Systems Engineer Job Trends in the South West

System Engineer
England > South West

The median System Engineer salary in the South West is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 52 27
Rank change year-on-year +33 -25 +83
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 476 141 585
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.72% 4.26% 5.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.08% 4.63% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 247 90 412
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,650 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,300 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.57% -3.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 7,825 3,046 9,375
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.08% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5,384 2,042 6,978
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,625 £37,099
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,123
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.53% -11.46%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in the South West

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the South West

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 Systems Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 July 2026. 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 +18 187 £60,000 +9.09% 26
Wiltshire +23 75 £60,000 -14.29% 4
Devon +17 61 £65,000 +62.50% 11
Dorset +26 53 £56,250 +10.64% 8
Somerset -1 53 £60,000 +26.32% 7
Gloucestershire -20 41 £85,000 +61.60% 35
Cornwall - 10 £45,000 - 1
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 12 July 2026, Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 98 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (19.96%) Linux
3 93 (19.54%) Security Cleared
4 92 (19.33%) Systems Engineering
5 91 (19.12%) Microsoft
6 86 (18.07%) Azure
7 83 (17.44%) Microsoft 365
8 81 (17.02%) Active Directory
9 80 (16.81%) SC Cleared
10 79 (16.60%) Windows
11 78 (16.39%) Customer Service
12 75 (15.76%) Windows Server
13 74 (15.55%) DHCP
13 74 (15.55%) DNS
13 74 (15.55%) Hyper-V
14 71 (14.92%) Veeam
14 71 (14.92%) VMware
14 71 (14.92%) Windows Server 2016
15 70 (14.71%) Amazon RDS
15 70 (14.71%) Brocade
15 70 (14.71%) Customer Experience
15 70 (14.71%) Cyber Essentials
15 70 (14.71%) Email Filtering
15 70 (14.71%) Kalman Filter
15 70 (14.71%) Microsoft Exchange
15 70 (14.71%) Migration
15 70 (14.71%) Nimble Storage
15 70 (14.71%) PCI DSS
15 70 (14.71%) SolarWinds
15 70 (14.71%) Splunk

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 70 (14.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.63%) CMS
3 1 (0.21%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (0.21%) Resin
Applications
1 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 86 (18.07%) Azure
2 83 (17.44%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (2.31%) Entra ID
4 7 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.21%) AWS
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 74 (15.55%) DHCP
1 74 (15.55%) DNS
2 7 (1.47%) Network Security
3 5 (1.05%) ATM
4 1 (0.21%) Firewall
4 1 (0.21%) Internet
4 1 (0.21%) LAN
4 1 (0.21%) RS-422
4 1 (0.21%) Tactical Data Link
4 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.21%) VLAN
4 1 (0.21%) VoIP
4 1 (0.21%) WAN
4 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (14.71%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (1.47%) JIRA
2 5 (1.05%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.21%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 88 (18.49%) Social Skills
2 73 (15.34%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (6.51%) Manufacturing
4 20 (4.20%) Aerospace
5 18 (3.78%) Aviation
6 12 (2.52%) Retail
7 11 (2.31%) Electronics
8 9 (1.89%) Avionics
9 8 (1.68%) Military
10 7 (1.47%) Automotive
10 7 (1.47%) Legal
11 6 (1.26%) Finance
11 6 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.05%) Digital Health
12 5 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.42%) Aeronautics
13 2 (0.42%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.21%) Marketing
14 1 (0.21%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.21%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 70 (14.71%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (1.89%) Cloud Native
3 7 (1.47%) Driving Licence
4 6 (1.26%) Data Centre
5 4 (0.84%) CCTV
5 4 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (0.84%) SCADA
6 3 (0.63%) Algorithms
6 3 (0.63%) Insider Threat
6 3 (0.63%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.42%) NHS
7 2 (0.42%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.21%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 95 (19.96%) Linux
2 79 (16.60%) Windows
3 75 (15.76%) Windows Server
4 71 (14.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.42%) Unix
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (19.33%) Systems Engineering
3 78 (16.39%) Customer Service
4 70 (14.71%) Customer Experience
4 70 (14.71%) Email Filtering
4 70 (14.71%) Kalman Filter
4 70 (14.71%) Migration
4 70 (14.71%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 70 (14.71%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 70 (14.71%) Web Filtering
5 24 (5.04%) Technical Leadership
6 20 (4.20%) Agile
7 18 (3.78%) Project Management
8 14 (2.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (2.52%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 12 (2.52%) Safety Engineering
10 11 (2.31%) Mentoring
10 11 (2.31%) Validation
11 10 (2.10%) Customer-Centricity
11 10 (2.10%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.21%) C
1 1 (0.21%) Ladder Logic
1 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 93 (19.54%) Security Cleared
2 80 (16.81%) SC Cleared
3 35 (7.35%) Degree
4 7 (1.47%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.26%) Chartered Engineer
6 5 (1.05%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.21%) APMP
7 1 (0.21%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (14.71%) Cyber Essentials
1 70 (14.71%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.42%) ARP4754
2 2 (0.42%) ARP4761
2 2 (0.42%) DO-160
2 2 (0.42%) SLA
3 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.21%) DO-254
3 1 (0.21%) GDPR
3 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 81 (17.02%) Active Directory
2 74 (15.55%) Hyper-V
3 70 (14.71%) Terminal Server
4 7 (1.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.84%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.42%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.21%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 91 (19.12%) Microsoft
2 71 (14.92%) Veeam
2 71 (14.92%) VMware
3 70 (14.71%) Brocade
3 70 (14.71%) Nimble Storage
3 70 (14.71%) SolarWinds
3 70 (14.71%) Splunk
3 70 (14.71%) Tanium
4 5 (1.05%) Siemens
5 4 (0.84%) Apple
5 4 (0.84%) Cisco
6 2 (0.42%) Allen-Bradley
6 2 (0.42%) IBM
7 1 (0.21%) AVEVA
7 1 (0.21%) EMC
7 1 (0.21%) Google