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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 144 179
Rank change year-on-year +60 +35 +36
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 359 162 163
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.90% 1.81% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 2.06% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 145 80 66
10th Percentile £43,000 £50,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £59,375 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £51,852
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +30.18% -39.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,300 £78,750
90th Percentile £87,200 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -21.43%

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 13,686 7,872 9,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.41% 88.19% 81.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,725 4,263 5,216
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +15 191 £55,000 -15.81% 40
Kent +30 60 £65,000 +8.33% 4
Thames Valley +16 44 £67,500 -12.90% 23
Isle of Wight -2 29 £87,200 +24.57% 6
Berkshire +21 24 £71,250 -8.06% 11
West Sussex -13 18 £68,500 +24.55% 5
Surrey -21 14 £46,078 -4.00% 8
Buckinghamshire - 14 £67,500 - 2
Oxfordshire -34 6 £52,500 -41.67% 10
Sussex -9 3 - - 2
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 12 (3.34%) Apache
2 10 (2.79%) nginx
3 3 (0.84%) CMS
4 2 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 54 (15.04%) Simulink
2 15 (4.18%) CATIA
3 6 (1.67%) Windchill
4 5 (1.39%) Mathcad
5 3 (0.84%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (2.51%) Azure
2 8 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.11%) AWS
3 4 (1.11%) GCP
4 3 (0.84%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (0.56%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.28%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.51%) DNS
2 8 (2.23%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.95%) ATM
3 7 (1.95%) Firewall
4 3 (0.84%) HTTP
4 3 (0.84%) LAN
4 3 (0.84%) MQTT
4 3 (0.84%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (0.84%) VLAN
5 2 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.56%) DHCP
5 2 (0.56%) Network Security
5 2 (0.56%) OSPF
5 2 (0.56%) VoIP
5 2 (0.56%) VPN
5 2 (0.56%) WAN
5 2 (0.56%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.28%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.11%) GIS
2 2 (0.56%) MySQL
3 1 (0.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 96 (26.74%) Rational DOORS
2 22 (6.13%) JIRA
3 4 (1.11%) Apache Continuum
3 4 (1.11%) LabVIEW
4 3 (0.84%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.84%) GitLab
5 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 185 (51.53%) Aerospace
2 159 (44.29%) Finance
3 79 (22.01%) Social Skills
4 55 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (10.03%) Electronics
6 27 (7.52%) Military
7 17 (4.74%) Manufacturing
8 16 (4.46%) Retail
9 10 (2.79%) Aviation
10 7 (1.95%) Automotive
10 7 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.67%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.11%) Aeronautics
12 4 (1.11%) Avionics
12 4 (1.11%) Italian Language
12 4 (1.11%) Japanese Language
13 3 (0.84%) Police
14 2 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 248 (69.08%) Systems Engineer
2 96 (26.74%) Senior
3 84 (23.40%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 70 (19.50%) Principal Engineer
5 69 (19.22%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 41 (11.42%) Lead
7 24 (6.69%) Team Leader
8 21 (5.85%) IT Engineer
9 16 (4.46%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 14 (3.90%) Architect
11 10 (2.79%) Chief Systems Engineer
11 10 (2.79%) NOC Manager
11 10 (2.79%) Operations Manager
12 8 (2.23%) Software Team Leader
12 8 (2.23%) Systems Architect
13 6 (1.67%) Engineering Manager
13 6 (1.67%) FPGA Engineer
13 6 (1.67%) Solutions Architect
14 5 (1.39%) Principal Architect
14 5 (1.39%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.39%) Web Services
2 4 (1.11%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.84%) JSON
3 3 (0.84%) Protocol Buffers
4 2 (0.56%) gRPC
4 2 (0.56%) LAMP
4 2 (0.56%) Node.js
4 2 (0.56%) React
4 2 (0.56%) RESTful
4 2 (0.56%) Terraform
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Camel
5 1 (0.28%) Kafka
5 1 (0.28%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.01%) Algorithms
2 14 (3.90%) SCADA
3 13 (3.62%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.06%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (3.06%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.79%) Social Media
6 9 (2.51%) FPGA
7 7 (1.95%) Augmented Reality
8 6 (1.67%) VHDL
9 5 (1.39%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (1.39%) PCIe
9 5 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.39%) Robotics
9 5 (1.39%) Verilog
10 4 (1.11%) Acoustics
10 4 (1.11%) IoT
10 4 (1.11%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.11%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.11%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.46%) Linux
1 16 (4.46%) Windows
2 15 (4.18%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.95%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.84%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (0.56%) Debian
5 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (27.30%) Requirements Management
2 77 (21.45%) Technical Leadership
3 68 (18.94%) Mathematics
4 63 (17.55%) Agile
5 61 (16.99%) Physics
6 58 (16.16%) Customer Requirements
7 57 (15.88%) Validation
8 53 (14.76%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 51 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
10 50 (13.93%) Systems Thinking
11 48 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 45 (12.53%) Verification and Validation
13 44 (12.26%) Change Management
13 44 (12.26%) SysML
14 39 (10.86%) Software Engineering
15 37 (10.31%) Asset Management
16 35 (9.75%) Decision-Making
17 32 (8.91%) Impact Assessments
18 29 (8.08%) Collaborative Working
18 29 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (18.38%) MATLAB
2 28 (7.80%) Python
3 22 (6.13%) C
4 12 (3.34%) C++
5 9 (2.51%) Embedded C
5 9 (2.51%) Embedded C++
6 8 (2.23%) Assembly Language
7 4 (1.11%) C#
8 2 (0.56%) Ada
8 2 (0.56%) PHP
9 1 (0.28%) Java
9 1 (0.28%) Perl
Qualifications
1 158 (44.01%) Degree
2 148 (41.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 61 (16.99%) Security Cleared
4 45 (12.53%) Chartered Engineer
5 36 (10.03%) SC Cleared
6 29 (8.08%) DV Cleared
7 11 (3.06%) HND
8 10 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 9 (2.51%) HNC
10 5 (1.39%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.39%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.11%) CISM
11 4 (1.11%) CISSP
11 4 (1.11%) PhD
12 2 (0.56%) CCNA
12 2 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.47%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 11 (3.06%) Accessibility
2 11 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 10 (2.79%) ECSS
4 7 (1.95%) ARP4754
4 7 (1.95%) DO-254
5 6 (1.67%) Def Stans
6 5 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.39%) ISO 9001
7 4 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.11%) NIST
8 3 (0.84%) QA
9 1 (0.28%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 12 (3.34%) VMware ESXi
1 12 (3.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.51%) Firmware
3 5 (1.39%) Squid
4 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (2.51%) BMC PATROL
2 5 (1.39%) HAProxy
2 5 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.84%) SCCM
4 2 (0.56%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 49 (13.65%) Siemens
2 37 (10.31%) IBM
3 18 (5.01%) Microsoft
4 12 (3.34%) Veeam
4 12 (3.34%) VMware
5 11 (3.06%) Thales
6 9 (2.51%) EMC
7 4 (1.11%) Facebook
7 4 (1.11%) Instagram
8 2 (0.56%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.56%) Cisco
8 2 (0.56%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.56%) Yahoo!
9 1 (0.28%) Altera
9 1 (0.28%) Black Duck
9 1 (0.28%) Intel
9 1 (0.28%) Lattice Semiconductor
9 1 (0.28%) Microsemi
9 1 (0.28%) Rockwell
9 1 (0.28%) Xilinx