Systems Engineering Jobs in South Wales

Systems Engineering
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 99 90
Rank change year-on-year +86 -9 +26
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 78 9 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 9.23% 0.61% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.14% 0.78% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 70 5 7
10th Percentile - £47,000 -
25th Percentile £62,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,300 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.17% -14.29% +58.08%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 - -
Wales median annual salary £62,000 £40,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +55.00% -42.86% +58.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 700 1,150 1,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 82.84% 77.91% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 446 746 559
10th Percentile £23,504 £28,290 £27,520
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,700 £36,732
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,221 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.73% +3.26% -8.00%
75th Percentile £66,656 £60,000 £62,988
90th Percentile £73,000 £72,466 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.78% - -5.26%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in South Wales

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineering in South Wales

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in South Wales over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in South Wales

Systems Engineering
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 Engineering within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 18 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 - 77 £70,600 - 9
Cardiff +31 1 £65,000 +8.33% 4
Systems Engineering
Wales

Systems Engineering
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 10 (12.82%) Mathcad
1 10 (12.82%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 58 (74.36%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 54 (69.23%) Electronics
2 8 (10.26%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.28%) Aviation
3 1 (1.28%) Avionics
3 1 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 49 (62.82%) Systems Engineer
2 30 (38.46%) Senior
3 27 (34.62%) Principal Engineer
3 27 (34.62%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 22 (28.21%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 10 (12.82%) Mathematical Modeller
6 8 (10.26%) Architect
6 8 (10.26%) Systems Architect
7 3 (3.85%) Radar Engineer
8 1 (1.28%) Project Manager
8 1 (1.28%) Software Engineer
8 1 (1.28%) System Design Authority
Miscellaneous
1 56 (71.79%) Algorithms
2 8 (10.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.28%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.28%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (73.08%) Technical Leadership
2 56 (71.79%) Signal Processing
3 27 (34.62%) Test Planning
4 25 (32.05%) Mentoring
5 17 (21.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
7 11 (14.10%) Mathematics
7 11 (14.10%) Systems Thinking
8 10 (12.82%) Mathematical Modelling
8 10 (12.82%) Performance Analysis
8 10 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (12.82%) Validation
8 10 (12.82%) Verification and Validation
9 9 (11.54%) Configuration Management
9 9 (11.54%) Requirements Management
10 8 (10.26%) Business Case
10 8 (10.26%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
11 5 (6.41%) Architectural Design
12 1 (1.28%) Cost Control
12 1 (1.28%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.79%) R
2 10 (12.82%) MATLAB
2 10 (12.82%) Python
3 1 (1.28%) Ada
3 1 (1.28%) C
3 1 (1.28%) C++
Qualifications
1 77 (98.72%) BPSS Clearance
2 13 (16.67%) Degree
3 10 (12.82%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (3.85%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (96.15%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 58 (74.36%) IBM
2 10 (12.82%) MathWorks