Model-Based Systems Engineering Job Trends

Model-Based Systems Engineering
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Model-Based Systems Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 675 511 771
Rank change year-on-year -164 +260 -19
Permanent jobs citing Model-Based Systems Engineering 76 167 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.079% 0.36% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.39% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 39 90 108
10th Percentile £43,000 £47,683 £44,100
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,114 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £60,163 £59,770 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,900 £60,265 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -15.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Model-Based Systems Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 70,838 42,616 86,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.43% 91.47% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 48,971 23,341 61,278
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.34% - -9.09%

Model-Based Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Model-Based Systems Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Model-Based Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in the UK

Model-Based Systems Engineering
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Model-Based Systems Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Model-Based Systems Engineering

Model-Based Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Model-Based Systems Engineering over the 6 months to 1 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Model-Based Systems Engineering in the UK

Model-Based Systems Engineering
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Model-Based Systems Engineering within the UK over the 6 months to 1 July 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
UK excluding London -150 75 £52,500 -0.19% 50
England -126 74 £52,500 -0.19% 52
South East -16 40 £52,500 -4.55% 13
South West -68 14 £60,500 +15.02% 23
Midlands -47 12 £60,000 -7.69% 8
North West -56 8 £55,886 +11.65% 2
North of England -95 8 £55,886 +11.65% 7
West Midlands -37 7 - - 1
Work from Home -29 6 £60,500 +15.41% 29
East Midlands -27 5 £60,000 - 7
Wales - 1 - -

Model-Based Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (23.68%) Simulink
2 3 (3.95%) CATIA
3 2 (2.63%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.63%) AWS
1 2 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
1 2 (2.63%) Azure
1 2 (2.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.63%) HTTP
1 2 (2.63%) MQTT
1 2 (2.63%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.32%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 28 (36.84%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 23 (30.26%) Aerospace
2 22 (28.95%) Military
3 20 (26.32%) Finance
4 11 (14.47%) Electronics
5 8 (10.53%) Social Skills
6 7 (9.21%) Manufacturing
7 5 (6.58%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.95%) Avionics
9 2 (2.63%) Aviation
9 2 (2.63%) Digital Health
9 2 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.63%) Legal
9 2 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.32%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 69 (90.79%) Systems Engineer
2 32 (42.11%) Senior
2 32 (42.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 7 (9.21%) Lead
3 7 (9.21%) Principal Engineer
3 7 (9.21%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 5 (6.58%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 3 (3.95%) Architect
5 3 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (2.63%) Optical Engineer
7 1 (1.32%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (1.32%) Control Systems Engineer
7 1 (1.32%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) gRPC
1 2 (2.63%) JSON
1 2 (2.63%) Protocol Buffers
1 2 (2.63%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.68%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.95%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.63%) CMDB
3 2 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.63%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.32%) SCADA
4 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (86.84%) Systems Engineering
2 31 (40.79%) Requirements Management
2 31 (40.79%) SysML
3 24 (31.58%) Coaching
4 23 (30.26%) Agile
5 21 (27.63%) Validation
5 21 (27.63%) Verification and Validation
6 20 (26.32%) Physics
7 19 (25.00%) Mathematics
8 18 (23.68%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (22.37%) Systems Thinking
10 14 (18.42%) Information Assurance
11 13 (17.11%) V-Model
12 12 (15.79%) Asset Management
12 12 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
13 11 (14.47%) Technical Leadership
14 10 (13.16%) Requirements Gathering
14 10 (13.16%) Risk Management
15 9 (11.84%) Mentoring
15 9 (11.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (30.26%) MATLAB
2 7 (9.21%) Python
3 2 (2.63%) C
3 2 (2.63%) C++
3 2 (2.63%) Java
4 1 (1.32%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 54 (71.05%) Degree
2 47 (61.84%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (14.47%) Chartered Engineer
4 8 (10.53%) Master's Degree
5 4 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.26%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.95%) HND
7 1 (1.32%) CEH
7 1 (1.32%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (28.95%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (2.63%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.63%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.32%) IEC 61508
3 1 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.63%) BMC PATROL
1 2 (2.63%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (23.68%) Siemens
2 3 (3.95%) IBM
2 3 (3.95%) Sparx