Systems Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

System Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median System Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 190 196
Rank change year-on-year +145 +6 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 316 71 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.68% 1.15% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.94% 1.28% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 222 25 72
10th Percentile £34,000 - £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,088
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% +22.35%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £73,863
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 -
South East median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,394 5,535 6,566
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 89.87% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,570 3,225 4,158
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,954 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% +3.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the Thames Valley

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in the Thames Valley

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in the Thames Valley

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Berkshire +116 153 £50,000 +2.35% 16
Oxfordshire +86 108 £47,500 +11.76% 15
Buckinghamshire +12 55 £42,500 -19.05% 4
Systems Engineer
South East

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 76 (24.05%) Security Cleared
2 61 (19.30%) Systems Engineering
3 58 (18.35%) Windows
4 53 (16.77%) Microsoft
5 52 (16.46%) Degree
6 42 (13.29%) DV Cleared
7 37 (11.71%) Active Directory
8 33 (10.44%) Linux
9 32 (10.13%) Windows Server
10 31 (9.81%) Configuration Management
11 30 (9.49%) Validation
11 30 (9.49%) VMware
12 29 (9.18%) SQL
13 28 (8.86%) DNS
13 28 (8.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 27 (8.54%) Azure
15 26 (8.23%) SC Cleared
16 25 (7.91%) CMDB
17 24 (7.59%) Agile
17 24 (7.59%) Verification and Validation
18 23 (7.28%) Decision-Making
18 23 (7.28%) Problem-Solving
19 22 (6.96%) Manufacturing
20 21 (6.65%) Customer Requirements
20 21 (6.65%) Windows Server 2016
21 20 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
22 19 (6.01%) Windows Server 2012
22 19 (6.01%) Firmware
22 19 (6.01%) Firewall
22 19 (6.01%) DHCP

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (4.75%) IIS
2 6 (1.90%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.95%) Kinematics
4 3 (0.95%) WinCC
5 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) Confluence
6 1 (0.32%) JBoss
6 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.32%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 27 (8.54%) Azure
2 13 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.58%) PaaS
4 3 (0.95%) Entra ID
4 3 (0.95%) SaaS
5 2 (0.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.86%) DNS
2 19 (6.01%) DHCP
2 19 (6.01%) Firewall
3 17 (5.38%) TCP/IP
4 15 (4.75%) SNMP
5 9 (2.85%) SMTP
6 8 (2.53%) HTTP
6 8 (2.53%) LAN
6 8 (2.53%) WAN
7 5 (1.58%) Modbus
7 5 (1.58%) Profibus
7 5 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.95%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.95%) SSL
9 2 (0.63%) Internet
9 2 (0.63%) LTE
9 2 (0.63%) RFID
9 2 (0.63%) SAN
9 2 (0.63%) VPN
9 2 (0.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.90%) InfluxDB
1 6 (1.90%) MariaDB
1 6 (1.90%) MySQL
1 6 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.63%) Big Data
2 2 (0.63%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (2.85%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (1.58%) Git
2 5 (1.58%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.63%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.32%) JIRA
General
1 22 (6.96%) Manufacturing
2 17 (5.38%) Electronics
2 17 (5.38%) Games
3 13 (4.11%) Automotive
4 12 (3.80%) Social Skills
5 9 (2.85%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.22%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.90%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.27%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.95%) Legal
10 3 (0.95%) Marketing
10 3 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.32%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.85%) Web Services
2 3 (0.95%) Middleware
3 2 (0.63%) .NET
3 2 (0.63%) WPF
4 1 (0.32%) JSON
4 1 (0.32%) JSP
4 1 (0.32%) LDAP
4 1 (0.32%) WSH
4 1 (0.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.91%) CMDB
2 10 (3.16%) Driving Licence
2 10 (3.16%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.85%) PKI
4 8 (2.53%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (2.53%) SCADA
5 5 (1.58%) Solar Energy
6 3 (0.95%) Data Centre
6 3 (0.95%) IoT
7 2 (0.63%) Acoustics
7 2 (0.63%) GNSS
7 2 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.63%) Satnav
8 1 (0.32%) Clustering
8 1 (0.32%) FPGA
8 1 (0.32%) NHS
8 1 (0.32%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 58 (18.35%) Windows
2 33 (10.44%) Linux
3 32 (10.13%) Windows Server
4 21 (6.65%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (6.01%) Windows 10
5 19 (6.01%) Windows Server 2012
6 18 (5.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (3.48%) Windows 7
8 6 (1.90%) CentOS
8 6 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.32%) VMS
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (19.30%) Systems Engineering
2 31 (9.81%) Configuration Management
3 30 (9.49%) Validation
4 28 (8.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 24 (7.59%) Agile
5 24 (7.59%) Verification and Validation
6 23 (7.28%) Decision-Making
6 23 (7.28%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (6.65%) Customer Requirements
8 18 (5.70%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (4.75%) Systems Thinking
9 15 (4.75%) Waterfall
10 14 (4.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 12 (3.80%) ITIL
11 12 (3.80%) Roadmaps
12 11 (3.48%) Change Management
12 11 (3.48%) Problem Management
13 10 (3.16%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 10 (3.16%) PLM
13 10 (3.16%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.18%) SQL
2 16 (5.06%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.48%) C
4 10 (3.16%) Python
5 6 (1.90%) Bash
5 6 (1.90%) Embedded C
6 5 (1.58%) Ladder Logic
6 5 (1.58%) Perl
7 3 (0.95%) C#
7 3 (0.95%) C++
7 3 (0.95%) Java
8 2 (0.63%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.63%) XAML
9 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 76 (24.05%) Security Cleared
2 52 (16.46%) Degree
3 42 (13.29%) DV Cleared
4 26 (8.23%) SC Cleared
5 17 (5.38%) HNC
6 8 (2.53%) HND
7 3 (0.95%) PhD
8 2 (0.63%) CCNA
8 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.63%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.63%) NVQ Level 4
9 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.32%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.32%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.32%) MCSA
9 1 (0.32%) MCSE
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.22%) ISO 14001
1 7 (2.22%) ISO 9001
2 6 (1.90%) QA
3 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (0.63%) PMO
4 1 (0.32%) COSHH
4 1 (0.32%) GDPR
4 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 37 (11.71%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (6.01%) Firmware
4 9 (2.85%) Hyper-V
5 7 (2.22%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (1.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (0.95%) XenApp
7 3 (0.95%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.32%) NFS
8 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (4.75%) SCOM
2 14 (4.43%) SCCM
3 6 (1.90%) Terraform
4 5 (1.58%) Ansible
4 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.58%) Puppet
4 5 (1.58%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 3 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.95%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.95%) Wonderware InTouch
6 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 53 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.49%) VMware
3 15 (4.75%) Cisco
3 15 (4.75%) Dynatrace
4 10 (3.16%) Citrix
5 8 (2.53%) Fortinet
5 8 (2.53%) Wonderware
6 7 (2.22%) Draytek
6 7 (2.22%) Juniper
7 5 (1.58%) Allen-Bradley
8 3 (0.95%) AVEVA
8 3 (0.95%) EMC
8 3 (0.95%) Rockwell
8 3 (0.95%) Siemens
8 3 (0.95%) Veeam
9 2 (0.63%) Acronis
9 2 (0.63%) Dell
9 2 (0.63%) Sage
9 2 (0.63%) Synology
9 2 (0.63%) Thales