Systems Engineer Jobs in South Wales

System Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median System Engineer salary in South Wales is £70,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 78 97
Rank change year-on-year +53 +19 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 48 24 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 6.24% 1.64% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.25% 1.80% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 48 18 3
10th Percentile - - £34,250
25th Percentile £62,000 £30,000 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +101.71% -17.65% +14.09%
75th Percentile - £37,813 £50,625
90th Percentile - £62,500 £54,750
Wales median annual salary £62,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +65.33% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 662 1,331 1,025
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.09% 90.85% 89.44%
Number of salaries quoted 422 888 573
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,157 £28,700
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £36,464
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,244 £45,496
Median % change year-on-year +8.12% +1.64% -9.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,988
90th Percentile £71,585 £70,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.26%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in South Wales

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in South Wales.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in South Wales

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in South Wales over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in South Wales

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 13 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
Newport - 46 £70,600 - 3
Cardiff +18 1 £35,250 -27.69% 5
Gwent - 1 £42,500 -
Systems Engineer
Wales

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Systems 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 Wales region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 47 (97.92%) Electronics
2 46 (95.83%) IBM
2 46 (95.83%) Rational DOORS
2 46 (95.83%) Signal Processing
2 46 (95.83%) Algorithms
2 46 (95.83%) BPSS Clearance
2 46 (95.83%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 46 (95.83%) Systems Engineering
2 46 (95.83%) Technical Leadership
3 25 (52.08%) Test Planning
4 17 (35.42%) Mentoring
4 17 (35.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 17 (35.42%) R
5 2 (4.17%) Software Engineering
6 1 (2.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.08%) C
6 1 (2.08%) Legal
6 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.08%) Embedded C
6 1 (2.08%) CAD
6 1 (2.08%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.08%) Simulink

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 46 (95.83%) Rational DOORS
General
1 47 (97.92%) Electronics
2 1 (2.08%) Legal
2 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 46 (95.83%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (95.83%) Signal Processing
1 46 (95.83%) Systems Engineering
1 46 (95.83%) Technical Leadership
2 25 (52.08%) Test Planning
3 17 (35.42%) Mentoring
3 17 (35.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (4.17%) Software Engineering
5 1 (2.08%) CAD
5 1 (2.08%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 17 (35.42%) R
2 1 (2.08%) C
2 1 (2.08%) Embedded C
2 1 (2.08%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 46 (95.83%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (95.83%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 46 (95.83%) IBM