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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 183 246
Rank change year-on-year +172 +63 +43
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 1,092 237 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 11.52% 1.39% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.51% 1.65% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 673 105 61
10th Percentile £47,683 £39,694 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £63,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% +1.60% +6.92%
75th Percentile £70,600 £71,250 £85,000
90th Percentile - £81,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £52,600 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.52% -17.86% +7.69%

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 8,729 14,326 13,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.08% 83.93% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,189 9,917 7,784
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,750 £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 £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -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 24 May 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 24 May 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 - 676 £65,000 - 35
Hampshire +87 252 £47,683 -26.64% 56
Kent +85 108 £47,683 +0.39% 19
Surrey +61 27 £40,748 -37.31% 29
West Sussex +43 11 £55,000 - 29
Middlesex -6 10 £60,000 -
Thames Valley -25 10 £77,500 +22.05% 97
Oxfordshire +28 7 £75,000 -6.25% 14
Berkshire -32 3 £77,500 +22.05% 56
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 11 (1.01%) Confluence
Applications
1 131 (12.00%) Simulink
2 74 (6.78%) Mathcad
3 2 (0.18%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 35 (3.21%) Teamcenter
2 12 (1.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.092%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.092%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (1.65%) AWS
2 2 (0.18%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (0.18%) Amazon ECR
2 2 (0.18%) Amazon EKS
2 2 (0.18%) Amazon S3
2 2 (0.18%) Slack
2 2 (0.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.11%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.18%) MQTT
2 2 (0.18%) WAN
3 1 (0.092%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.01%) MongoDB
1 11 (1.01%) MySQL
2 9 (0.82%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (0.18%) GIS
4 1 (0.092%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 502 (45.97%) Rational DOORS
2 24 (2.20%) JIRA
3 13 (1.19%) Git
4 9 (0.82%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.18%) GitLab
6 1 (0.092%) LabVIEW
General
1 460 (42.12%) Electronics
2 129 (11.81%) Presentation Skills
3 115 (10.53%) Social Skills
4 59 (5.40%) Aerospace
5 34 (3.11%) Military
6 12 (1.10%) Finance
7 6 (0.55%) Automotive
7 6 (0.55%) Manufacturing
8 4 (0.37%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (0.27%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.18%) Advertising
10 2 (0.18%) Avionics
10 2 (0.18%) Marketing
11 1 (0.092%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.092%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 645 (59.07%) Systems Engineer
2 355 (32.51%) Senior
3 314 (28.75%) Principal Engineer
4 267 (24.45%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 219 (20.05%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 72 (6.59%) Engineering Manager
7 64 (5.86%) Mathematical Modeller
8 48 (4.40%) Architect
8 48 (4.40%) Systems Architect
9 46 (4.21%) Software Assurance Engineer
10 44 (4.03%) Requirements Manager
11 35 (3.21%) Junior
11 35 (3.21%) Junior Systems Engineer
11 35 (3.21%) Lead
12 27 (2.47%) Radar Engineer
13 23 (2.11%) Lead Systems Engineer
14 12 (1.10%) System Design Authority
15 10 (0.92%) Integration Engineer
15 10 (0.92%) Systems Integration Engineer
15 10 (0.92%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.82%) .NET
1 9 (0.82%) Kafka
2 2 (0.18%) Django
2 2 (0.18%) Flask
2 2 (0.18%) gRPC
2 2 (0.18%) Lambda Expressions
2 2 (0.18%) React
3 1 (0.092%) REST
3 1 (0.092%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 370 (33.88%) Algorithms
2 66 (6.04%) Management Information System
3 12 (1.10%) e-Learning
4 4 (0.37%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.18%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.18%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (0.18%) IoT
5 2 (0.18%) Molecular Biology
5 2 (0.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 34 (3.11%) Linux
1 34 (3.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (34.34%) Technical Leadership
2 368 (33.70%) Signal Processing
3 192 (17.58%) SysML
4 181 (16.58%) Mathematics
5 180 (16.48%) Test Planning
6 176 (16.12%) UML
7 172 (15.75%) Agile
7 172 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
8 161 (14.74%) Validation
8 161 (14.74%) Verification and Validation
9 155 (14.19%) Mentoring
9 155 (14.19%) Requirements Management
10 143 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
11 133 (12.18%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 129 (11.81%) MODAF
13 104 (9.52%) Physics
14 101 (9.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 76 (6.96%) FMEA
16 74 (6.78%) Mathematical Modelling
16 74 (6.78%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 263 (24.08%) MATLAB
2 101 (9.25%) R
3 86 (7.88%) Python
4 14 (1.28%) C#
5 9 (0.82%) C++
6 7 (0.64%) C
7 2 (0.18%) Embedded C
7 2 (0.18%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.18%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.092%) VB
Qualifications
1 1,014 (92.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 473 (43.32%) Degree
3 119 (10.90%) Chartered Engineer
4 40 (3.66%) Master's Degree
5 29 (2.66%) SC Cleared
5 29 (2.66%) Security Cleared
6 12 (1.10%) PhD
7 9 (0.82%) HNC
8 4 (0.37%) CISSP
8 4 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.092%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.092%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.092%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 491 (44.96%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 107 (9.80%) IEC 61508
3 84 (7.69%) Def Stans
4 35 (3.21%) ARP4754
4 35 (3.21%) DO-254
5 2 (0.18%) NIST
6 1 (0.092%) ECSS
6 1 (0.092%) GRC
6 1 (0.092%) ITGC
6 1 (0.092%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.092%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (0.18%) Docker
2 1 (0.092%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (0.82%) Ansible
2 2 (0.18%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.18%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 415 (38.00%) IBM
2 74 (6.78%) MathWorks
3 20 (1.83%) Siemens
4 12 (1.10%) Sparx
5 9 (0.82%) Atlassian
5 9 (0.82%) VMware
6 7 (0.64%) Dell
7 4 (0.37%) EMC
8 2 (0.18%) Microsoft
8 2 (0.18%) Sawtooth Software
9 1 (0.092%) SAP