Systems Engineer Job Trends in Surrey

System Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median System Engineer salary in Surrey is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 68 74
Rank change year-on-year +9 +6 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 43 36 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 2.63% 3.01% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.97% 3.38% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 24 11 13
10th Percentile - £40,748 £39,750
25th Percentile - £42,874 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile - £57,454 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £67,500 £73,050
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +16.67% -11.49%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 1,449 1,066 1,018
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.73% 88.98% 92.63%
Number of salaries quoted 908 536 717
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Surrey

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Surrey

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Surrey 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
Redhill - 26 £50,000 - 2
Epsom - 1 - -
Systems Engineer
South East

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, 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 Surrey region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (30.23%) DV Cleared
1 13 (30.23%) Security Cleared
1 13 (30.23%) Systems Engineering
2 11 (25.58%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (16.28%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (13.95%) Architectural Design
4 6 (13.95%) Change Management
4 6 (13.95%) Chartered Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) OLE
4 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (13.95%) Software Engineering
4 6 (13.95%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (13.95%) Validation
4 6 (13.95%) Verification and Validation
5 5 (11.63%) Degree
6 4 (9.30%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (9.30%) Requirements Management
7 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (4.65%) Network Design
7 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
8 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
8 1 (2.33%) Azure
8 1 (2.33%) Bash
8 1 (2.33%) Broadband
8 1 (2.33%) Change Control
8 1 (2.33%) Configuration Management
8 1 (2.33%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.33%) Ergonomics
8 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.33%) Azure
1 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (9.30%) Aerospace
1 4 (9.30%) Automotive
1 4 (9.30%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.95%) OLE
2 1 (2.33%) GraphQL
2 1 (2.33%) LDAP
2 1 (2.33%) OAuth
2 1 (2.33%) OpenID
2 1 (2.33%) REST
2 1 (2.33%) SAML
2 1 (2.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (2.33%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (13.95%) Architectural Design
2 6 (13.95%) Change Management
2 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (13.95%) Software Engineering
2 6 (13.95%) Technical Leadership
2 6 (13.95%) Validation
2 6 (13.95%) Verification and Validation
3 4 (9.30%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (9.30%) Requirements Management
4 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (4.65%) Network Design
5 1 (2.33%) Change Control
5 1 (2.33%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (2.33%) Ergonomics
5 1 (2.33%) Human Factors
5 1 (2.33%) Performance Analysis
5 1 (2.33%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (2.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) Bash
1 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
1 1 (2.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (30.23%) DV Cleared
1 13 (30.23%) Security Cleared
2 11 (25.58%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (13.95%) Chartered Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Degree
5 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.33%) NCSC
1 1 (2.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft