SCCM
3 2 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (16.72%) IBM
2 34 (11.85%) Siemens
3 14 (4.88%) Microsoft
4 6 (2.09%) Veeam
4 6 (2.09%) VMware
5 5 (1.74%) EMC
6 4 (1.39%) Facebook
6 4 (1.39%) Instagram
7 3 (1.05%) Sparx
8 2 (0.70%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.70%) Yahoo!
9 1 (0.35%) Cisco
9 1 (0.35%) Juniper