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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 170 228
Rank change year-on-year +34 +58 +22
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 181 185 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.01% 1.44% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 1.78% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 96 80 46
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,873 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £49,993 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £54,995 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.74% -31.26% +39.13%
75th Percentile £75,225 £78,125 £85,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,988 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.29% -18.59% +21.74%

All Process and 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 7,937 10,389 8,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 88.08% 80.80% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,191 5,858 5,866
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.33%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025. 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 +64 81 £63,150 +21.79% 19
Isle of Wight 0 61 £62,000 -
Thames Valley -49 15 £77,500 +19.23% 13
Berkshire -29 11 £77,500 +20.62% 8
Kent +6 9 £60,000 +41.18% 7
Middlesex +2 7 - - 1
Oxfordshire +29 4 £75,000 -6.25% 2
Surrey -4 4 £46,187 -7.63% 5
West Sussex - 4 £55,000 -
Sussex +17 2 £75,000 - 1
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (11.05%) Simulink
2 14 (7.73%) Mathcad
3 4 (2.21%) CATIA
3 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.66%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.55%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 41 (22.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.55%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.55%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.10%) MQTT
1 2 (1.10%) Software-Defined Radio
1 2 (1.10%) WAN
2 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.87%) MongoDB
2 5 (2.76%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.10%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (1.10%) GIS
Development Applications
1 47 (25.97%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (5.52%) JIRA
3 2 (1.10%) Git
4 1 (0.55%) MagicDraw
General
1 44 (24.31%) Electronics
2 39 (21.55%) Finance
3 20 (11.05%) Aerospace
4 17 (9.39%) Social Skills
5 8 (4.42%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.31%) Military
7 4 (2.21%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.66%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.10%) Advertising
9 2 (1.10%) Automotive
9 2 (1.10%) Marketing
10 1 (0.55%) Aviation
10 1 (0.55%) Avionics
10 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 112 (61.88%) Systems Engineer
2 45 (24.86%) Senior
3 31 (17.13%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 26 (14.36%) Principal Engineer
5 25 (13.81%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 16 (8.84%) Lead
7 8 (4.42%) Mathematical Modeller
8 7 (3.87%) Project Leader
9 5 (2.76%) Project Engineer
9 5 (2.76%) Radar Engineer
9 5 (2.76%) Software Support Engineer
9 5 (2.76%) Support Engineer
9 5 (2.76%) System Design Authority
10 4 (2.21%) Integration Manager
11 3 (1.66%) Integration Engineer
11 3 (1.66%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 3 (1.66%) Software Engineer
11 3 (1.66%) Systems Integration Engineer
12 2 (1.10%) Engineering Manager
12 2 (1.10%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.87%) Kafka
2 2 (1.10%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 41 (22.65%) Algorithms
2 39 (21.55%) e-Learning
3 12 (6.63%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.66%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.10%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.10%) IoT
6 2 (1.10%) SCADA
7 1 (0.55%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.10%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (26.52%) Technical Leadership
2 47 (25.97%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 44 (24.31%) SysML
4 42 (23.20%) Innovative Thinking
5 40 (22.10%) Signal Processing
5 40 (22.10%) UML
6 39 (21.55%) DoDAF
6 39 (21.55%) Scenario Testing
6 39 (21.55%) Trade-off Analysis
7 30 (16.57%) Mathematics
8 26 (14.36%) Validation
9 24 (13.26%) Verification and Validation
10 22 (12.15%) Test Planning
11 21 (11.60%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (9.39%) Performance Analysis
13 16 (8.84%) Agile
14 15 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
15 14 (7.73%) Mathematical Modelling
16 13 (7.18%) Requirements Management
17 12 (6.63%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.81%) MATLAB
2 22 (12.15%) Python
3 6 (3.31%) C++
4 4 (2.21%) C#
4 4 (2.21%) R
5 3 (1.66%) C
6 2 (1.10%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.55%) Java
7 1 (0.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 78 (43.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 65 (35.91%) Security Cleared
3 62 (34.25%) SC Cleared
4 52 (28.73%) Degree
5 11 (6.08%) Master's Degree
6 10 (5.52%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (3.87%) PhD
8 6 (3.31%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.10%) CISSP
9 2 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (36.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 9 (4.97%) Def Stans
3 4 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 2 (1.10%) RMADS
5 1 (0.55%) ARP4754
5 1 (0.55%) DO-254
5 1 (0.55%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.55%) NIST
5 1 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (2.76%) Firmware
2 2 (1.10%) Docker
Vendors
1 42 (23.20%) IBM
2 41 (22.65%) Sparx
3 15 (8.29%) MathWorks
4 7 (3.87%) Dell
4 7 (3.87%) Microsoft
4 7 (3.87%) VMware
5 6 (3.31%) EMC
6 3 (1.66%) Siemens
7 1 (0.55%) ANSYS
7 1 (0.55%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.55%) Keysight
7 1 (0.55%) PTC
7 1 (0.55%) SAP