Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in the South West

Senior System Engineer
England > South West

The median Senior System Engineer salary in the South West is £52,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 222 231
Rank change year-on-year +165 +9 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 162 64 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.52% 0.69% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.82% 0.72% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 106 46 12
10th Percentile £47,627 £52,500 £41,250
25th Percentile - - £44,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £60,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.33% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £74,625
England median annual salary £52,600 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.85% -1.67% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,363 8,935 6,012
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 96.22% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,035 6,536 3,754
10th Percentile £27,350 £28,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,336 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,400 £77,500 £79,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the South West

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in the South West

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Engineer in the South West

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Bristol +107 87 £52,600 -12.33% 10
Gloucestershire +106 39 £52,600 +38.42% 9
Dorset +50 17 £50,000 - 3
Somerset +16 16 £47,500 -20.83% 2
Devon +10 1 - - 5
Wiltshire - 1 £55,000 - 4
Senior Systems Engineer
England

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Senior 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 West region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 149 (91.98%) Degree
2 133 (82.10%) Systems Engineering
3 73 (45.06%) Line Management
4 46 (28.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 43 (26.54%) Mathematics
6 36 (22.22%) Aerospace
7 34 (20.99%) Physics
7 34 (20.99%) Coaching
8 22 (13.58%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 22 (13.58%) HNC
8 22 (13.58%) HND
9 21 (12.96%) IEC 61508
9 21 (12.96%) DO-254
9 21 (12.96%) ARP4754
10 20 (12.35%) Use Case
10 20 (12.35%) Chartered Engineer
10 20 (12.35%) Acceptance Criteria
11 15 (9.26%) Microsoft
12 13 (8.02%) Microsoft Excel
12 13 (8.02%) Microsoft Office
12 13 (8.02%) Automotive
12 13 (8.02%) MATLAB
12 13 (8.02%) Performance Management
12 13 (8.02%) ANSYS
12 13 (8.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 13 (8.02%) Requirements Management
12 13 (8.02%) PLM
12 13 (8.02%) Teamcenter
12 13 (8.02%) Aeronautics
12 13 (8.02%) Cost Control

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (1.85%) OpenStack
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (8.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (8.02%) Microsoft Office
1 13 (8.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (8.02%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.23%) Azure
1 2 (1.23%) Entra ID
1 2 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (1.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.23%) ATM
1 2 (1.23%) SAN
Development Applications
1 9 (5.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 36 (22.22%) Aerospace
2 13 (8.02%) Aeronautics
2 13 (8.02%) Automotive
3 9 (5.56%) Military
4 3 (1.85%) Aviation
4 3 (1.85%) Social Skills
5 2 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.23%) Local Government
5 2 (1.23%) Marketing
5 2 (1.23%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.85%) OpenCL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (1.85%) CUDA
1 3 (1.85%) Data Centre
1 3 (1.85%) Device Driver
1 3 (1.85%) PCIe
2 1 (0.62%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.09%) Windows
2 3 (1.85%) Linux
3 2 (1.23%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (82.10%) Systems Engineering
2 73 (45.06%) Line Management
3 43 (26.54%) Mathematics
4 34 (20.99%) Coaching
4 34 (20.99%) Physics
5 22 (13.58%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 20 (12.35%) Acceptance Criteria
6 20 (12.35%) Use Case
7 13 (8.02%) Cost Control
7 13 (8.02%) Performance Management
7 13 (8.02%) PLM
7 13 (8.02%) Requirements Management
8 9 (5.56%) Business Case
8 9 (5.56%) OO
8 9 (5.56%) Project Delivery
9 5 (3.09%) Artificial Intelligence
10 3 (1.85%) Customer Service
10 3 (1.85%) Device Driver Development
10 3 (1.85%) Scrum
10 3 (1.85%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.02%) MATLAB
2 3 (1.85%) C
2 3 (1.85%) C++
2 3 (1.85%) Python
3 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 149 (91.98%) Degree
2 46 (28.40%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (13.58%) HNC
3 22 (13.58%) HND
4 20 (12.35%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (1.23%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.62%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.62%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.96%) ARP4754
1 21 (12.96%) DO-254
1 21 (12.96%) IEC 61508
2 2 (1.23%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.85%) Firmware
2 2 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.85%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.23%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 15 (9.26%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.02%) ANSYS
3 3 (1.85%) Graphcore
4 2 (1.23%) Cisco
4 2 (1.23%) EMC
4 2 (1.23%) Palo Alto
4 2 (1.23%) VMware