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 £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 248 276
Rank change year-on-year +20 +28 -32
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 57 31 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.63% 0.43% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.48% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 40 9 31
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 -
25th Percentile £58,750 £45,750 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile - £71,500 -
England median annual salary £57,495 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.18% -11.11% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 8,673 6,404 7,626
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.11% 89.37% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,398 3,970 5,138
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024. 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 +15 21 £60,000 -4.00%
Devon +3 14 £65,000 +85.71% 3
Dorset -3 11 £50,000 - 1
Somerset +8 8 £60,000 - 2
Gloucestershire -15 3 £38,000 - 2
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 19 April 2024, 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 14 (24.56%) Aerospace
1 14 (24.56%) Systems Engineering
2 10 (17.54%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.02%) Degree
5 3 (5.26%) MODAF
5 3 (5.26%) Agile
5 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.26%) Configuration Management
6 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.51%) Validation
6 2 (3.51%) HNC
6 2 (3.51%) HND
6 2 (3.51%) Linux
6 2 (3.51%) TOGAF
6 2 (3.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (3.51%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (3.51%) ArchiMate
6 2 (3.51%) 3D Printing
6 2 (3.51%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 2 (3.51%) End-to-End Testing
7 1 (1.75%) Safety Engineering
7 1 (1.75%) ECSS
7 1 (1.75%) 5G
7 1 (1.75%) Virtual Environments
7 1 (1.75%) PMO
7 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.75%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (1.75%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (1.75%) Systems Thinking

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) 4G
1 1 (1.75%) 5G
1 1 (1.75%) Network Security
1 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.75%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.75%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 14 (24.56%) Aerospace
2 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.75%) Military
3 1 (1.75%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.51%) 3D Printing
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Linux
2 1 (1.75%) Debian
2 1 (1.75%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.56%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (5.26%) Agile
2 3 (5.26%) Configuration Management
2 3 (5.26%) MODAF
3 2 (3.51%) ArchiMate
3 2 (3.51%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (3.51%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 2 (3.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (3.51%) TOGAF
3 2 (3.51%) Validation
4 1 (1.75%) Containerisation
4 1 (1.75%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (1.75%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (1.75%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (1.75%) Roadmaps
4 1 (1.75%) Safety Engineering
4 1 (1.75%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (1.75%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (1.75%) Virtual Environments
4 1 (1.75%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (17.54%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.77%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.02%) Degree
4 2 (3.51%) HNC
4 2 (3.51%) HND
5 1 (1.75%) APMP
5 1 (1.75%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) ECSS
1 1 (1.75%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (1.75%) Sparx