Systems Engineering Job Trends in the South West

Systems Engineering
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 83 150
Rank change year-on-year -3 +67 -80
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 100 126 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.98% 3.03% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 3.55% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 76 72 32
10th Percentile £39,281 £48,075 £50,125
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,600 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,000 £62,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% -7.57% -5.28%
75th Percentile £80,000 £61,500 £77,813
90th Percentile - £72,500 £83,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £54,357 £61,000
% change year-on-year +10.38% -10.89% -3.86%

All Process & 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 3,620 3,550 4,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.51% 85.42% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,491 1,780 3,234
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,450 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,875 £40,236 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,439 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +3.69% +2.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,100
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Systems Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in the South West

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Systems Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South West over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

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 13 January 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 +19 61 £67,500 +16.38% 49
Wiltshire +17 12 £40,792 - 4
Devon +6 11 £80,000 - 2
Gloucestershire -14 9 £70,000 +21.74% 13
Dorset -15 5 £51,500 -7.96% 5
Somerset - 2 £75,900 - 11
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
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:

Applications
1 2 (2.00%) Simulink
2 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.00%) AWS
1 6 (6.00%) Azure
2 1 (1.00%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (1.00%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (4.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 4 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (4.00%) Wireshark
2 2 (2.00%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.00%) GIS
2 1 (1.00%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (6.00%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (3.00%) Balsamiq
3 2 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 19 (19.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.00%) Electronics
3 7 (7.00%) Aerospace
4 4 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.00%) Military
5 3 (3.00%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.00%) Finance
7 1 (1.00%) Marketing
7 1 (1.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (55.00%) Systems Engineer
2 27 (27.00%) Principal Engineer
2 27 (27.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 20 (20.00%) Lead
4 14 (14.00%) Consultant
4 14 (14.00%) Senior
5 11 (11.00%) Team Leader
6 9 (9.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 9 (9.00%) RF Engineer
7 7 (7.00%) Requirements Engineer
7 7 (7.00%) Senior Consultant
8 6 (6.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 5 (5.00%) Software Engineer
10 4 (4.00%) Analyst
10 4 (4.00%) Data Analyst
10 4 (4.00%) Embedded Engineer
10 4 (4.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 3 (3.00%) DevSecOps Consultant
11 3 (3.00%) Test Engineer
12 2 (2.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (1.00%) React
1 1 (1.00%) Spring
1 1 (1.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.00%) Algorithms
1 8 (8.00%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (4.00%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (3.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
2 14 (14.00%) Systems Thinking
3 13 (13.00%) Software Engineering
4 8 (8.00%) Signal Processing
5 7 (7.00%) Agile
5 7 (7.00%) Physics
6 6 (6.00%) AI
6 6 (6.00%) Mathematics
7 5 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (5.00%) DevOps
7 5 (5.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (4.00%) Digital Signal Processing
8 4 (4.00%) Embedded Software Development
8 4 (4.00%) Fuzz Testing
8 4 (4.00%) Linear Algebra
8 4 (4.00%) Machine Learning
8 4 (4.00%) Mentoring
8 4 (4.00%) Technical Analysis
8 4 (4.00%) Test Planning
8 4 (4.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.00%) C
1 8 (8.00%) C++
2 7 (7.00%) Python
3 4 (4.00%) Rust
4 3 (3.00%) Bash
4 3 (3.00%) C#
4 3 (3.00%) Go
4 3 (3.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.00%) VBScript
5 1 (1.00%) Java
5 1 (1.00%) R
5 1 (1.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 29 (29.00%) SC Cleared
3 24 (24.00%) Degree
4 22 (22.00%) DV Cleared
5 10 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (6.00%) Master's Degree
7 3 (3.00%) CITP
7 3 (3.00%) CREST Certified
8 1 (1.00%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.00%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 1 (1.00%) Docker
1 1 (1.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (8.00%) IBM