Systems Engineering Jobs in West Sussex

Systems Engineering
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Sussex requiring Systems Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 65 97
Rank change year-on-year +40 +32 +3
Permanent jobs citing Systems Engineering 12 8 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 4.00% 1.10% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.17% 1.30% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile £49,000 - £54,250
25th Percentile £50,000 - £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £87,500
75th Percentile £70,000 - £89,375
90th Percentile - - £89,750
South East median annual salary £62,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.36% +5.83% +3.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 in West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 288 615 995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 96.00% 84.48% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 178 417 429
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,790 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.58% -9.09% -

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in West Sussex

Systems Engineering
Salary Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in West Sussex.

Salary trend for Systems Engineering in West Sussex

Systems Engineering
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in West Sussex over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineering in West Sussex

Systems Engineering
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineering within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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
Chichester - 9 £60,000 -
Crawley +9 1 £45,000 - 9
Systems Engineering
South East

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (25.00%) Military
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 5 (41.67%) Senior
4 3 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Design Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Senior Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (16.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 3 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (25.00%) OO
2 3 (25.00%) OOP
2 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (25.00%) Validation
2 3 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 9 (75.00%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Def Stans