Senior Systems Engineer Jobs in Southampton

Senior System Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Southampton is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 72 73
Rank change year-on-year +39 +1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 7 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 2.06% 0.58% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.09% 0.59% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% - -
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 335 845 715
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.53% 97.24% 93.10%
Number of salaries quoted 260 715 566
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,600 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -3.85% -0.95%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Southampton

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in Southampton.

Salary trend for Senior Systems Engineer in Southampton

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, 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 Southampton region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Requirements Management
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Mathematics
1 4 (57.14%) Physics
1 4 (57.14%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (57.14%) Customer Requirements
1 4 (57.14%) Acceptance Criteria
1 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Visualisation

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Acceptance Criteria
1 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (57.14%) Customer Requirements
1 4 (57.14%) Mathematics
1 4 (57.14%) Physics
1 4 (57.14%) Requirements Management
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (57.14%) Degree