Systems Engineering Jobs in the South East

Systems Engineering
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Systems Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 180 278
Rank change year-on-year +169 +98 +22
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 1,001 258 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.12% 1.41% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.13% 1.72% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 621 105 59
10th Percentile £47,683 £37,096 £41,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £63,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -15.33% +28.31%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £52,600 £57,560 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.62% -17.77% +16.67%

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 8,990 15,034 12,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 90.89% 81.92% 94.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,626 10,262 7,391
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -12.00% +4.17%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South East.

Salary trend for Systems Engineering in the South East

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South East over the 6 months to 2 July 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 2 July 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
Isle of Wight - 690 £68,000 - 17
Hampshire +81 184 £47,683 -25.20% 100
Kent +87 80 £47,683 +28.87% 11
Surrey +50 17 £46,000 -29.23% 31
Thames Valley -35 13 £77,500 +22.05% 76
Middlesex -7 10 - - 5
West Sussex +32 7 £50,000 - 24
Berkshire -26 7 £77,500 +22.05% 46
Oxfordshire +30 6 £75,000 -6.25% 10
Sussex +18 2 £75,000 - 5
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 5 (0.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 141 (14.09%) Simulink
2 88 (8.79%) Mathcad
3 2 (0.20%) CATIA
3 2 (0.20%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 36 (3.60%) Teamcenter
2 21 (2.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.100%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (0.100%) Amazon ECR
1 1 (0.100%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (0.100%) Amazon S3
1 1 (0.100%) AWS
1 1 (0.100%) Slack
1 1 (0.100%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.20%) MQTT
1 2 (0.20%) WAN
2 1 (0.100%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.00%) MongoDB
2 5 (0.50%) MySQL
3 4 (0.40%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.20%) GIS
Development Applications
1 492 (49.15%) Rational DOORS
2 25 (2.50%) JIRA
3 7 (0.70%) Git
4 4 (0.40%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.100%) GitLab
5 1 (0.100%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.100%) MagicDraw
General
1 494 (49.35%) Electronics
2 105 (10.49%) Presentation Skills
3 97 (9.69%) Social Skills
4 60 (5.99%) Aerospace
5 19 (1.90%) Finance
6 14 (1.40%) Military
7 9 (0.90%) Manufacturing
8 6 (0.60%) Automotive
9 4 (0.40%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (0.30%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.20%) Advertising
11 2 (0.20%) Avionics
11 2 (0.20%) Marketing
12 1 (0.100%) Aviation
12 1 (0.100%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 640 (63.94%) Systems Engineer
2 357 (35.66%) Senior
3 260 (25.97%) Principal Engineer
4 242 (24.18%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 229 (22.88%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 69 (6.89%) Mathematical Modeller
7 41 (4.10%) Lead
8 39 (3.90%) Engineering Manager
9 37 (3.70%) Requirements Manager
10 35 (3.50%) Junior
10 35 (3.50%) Junior Systems Engineer
11 34 (3.40%) Radar Engineer
12 30 (3.00%) Software Assurance Engineer
13 28 (2.80%) Architect
14 27 (2.70%) Systems Architect
15 23 (2.30%) Lead Systems Engineer
16 18 (1.80%) System Design Authority
17 8 (0.80%) Project Manager
18 7 (0.70%) Project Leader
19 5 (0.50%) Requirements Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.90%) Kafka
2 4 (0.40%) .NET
3 2 (0.20%) gRPC
4 1 (0.100%) Django
4 1 (0.100%) Flask
4 1 (0.100%) Lambda Expressions
4 1 (0.100%) React
4 1 (0.100%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 426 (42.56%) Algorithms
2 43 (4.30%) Management Information System
3 19 (1.90%) e-Learning
4 4 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (0.40%) Data Centre
5 3 (0.30%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.20%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (0.20%) IoT
6 2 (0.20%) SCADA
7 1 (0.100%) Molecular Biology
7 1 (0.100%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.60%) Linux
1 6 (0.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (43.86%) Technical Leadership
2 423 (42.26%) Signal Processing
3 195 (19.48%) Test Planning
4 184 (18.38%) Mathematics
5 171 (17.08%) SysML
6 159 (15.88%) UML
7 153 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
8 147 (14.69%) Cybersecurity
9 146 (14.59%) Agile
10 144 (14.39%) Validation
10 144 (14.39%) Verification and Validation
11 112 (11.19%) Mentoring
12 106 (10.59%) Requirements Management
13 105 (10.49%) MODAF
14 104 (10.39%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 92 (9.19%) Physics
16 89 (8.89%) Performance Analysis
17 88 (8.79%) Mathematical Modelling
18 77 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 61 (6.09%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 249 (24.88%) MATLAB
2 100 (9.99%) Python
3 77 (7.69%) R
4 9 (0.90%) C#
4 9 (0.90%) C++
5 7 (0.70%) C
6 2 (0.20%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.100%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.100%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.100%) VB
Qualifications
1 911 (91.01%) BPSS Clearance
2 325 (32.47%) Degree
3 55 (5.49%) Chartered Engineer
4 42 (4.20%) SC Cleared
4 42 (4.20%) Security Cleared
5 16 (1.60%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.20%) PhD
7 6 (0.60%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.40%) CISSP
8 4 (0.40%) HNC
8 4 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 545 (54.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 72 (7.19%) IEC 61508
3 49 (4.90%) Def Stans
4 35 (3.50%) ARP4754
4 35 (3.50%) DO-254
5 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.20%) NIST
5 2 (0.20%) RMADS
6 1 (0.100%) ECSS
6 1 (0.100%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (0.50%) Firmware
2 2 (0.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.40%) Ansible
2 1 (0.100%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.100%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 433 (43.26%) IBM
2 89 (8.89%) MathWorks
3 21 (2.10%) Sparx
4 15 (1.50%) Siemens
5 9 (0.90%) VMware
6 8 (0.80%) Dell
7 6 (0.60%) EMC
8 4 (0.40%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.20%) Microsoft
10 1 (0.100%) SAP
10 1 (0.100%) Sawtooth Software