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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 138 182
Rank change year-on-year +41 +44 +95
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 280 179 231
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.78% 2.08% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 2.35% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 134 104 96
10th Percentile £43,000 £50,000 £37,495
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £49,998
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -2.36% -15.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,600 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,836 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.74% +0.58% -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 11,284 7,630 13,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.75% 88.59% 81.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,037 3,972 9,658
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,000
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 15 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 15 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 +15 136 £60,000 - 41
Isle of Wight 0 56 £87,200 +40.65% 1
Kent -1 42 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Thames Valley +29 23 £67,500 -12.90% 23
Berkshire +27 15 £72,500 -6.45% 8
West Sussex -9 12 £70,000 +27.27% 6
Surrey -24 8 £47,500 +3.26% 11
Buckinghamshire - 5 £67,500 - 8
Sussex -7 3 - - 6
Oxfordshire -14 3 £52,500 -30.00% 8
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 6 (2.14%) Apache
2 4 (1.43%) nginx
3 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 36 (12.86%) Simulink
2 22 (7.86%) CATIA
3 2 (0.71%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 3 (1.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (2.50%) Azure
3 5 (1.79%) AWS
4 4 (1.43%) GCP
5 3 (1.07%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (0.71%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.86%) ATM
2 4 (1.43%) DNS
2 4 (1.43%) Firewall
2 4 (1.43%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.07%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (0.71%) HTTP
4 2 (0.71%) LAN
4 2 (0.71%) MQTT
4 2 (0.71%) VoIP
4 2 (0.71%) WAN
4 2 (0.71%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.43%) GIS
2 2 (0.71%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 89 (31.79%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (7.14%) JIRA
3 4 (1.43%) Apache Continuum
4 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.71%) GitLab
5 1 (0.36%) Git
5 1 (0.36%) Subversion
5 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 133 (47.50%) Aerospace
2 101 (36.07%) Finance
3 58 (20.71%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (19.64%) Social Skills
5 51 (18.21%) Electronics
6 23 (8.21%) Military
7 9 (3.21%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.50%) Aviation
9 4 (1.43%) Avionics
9 4 (1.43%) Retail
9 4 (1.43%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.07%) Aeronautics
10 3 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.71%) Law
12 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 202 (72.14%) Systems Engineer
2 76 (27.14%) Senior
3 63 (22.50%) Principal Engineer
3 63 (22.50%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 62 (22.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 26 (9.29%) Lead
6 16 (5.71%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 13 (4.64%) Team Leader
8 9 (3.21%) Architect
9 7 (2.50%) Engineering Manager
9 7 (2.50%) IT Engineer
10 6 (2.14%) Integration Engineer
10 6 (2.14%) Traffic Engineer
11 5 (1.79%) FPGA Engineer
11 5 (1.79%) Project Manager
11 5 (1.79%) Security Engineer
11 5 (1.79%) Systems Integration Engineer
12 4 (1.43%) Software Engineer
12 4 (1.43%) Systems Architect
12 4 (1.43%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.43%) OLE
2 2 (0.71%) gRPC
2 2 (0.71%) JSON
2 2 (0.71%) LAMP
2 2 (0.71%) Node.js
2 2 (0.71%) Protocol Buffers
2 2 (0.71%) React
2 2 (0.71%) RESTful
2 2 (0.71%) Web Services
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Camel
3 1 (0.36%) Kafka
3 1 (0.36%) MACH
3 1 (0.36%) Middleware
3 1 (0.36%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.86%) Management Information System
2 15 (5.36%) Algorithms
3 12 (4.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (4.29%) SCADA
4 11 (3.93%) Acoustics
5 9 (3.21%) FPGA
6 6 (2.14%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.14%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (1.79%) PCIe
7 5 (1.79%) Verilog
7 5 (1.79%) VHDL
8 4 (1.43%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.07%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.07%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.71%) Analogue Electronics
10 2 (0.71%) Cyber Defence
11 1 (0.36%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.36%) Linux
2 13 (4.64%) Windows
3 7 (2.50%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.71%) Debian
4 2 (0.71%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (20.00%) Requirements Management
2 55 (19.64%) Technical Leadership
3 51 (18.21%) Mathematics
4 49 (17.50%) Software Engineering
5 48 (17.14%) Physics
6 40 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (13.93%) Systems Thinking
8 38 (13.57%) Agile
8 38 (13.57%) Decision-Making
8 38 (13.57%) Validation
9 33 (11.79%) Customer Requirements
10 32 (11.43%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 31 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
12 30 (10.71%) Verification and Validation
13 28 (10.00%) Test Planning
14 27 (9.64%) Collaborative Working
15 24 (8.57%) Asset Management
16 23 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
17 22 (7.86%) SysML
18 21 (7.50%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (19.64%) MATLAB
2 21 (7.50%) Python
3 17 (6.07%) C
4 10 (3.57%) C++
5 9 (3.21%) Embedded C
5 9 (3.21%) Embedded C++
6 4 (1.43%) C#
7 2 (0.71%) Ada
7 2 (0.71%) PHP
8 1 (0.36%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.36%) Java
Qualifications
1 137 (48.93%) BPSS Clearance
2 129 (46.07%) Degree
3 36 (12.86%) Chartered Engineer
3 36 (12.86%) Security Cleared
4 18 (6.43%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.36%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.50%) HNC
6 7 (2.50%) HND
7 5 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.43%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.71%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 8 (2.86%) ARP4754
3 8 (2.86%) DO-254
4 6 (2.14%) Def Stans
4 6 (2.14%) ECSS
5 5 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.07%) QA
7 2 (0.71%) NCSC
8 1 (0.36%) GDPR
8 1 (0.36%) MISRA
System Software
1 13 (4.64%) Firmware
2 4 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.71%) Docker
3 2 (0.71%) Squid
Systems Management
1 4 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.07%) SCCM
3 2 (0.71%) HAProxy
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (16.79%) IBM
2 30 (10.71%) Siemens
3 12 (4.29%) Microsoft
4 5 (1.79%) EMC
5 4 (1.43%) Facebook
5 4 (1.43%) Instagram
5 4 (1.43%) Veeam
5 4 (1.43%) VMware
6 3 (1.07%) Sparx
7 2 (0.71%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.71%) Yahoo!
8 1 (0.36%) Cisco
8 1 (0.36%) Juniper