Senior Systems Engineer Job Trends in Southsea

Senior System Engineer
Hampshire > Southsea

The median Senior System Engineer salary in Southsea is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 August 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 4 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southsea 25.00% 25.00% -
As % of the Job Titles category 25.00% 33.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £51,852
% change year-on-year -8.33% +15.71% -18.66%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Southsea

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southsea. 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 Southsea with a recognized job title 8 3 0
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 75.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £43,000 - -
25th Percentile £44,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile £67,950 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -1.90%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southsea

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

Senior Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Southsea

Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Southsea

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in Southsea.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in Southsea

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southsea

For the 6 months to 24 August 2026, Senior 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 Southsea region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Apache Continuum
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) CATIA
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) IBM
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southsea 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 1 (50.00%) CATIA
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Continuum
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM