Systems Engineering Jobs in the South West

Systems Engineering
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 105 134
Rank change year-on-year +99 +29 +13
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 615 254 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.71% 2.63% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.05% 3.22% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 327 174 49
10th Percentile - £38,250 £43,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% -21.43% +25.00%
75th Percentile £53,300 £64,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £58,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,600 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.52% -17.86% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,228 7,892 6,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 92.97% 81.68% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,817 5,677 3,521
10th Percentile £27,150 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South West over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
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 Engineering within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 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 +36 281 £52,600 -4.36% 70
Dorset +83 127 £47,683 -26.64% 16
Gloucestershire +74 103 £52,600 -4.36% 65
Somerset +40 85 £47,683 +14.90% 30
Devon +30 11 £61,500 - 17
Wiltshire +48 5 £62,500 +4.17% 20
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
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 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 112 (18.21%) Simulink
2 29 (4.72%) Mathcad
2 29 (4.72%) Mathematica
3 18 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 33 (5.37%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.33%) Azure
1 2 (0.33%) Entra ID
1 2 (0.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (0.33%) SaaS
2 1 (0.16%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (0.16%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (0.16%) Amazon S3
2 1 (0.16%) AWS
2 1 (0.16%) AWS CloudTrail
2 1 (0.16%) AWS Fargate
2 1 (0.16%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (0.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.33%) ATM
1 2 (0.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.65%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 88 (14.31%) Rational DOORS
2 36 (5.85%) JIRA
3 1 (0.16%) Git
3 1 (0.16%) GitLab
General
1 94 (15.28%) Electronics
2 78 (12.68%) Presentation Skills
3 55 (8.94%) Aerospace
4 34 (5.53%) Social Skills
5 15 (2.44%) Automotive
6 13 (2.11%) Aeronautics
7 11 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (1.14%) Public Sector
9 6 (0.98%) Finance
9 6 (0.98%) Retail
10 4 (0.65%) Military
11 2 (0.33%) Aviation
11 2 (0.33%) Banking
11 2 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.33%) Local Government
11 2 (0.33%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.33%) Marketing
12 1 (0.16%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 338 (54.96%) Systems Engineer
2 163 (26.50%) Senior
3 134 (21.79%) Principal Engineer
4 125 (20.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 78 (12.68%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 46 (7.48%) Engineering Manager
7 31 (5.04%) Lead
8 28 (4.55%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 28 (4.55%) Requirements Manager
9 27 (4.39%) Software Assurance Engineer
10 24 (3.90%) Software Engineer
11 20 (3.25%) Junior
11 20 (3.25%) Junior Systems Engineer
12 14 (2.28%) Integration Engineer
12 14 (2.28%) Systems Integration Engineer
13 13 (2.11%) Validation Engineer
14 12 (1.95%) Team Leader
15 6 (0.98%) System Verification Engineer
16 5 (0.81%) Analytics Manager
16 5 (0.81%) Requirements Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.65%) Kafka
2 1 (0.16%) boto
2 1 (0.16%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (0.65%) FMCG
2 3 (0.49%) Acoustics
2 3 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (0.33%) Data Centre
3 2 (0.33%) SCADA
4 1 (0.16%) e-Learning
4 1 (0.16%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.16%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.49%) Windows
2 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (36.10%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 191 (31.06%) SysML
3 179 (29.11%) Mathematics
4 177 (28.78%) Validation
5 166 (26.99%) Verification and Validation
6 162 (26.34%) Software Engineering
7 98 (15.93%) UML
8 95 (15.45%) Requirements Management
9 90 (14.63%) Digital Twin
10 86 (13.98%) Agile
11 82 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
12 78 (12.68%) Line Management
12 78 (12.68%) MODAF
13 72 (11.71%) Decision-Making
13 72 (11.71%) Software Assurance
14 60 (9.76%) Physics
15 56 (9.11%) Coaching
15 56 (9.11%) Problem-Solving
16 38 (6.18%) FMEA
17 35 (5.69%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
Programming Languages
1 203 (33.01%) MATLAB
2 2 (0.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.16%) C
3 1 (0.16%) C++
3 1 (0.16%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 429 (69.76%) Degree
2 371 (60.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 104 (16.91%) HND
4 103 (16.75%) HNC
5 68 (11.06%) Chartered Engineer
6 22 (3.58%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.44%) Security Cleared
8 9 (1.46%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.33%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.16%) CISSP
11 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.16%) MCAD
11 1 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (9.59%) IEC 61508
2 42 (6.83%) Def Stans
3 21 (3.41%) ARP4754
3 21 (3.41%) DO-254
4 2 (0.33%) QA
5 1 (0.16%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (0.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.33%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 55 (8.94%) IBM
2 20 (3.25%) Microsoft
3 13 (2.11%) ANSYS
4 6 (0.98%) VMware
5 3 (0.49%) Avaloq
6 2 (0.33%) Cisco
6 2 (0.33%) EMC
6 2 (0.33%) Facebook
6 2 (0.33%) Palo Alto
6 2 (0.33%) YouTube
7 1 (0.16%) Atlassian