Systems Engineer Jobs in the South West

System Engineer
England > South West

The median System Engineer salary in the South West is £52,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 38 137
Rank change year-on-year +26 +99 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 400 487 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 11.36% 4.99% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.14% 5.18% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 285 344 58
10th Percentile - £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £47,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% +11.68% +9.44%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £66,563
90th Percentile £56,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% - -

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 3,296 9,393 5,982
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 96.17% 89.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,933 6,889 3,677
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,945 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,365 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,187 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the South West

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer 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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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 +22 193 £52,600 -4.36% 40
Gloucestershire +53 72 £52,600 +0.19% 32
Somerset +5 58 £47,683 -12.51% 27
Dorset +27 57 £47,683 -4.63% 16
Wiltshire +42 12 £70,000 +40.00% 11
Devon -39 5 £65,000 - 25
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 West region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 341 (85.25%) Degree
2 338 (84.50%) Systems Engineering
3 201 (50.25%) MATLAB
4 191 (47.75%) SysML
5 156 (39.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 150 (37.50%) Mathematics
7 123 (30.75%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 110 (27.50%) Simulink
9 104 (26.00%) HND
10 103 (25.75%) HNC
11 98 (24.50%) Validation
11 98 (24.50%) UML
12 97 (24.25%) Software Engineering
13 94 (23.50%) Verification and Validation
14 90 (22.50%) Digital Twin
15 84 (21.00%) Agile
16 82 (20.50%) Cybersecurity
17 78 (19.50%) MODAF
17 78 (19.50%) Presentation Skills
18 76 (19.00%) Line Management
19 60 (15.00%) Physics
20 55 (13.75%) Aerospace
21 36 (9.00%) Social Skills
22 34 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
22 34 (8.50%) Coaching
23 33 (8.25%) PLM
23 33 (8.25%) Teamcenter
24 25 (6.25%) Electronics
24 25 (6.25%) Project Management
25 24 (6.00%) Computer Science

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 (0.75%) OpenStack
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 110 (27.50%) Simulink
2 13 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 33 (8.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.50%) Azure
1 2 (0.50%) Entra ID
1 2 (0.50%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (0.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.00%) Broadband
2 2 (0.50%) ATM
2 2 (0.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (5.75%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (0.75%) Git
3 1 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 78 (19.50%) Presentation Skills
2 55 (13.75%) Aerospace
3 36 (9.00%) Social Skills
4 25 (6.25%) Electronics
5 15 (3.75%) Automotive
6 13 (3.25%) Aeronautics
7 9 (2.25%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (1.50%) Finance
9 5 (1.25%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.00%) Military
11 3 (0.75%) Aviation
12 2 (0.50%) Local Government
12 2 (0.50%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.50%) Marketing
13 1 (0.25%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.00%) Kafka
2 3 (0.75%) CSS
2 3 (0.75%) HTML
2 3 (0.75%) Node.js
2 3 (0.75%) OpenCL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (1.50%) e-Learning
2 3 (0.75%) CUDA
2 3 (0.75%) Data Centre
2 3 (0.75%) Device Driver
2 3 (0.75%) PCIe
3 1 (0.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.25%) Optoelectronics
3 1 (0.25%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (0.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.25%) Windows
2 3 (0.75%) Linux
3 2 (0.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (84.50%) Systems Engineering
2 191 (47.75%) SysML
3 150 (37.50%) Mathematics
4 123 (30.75%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 98 (24.50%) UML
5 98 (24.50%) Validation
6 97 (24.25%) Software Engineering
7 94 (23.50%) Verification and Validation
8 90 (22.50%) Digital Twin
9 84 (21.00%) Agile
10 82 (20.50%) Cybersecurity
11 78 (19.50%) MODAF
12 76 (19.00%) Line Management
13 60 (15.00%) Physics
14 34 (8.50%) Coaching
14 34 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
15 33 (8.25%) PLM
16 25 (6.25%) Project Management
17 24 (6.00%) Computer Science
18 22 (5.50%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 201 (50.25%) MATLAB
2 3 (0.75%) C
2 3 (0.75%) C++
2 3 (0.75%) JavaScript
2 3 (0.75%) Python
2 3 (0.75%) TypeScript
3 2 (0.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 341 (85.25%) Degree
2 156 (39.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 104 (26.00%) HND
4 103 (25.75%) HNC
5 20 (5.00%) Chartered Engineer
6 15 (3.75%) Security Cleared
7 11 (2.75%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.50%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.50%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.25%) CISSP
11 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.25%) ARP4754
1 21 (5.25%) DO-254
1 21 (5.25%) IEC 61508
2 4 (1.00%) Def Stans
3 3 (0.75%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.75%) WCAG
4 2 (0.50%) QA
System Software
1 3 (0.75%) Firmware
2 2 (0.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.75%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.50%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 20 (5.00%) IBM
2 15 (3.75%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.25%) ANSYS
4 6 (1.50%) VMware
5 3 (0.75%) Graphcore
6 2 (0.50%) Cisco
6 2 (0.50%) EMC
6 2 (0.50%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.25%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.25%) SAP