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 23 May 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 184 210
Rank change year-on-year +142 +26 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 350 77 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.14% 1.31% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.43% 1.46% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 234 27 66
10th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,264
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 £67,000 £73,000 -
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +14.29%

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 6,441 5,273 6,846
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 89.80% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,463 3,097 4,104
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +122 167 £50,000 -5.97% 19
Oxfordshire +76 127 £50,000 +21.21% 20
Buckinghamshire +8 56 £42,500 -19.05% 9
Systems Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 87 (24.86%) Security Cleared
2 74 (21.14%) Systems Engineering
3 64 (18.29%) Degree
4 50 (14.29%) Windows
5 47 (13.43%) Microsoft
6 45 (12.86%) DV Cleared
7 37 (10.57%) Validation
8 32 (9.14%) Active Directory
9 28 (8.00%) VMware
9 28 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 28 (8.00%) Verification and Validation
10 27 (7.71%) Configuration Management
11 26 (7.43%) Linux
11 26 (7.43%) Customer Requirements
12 25 (7.14%) Windows Server
12 25 (7.14%) SQL
13 24 (6.86%) DNS
13 24 (6.86%) Manufacturing
13 24 (6.86%) Decision-Making
13 24 (6.86%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (6.57%) Firmware
15 22 (6.29%) Agile
15 22 (6.29%) SC Cleared
15 22 (6.29%) Azure
16 21 (6.00%) CMDB
17 20 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
17 20 (5.71%) Games
17 20 (5.71%) Electronics
18 18 (5.14%) HNC
18 18 (5.14%) VMware Infrastructure

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 11 (3.14%) IIS
2 6 (1.71%) Kinematics
3 5 (1.43%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.43%) WinCC
4 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.57%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.29%) Apache
6 1 (0.29%) Confluence
6 1 (0.29%) JBoss
6 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 22 (6.29%) Azure
2 12 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.43%) SaaS
4 4 (1.14%) PaaS
5 3 (0.86%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.29%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.86%) DNS
2 15 (4.29%) DHCP
3 14 (4.00%) Firewall
3 14 (4.00%) TCP/IP
4 11 (3.14%) SNMP
5 9 (2.57%) SMTP
6 8 (2.29%) HTTP
7 7 (2.00%) LAN
7 7 (2.00%) Profibus
7 7 (2.00%) WAN
8 5 (1.43%) Ethernet
8 5 (1.43%) Internet
8 5 (1.43%) Modbus
8 5 (1.43%) RFID
9 3 (0.86%) SSL
9 3 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.57%) PSTN
10 2 (0.57%) SAN
10 2 (0.57%) UMTS
10 2 (0.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.43%) Big Data
1 5 (1.43%) InfluxDB
1 5 (1.43%) MariaDB
1 5 (1.43%) MySQL
1 5 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.57%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (3.14%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (1.43%) Git
2 5 (1.43%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.57%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.29%) JIRA
General
1 24 (6.86%) Manufacturing
2 20 (5.71%) Electronics
2 20 (5.71%) Games
3 13 (3.71%) Automotive
3 13 (3.71%) Social Skills
4 10 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.00%) Public Sector
6 6 (1.71%) Aerospace
6 6 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.14%) Retail
8 4 (1.14%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.86%) Legal
9 3 (0.86%) Marketing
10 1 (0.29%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.57%) Web Services
2 5 (1.43%) WPF
3 3 (0.86%) Middleware
4 2 (0.57%) .NET
5 1 (0.29%) JSON
5 1 (0.29%) JSP
5 1 (0.29%) LDAP
5 1 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.00%) CMDB
2 13 (3.71%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.43%) Driving Licence
4 11 (3.14%) SCADA
5 8 (2.29%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (2.29%) PKI
6 6 (1.71%) IoT
7 5 (1.43%) GNSS
7 5 (1.43%) Solar Energy
8 4 (1.14%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.57%) Acoustics
9 2 (0.57%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.57%) Satnav
10 1 (0.29%) FPGA
10 1 (0.29%) NHS
10 1 (0.29%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 50 (14.29%) Windows
2 26 (7.43%) Linux
3 25 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 17 (4.86%) Windows Server 2012
4 17 (4.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (4.57%) Windows 10
5 16 (4.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (3.14%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.43%) CentOS
7 5 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (21.14%) Systems Engineering
2 37 (10.57%) Validation
3 28 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 28 (8.00%) Verification and Validation
4 27 (7.71%) Configuration Management
5 26 (7.43%) Customer Requirements
6 24 (6.86%) Decision-Making
6 24 (6.86%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (6.29%) Agile
8 20 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (4.57%) Systems Thinking
10 14 (4.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 14 (4.00%) Design for Manufacturing
10 14 (4.00%) UML
11 13 (3.71%) Project Delivery
12 12 (3.43%) ITIL
12 12 (3.43%) Roadmaps
13 11 (3.14%) Change Management
13 11 (3.14%) PLM
13 11 (3.14%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.14%) SQL
2 14 (4.00%) C
3 13 (3.71%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.86%) Python
5 6 (1.71%) Bash
5 6 (1.71%) C#
5 6 (1.71%) C++
5 6 (1.71%) Embedded C
5 6 (1.71%) Ladder Logic
6 5 (1.43%) Perl
6 5 (1.43%) XAML
7 3 (0.86%) Java
8 2 (0.57%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 87 (24.86%) Security Cleared
2 64 (18.29%) Degree
3 45 (12.86%) DV Cleared
4 22 (6.29%) SC Cleared
5 18 (5.14%) HNC
6 9 (2.57%) HND
7 6 (1.71%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.86%) PhD
9 2 (0.57%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.57%) NVQ Level 4
10 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.29%) CCNA
10 1 (0.29%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.29%) MCSA
10 1 (0.29%) MCSE
10 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.57%) QA
2 7 (2.00%) ISO 14001
2 7 (2.00%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (0.57%) PMO
4 1 (0.29%) COSHH
4 1 (0.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 32 (9.14%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.57%) Firmware
3 18 (5.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.00%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (2.00%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 3 (0.86%) XenApp
6 3 (0.86%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.29%) NFS
7 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (4.00%) SCCM
2 11 (3.14%) SCOM
3 5 (1.43%) Ansible
3 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.43%) Puppet
3 5 (1.43%) Red Hat Spacewalk
3 5 (1.43%) Terraform
4 4 (1.14%) Wonderware InTouch
5 3 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.86%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (13.43%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.00%) VMware
3 14 (4.00%) Cisco
4 11 (3.14%) Dynatrace
5 10 (2.86%) Citrix
6 9 (2.57%) Wonderware
7 7 (2.00%) Draytek
7 7 (2.00%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.71%) Allen-Bradley
8 6 (1.71%) Juniper
9 5 (1.43%) AVEVA
9 5 (1.43%) Rockwell
9 5 (1.43%) Siemens
10 3 (0.86%) EMC
10 3 (0.86%) QinetiQ
11 2 (0.57%) Dell
11 2 (0.57%) Sage
11 2 (0.57%) Thales
12 1 (0.29%) SonicWALL
12 1 (0.29%) WatchGuard