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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 142 182
Rank change year-on-year +52 +40 +92
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 271 160 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.85% 2.05% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 2.27% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 127 95 109
10th Percentile £43,000 £47,573 £35,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -2.36% -13.01%
75th Percentile £75,900 £70,600 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,630 £79,000 £80,500
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 10,481 7,057 14,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.45% 90.28% 81.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,401 3,405 10,363
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,625 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £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 15 June 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 15 June 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 +36 135 £60,000 - 23
Isle of Wight 0 56 £81,550 +31.53% 2
Kent -9 37 £58,750 +6.82% 9
Thames Valley +16 19 £66,750 -13.87% 16
Berkshire +24 16 £72,500 -6.45% 7
West Sussex -10 12 £70,000 +27.27% 2
Surrey -19 9 £47,500 +16.57% 5
Sussex -8 3 - - 1
Oxfordshire -7 2 £52,500 -30.00% 8
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 (0.37%) Apache
Applications
1 36 (13.28%) Simulink
2 25 (9.23%) CATIA
3 1 (0.37%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (1.85%) AWS
2 5 (1.85%) Azure
3 4 (1.48%) GCP
4 3 (1.11%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.21%) ATM
2 3 (1.11%) DNS
2 3 (1.11%) Firewall
3 2 (0.74%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.74%) Wireless
4 1 (0.37%) HTTP
4 1 (0.37%) LAN
4 1 (0.37%) MQTT
4 1 (0.37%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.37%) VoIP
4 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.48%) GIS
2 1 (0.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 93 (34.32%) Rational DOORS
2 19 (7.01%) JIRA
3 7 (2.58%) Apache Continuum
4 3 (1.11%) GitLab
5 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.37%) Git
5 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 117 (43.17%) Aerospace
2 79 (29.15%) Finance
3 49 (18.08%) Electronics
4 47 (17.34%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (17.34%) Social Skills
5 25 (9.23%) Military
6 7 (2.58%) Aviation
7 3 (1.11%) Aeronautics
7 3 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.11%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.11%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.37%) Avionics
8 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 200 (73.80%) Systems Engineer
2 86 (31.73%) Senior
3 71 (26.20%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 60 (22.14%) Principal Engineer
4 60 (22.14%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 27 (9.96%) Lead
6 16 (5.90%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 11 (4.06%) Team Leader
8 8 (2.95%) Architect
9 6 (2.21%) Consultant
9 6 (2.21%) Engineering Manager
9 6 (2.21%) Integration Engineer
9 6 (2.21%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (2.21%) Traffic Engineer
10 5 (1.85%) FPGA Engineer
10 5 (1.85%) IT Engineer
10 5 (1.85%) Security Engineer
10 5 (1.85%) Software Engineering Manager
10 5 (1.85%) Software Manager
10 5 (1.85%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.58%) OLE
2 1 (0.37%) gRPC
2 1 (0.37%) JSON
2 1 (0.37%) LAMP
2 1 (0.37%) MACH
2 1 (0.37%) Middleware
2 1 (0.37%) Node.js
2 1 (0.37%) Protocol Buffers
2 1 (0.37%) Qt
2 1 (0.37%) React
2 1 (0.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.07%) Management Information System
2 12 (4.43%) Algorithms
3 11 (4.06%) Acoustics
4 10 (3.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.58%) FPGA
6 6 (2.21%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (2.21%) SCADA
7 5 (1.85%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (1.85%) PCIe
7 5 (1.85%) Verilog
7 5 (1.85%) VHDL
8 4 (1.48%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (1.48%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.11%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.11%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.37%) GNSS
11 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.32%) Linux
2 8 (2.95%) Windows
3 3 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.37%) Debian
4 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (20.66%) Requirements Management
1 56 (20.66%) Technical Leadership
2 51 (18.82%) Software Engineering
3 50 (18.45%) Mathematics
4 47 (17.34%) Physics
5 40 (14.76%) Validation
6 39 (14.39%) Agile
6 39 (14.39%) Systems Thinking
7 38 (14.02%) Cybersecurity
8 37 (13.65%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 32 (11.81%) Verification and Validation
10 31 (11.44%) Customer Requirements
10 31 (11.44%) Decision-Making
10 31 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (10.33%) Asset Management
12 27 (9.96%) Collaborative Working
13 26 (9.59%) Test Planning
14 25 (9.23%) Information Assurance
15 22 (8.12%) Change Management
16 21 (7.75%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 53 (19.56%) MATLAB
2 18 (6.64%) Python
3 15 (5.54%) C
4 10 (3.69%) C++
5 9 (3.32%) Embedded C
5 9 (3.32%) Embedded C++
6 4 (1.48%) C#
7 1 (0.37%) Assembly Language
7 1 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 143 (52.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 118 (43.54%) Degree
3 33 (12.18%) Chartered Engineer
4 29 (10.70%) Security Cleared
5 14 (5.17%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.06%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.58%) HNC
7 7 (2.58%) HND
8 5 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (18.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 16 (5.90%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 6 (2.21%) ARP4754
3 6 (2.21%) DO-254
3 6 (2.21%) ECSS
4 5 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.48%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.74%) NCSC
7 1 (0.37%) GDPR
7 1 (0.37%) MISRA
7 1 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 11 (4.06%) Firmware
2 1 (0.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.11%) SCCM
3 2 (0.74%) BMC PATROL
4 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (17.71%) IBM
2 30 (11.07%) Siemens
3 8 (2.95%) Microsoft
4 5 (1.85%) EMC
5 4 (1.48%) Facebook
5 4 (1.48%) Instagram
6 3 (1.11%) Sparx
7 1 (0.37%) Cisco
7 1 (0.37%) Juniper