Systems Engineer Jobs in Stevenage

System Engineer
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median System Engineer salary in Stevenage is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 9 32
Rank change year-on-year -14 +23 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 4 58 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stevenage 3.64% 13.58% 3.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.04% 15.59% 4.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2 47 3
10th Percentile £42,625 £29,000 £53,400
25th Percentile £44,688 £49,000 £57,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £52,188 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £53,875 £62,000 £71,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,320 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.58% -4.35% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 99 372 222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 87.12% 85.71%
Number of salaries quoted 87 318 152
10th Percentile £39,750 £36,077 £23,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,500 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £66,875 £65,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £67,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +5.52%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Stevenage

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Stevenage

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Stevenage

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Stevenage

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Stevenage over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Stevenage

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 3 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 Stevenage region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
2 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Line Management
2 1 (25.00%) SpaceWire
2 1 (25.00%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (25.00%) MIL-STD-1553
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) TestOps
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) VBA
2 1 (25.00%) Unix
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) EMC
2 1 (25.00%) Tcl
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SpaceWire
General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Unix
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (25.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Line Management
1 1 (25.00%) System Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (25.00%) TestOps
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) Tcl
1 1 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) MIL-STD-1553
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) EMC