Systems Engineer Jobs in Hampshire

System Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median System Engineer salary in Hampshire is £47,683 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 43 113
Rank change year-on-year +31 +70 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 207 203 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 11.09% 4.28% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.61% 4.51% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 99 129 23
10th Percentile £37,574 £37,383 £40,250
25th Percentile £44,605 £45,000 £48,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £54,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.70% -16.92% +30.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £65,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 -
South East median annual salary £62,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +24.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,783 4,502 2,493
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.50% 94.82% 94.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,059 3,460 1,912
10th Percentile £28,700 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,000 £38,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.90%
75th Percentile £64,300 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Hampshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in Hampshire.

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Hampshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Hampshire

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
Portsmouth +14 110 £47,683 -0.66% 48
Farnborough +29 42 £47,683 -10.03% 3
Southampton +18 10 £50,000 -16.67% 17
Fareham +13 8 £45,000 -10.00% 6
Waterlooville 0 8 £50,000 -28.57% 1
Gosport -2 8 £50,000 -
Southsea - 8 £50,000 -
Petersfield - 7 £50,000 -
Andover - 4 £67,500 - 6
Aldershot +9 3 - - 3
Tadley - 2 £50,000 - 2
Yateley 0 1 £60,000 -5.88% 6
Systems Engineer
South East

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 20 June 2025, 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 Hampshire region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 126 (60.87%) Systems Engineering
2 125 (60.39%) BPSS Clearance
3 95 (45.89%) Degree
4 79 (38.16%) MATLAB
5 74 (35.75%) UML
5 74 (35.75%) SysML
6 59 (28.50%) Physics
7 48 (23.19%) Cybersecurity
8 47 (22.71%) SC Cleared
8 47 (22.71%) Security Cleared
9 45 (21.74%) Agile
10 42 (20.29%) MODAF
10 42 (20.29%) Presentation Skills
11 40 (19.32%) Mathematics
12 38 (18.36%) Innovative Thinking
13 35 (16.91%) Social Skills
14 32 (15.46%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 23 (11.11%) Aerospace
16 22 (10.63%) Firmware
17 21 (10.14%) FPGA
17 21 (10.14%) Software-Defined Radio
17 21 (10.14%) Digital Signal Processing
17 21 (10.14%) Signal Processing
17 21 (10.14%) Embedded Firmware
18 18 (8.70%) Sparx
18 18 (8.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
18 18 (8.70%) Visualisation
19 17 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
19 17 (8.21%) Computer Science
19 17 (8.21%) DoDAF

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 15 (7.25%) Simulink
2 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.48%) CATIA
3 1 (0.48%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.48%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 18 (8.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 15 (7.25%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 21 (10.14%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (1.45%) Ethernet
2 3 (1.45%) Modbus
2 3 (1.45%) MQTT
3 2 (0.97%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (0.97%) VoIP
4 1 (0.48%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.45%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (7.25%) Rational DOORS
General
1 42 (20.29%) Presentation Skills
2 35 (16.91%) Social Skills
3 23 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 17 (8.21%) Electronics
4 17 (8.21%) Finance
5 6 (2.90%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.93%) Military
7 3 (1.45%) Aviation
7 3 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (1.45%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.97%) Law
9 1 (0.48%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.48%) Automotive
9 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.45%) Kafka
2 1 (0.48%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.14%) FPGA
2 17 (8.21%) e-Learning
3 4 (1.93%) Renewable Energy
3 4 (1.93%) SCADA
4 3 (1.45%) Biopharmaceutical
4 3 (1.45%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.45%) Industry 4.0
4 3 (1.45%) IoT
4 3 (1.45%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.97%) Life Science
5 2 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (0.97%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.48%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.48%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.48%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.97%) Linux
1 2 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (60.87%) Systems Engineering
2 74 (35.75%) SysML
2 74 (35.75%) UML
3 59 (28.50%) Physics
4 48 (23.19%) Cybersecurity
5 45 (21.74%) Agile
6 42 (20.29%) MODAF
7 40 (19.32%) Mathematics
8 38 (18.36%) Innovative Thinking
9 32 (15.46%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 21 (10.14%) Digital Signal Processing
10 21 (10.14%) Signal Processing
11 18 (8.70%) Visualisation
12 17 (8.21%) Computer Science
12 17 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (8.21%) DoDAF
12 17 (8.21%) Scenario Testing
12 17 (8.21%) Trade-off Analysis
13 16 (7.73%) Acceptance Criteria
14 15 (7.25%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 79 (38.16%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.48%) Python
Qualifications
1 125 (60.39%) BPSS Clearance
2 95 (45.89%) Degree
3 47 (22.71%) SC Cleared
3 47 (22.71%) Security Cleared
4 12 (5.80%) NVQ Level 3
5 9 (4.35%) Chartered Engineer
5 9 (4.35%) HNC
5 9 (4.35%) HND
6 4 (1.93%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.97%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.76%) ARP4754
1 14 (6.76%) DO-254
1 14 (6.76%) IEC 61508
2 5 (2.42%) Def Stans
3 2 (0.97%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 2 (0.97%) GAMP
3 2 (0.97%) GxP
4 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 22 (10.63%) Firmware
2 21 (10.14%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.45%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 18 (8.70%) Sparx
2 15 (7.25%) IBM
3 6 (2.90%) VMware
4 4 (1.93%) Siemens
5 3 (1.45%) AVEVA
5 3 (1.45%) Rockwell
6 2 (0.97%) Cisco
6 2 (0.97%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.48%) EMC
7 1 (0.48%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.48%) Remedy
7 1 (0.48%) SAP
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