Systems Test Engineer Jobs in the South East

System Test Engineer
England > South East

The median System Test Engineer salary in the South East is £47,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 379 397
Rank change year-on-year +76 +18 +90
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Test Engineer 2 13 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.021% 0.077% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.082% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £45,325 £30,500 -
25th Percentile £45,813 £31,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,250 £34,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.97% -40.87% -4.17%
75th Percentile £49,313 £37,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £50,175 £42,875 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +32.35% -32.00% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 8,352 15,876 12,949
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.87% 94.03% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,522 11,350 8,182
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Systems Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Systems Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Test Engineer in the South East

Systems Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Systems Test Engineer in the South East

Systems Test Engineer
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 Test Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 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
Hampshire +63 1 £45,000 +32.35%
Kent +29 1 £49,500 +27.74%
Systems Test Engineer
England

Systems Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, Systems Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Systems Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) LabVIEW
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Avionics
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation

Systems Test Engineer Skill Set
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (50.00%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800