Systems Engineer Jobs in Hertfordshire

System Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median System Engineer salary in Hertfordshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 74 115
Rank change year-on-year +61 +41 -91
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 191 55 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 8.66% 3.39% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.31% 3.99% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 101 22 2
10th Percentile £35,000 £50,700 £47,800
25th Percentile £41,250 £56,250 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +22.55% +20.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,250 £53,000
90th Percentile £62,000 £75,000 £54,200
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £47,250
% change year-on-year +3.77% +12.17% -21.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 2,052 1,378 2,111
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 85.01% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,595 729 989
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,250 £27,350
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,750
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineer
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Stevenage +27 82 £55,000 -5.17% 14
Hatfield - 38 - - 1
Hemel Hempstead - 11 £42,500 - 1
Berkhamsted - 5 £30,000 -
Borehamwood - 5 £40,000 -
Systems Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 78 (40.84%) Systems Engineering
2 69 (36.13%) Degree
3 49 (25.65%) Security Cleared
4 41 (21.47%) Customer Service
5 28 (14.66%) Aerospace
6 26 (13.61%) Master's Degree
7 25 (13.09%) Automotive
8 24 (12.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (11.52%) Project Delivery
9 22 (11.52%) EMC
9 22 (11.52%) Chartered Engineer
10 19 (9.95%) C
11 18 (9.42%) Computer Science
12 17 (8.90%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
13 16 (8.38%) Robotics
13 16 (8.38%) VHDL
13 16 (8.38%) Verilog
13 16 (8.38%) FPGA
14 14 (7.33%) Mathematics
14 14 (7.33%) Physics
15 13 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (6.81%) Problem-Solving
16 12 (6.28%) Social Skills
16 12 (6.28%) Manufacturing
17 11 (5.76%) Electronics
17 11 (5.76%) Firmware
17 11 (5.76%) Cybersecurity
17 11 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
18 10 (5.24%) Rational DOORS
18 10 (5.24%) Validation

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.19%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 13 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (4.19%) Azure
3 5 (2.62%) Mimecast
4 1 (0.52%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.14%) DHCP
1 6 (3.14%) DNS
2 5 (2.62%) LAN
2 5 (2.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.57%) Big Data
2 1 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (5.24%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (4.19%) Rational Team Concert
3 3 (1.57%) Eclipse
3 3 (1.57%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (1.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (14.66%) Aerospace
2 25 (13.09%) Automotive
3 12 (6.28%) Manufacturing
3 12 (6.28%) Social Skills
4 11 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.76%) Electronics
5 5 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.09%) French Language
7 3 (1.57%) Military
8 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.38%) FPGA
1 16 (8.38%) Robotics
1 16 (8.38%) Verilog
1 16 (8.38%) VHDL
2 7 (3.66%) Algorithms
3 5 (2.62%) Cyber Security Posture
3 5 (2.62%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.57%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.52%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.19%) Windows
2 6 (3.14%) Linux
3 5 (2.62%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.05%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (40.84%) Systems Engineering
2 41 (21.47%) Customer Service
3 22 (11.52%) Project Delivery
4 18 (9.42%) Computer Science
5 17 (8.90%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 14 (7.33%) Mathematics
6 14 (7.33%) Physics
7 13 (6.81%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (5.76%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (5.24%) Requirements Management
9 10 (5.24%) Validation
10 6 (3.14%) Agile
10 6 (3.14%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (3.14%) Digital Twin
10 6 (3.14%) Ergonomics
10 6 (3.14%) Human Factors
10 6 (3.14%) Information Assurance
10 6 (3.14%) Use Case
10 6 (3.14%) V-Model
11 5 (2.62%) Email Filtering
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.95%) C
2 9 (4.71%) MATLAB
3 7 (3.66%) C++
4 6 (3.14%) Java
5 3 (1.57%) C#
6 1 (0.52%) Bash
6 1 (0.52%) Python
6 1 (0.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (36.13%) Degree
2 49 (25.65%) Security Cleared
3 26 (13.61%) Master's Degree
4 24 (12.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (11.52%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (2.09%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.09%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 11 (5.76%) Firmware
2 8 (4.19%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.57%) Docker
4 2 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.57%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.52%) Grafana
3 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.52%) WSUS
3 1 (0.52%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 22 (11.52%) EMC
2 6 (3.14%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.62%) Acronis
3 5 (2.62%) IBM
3 5 (2.62%) Meraki
3 5 (2.62%) Sophos
3 5 (2.62%) Synology
4 1 (0.52%) Cisco
4 1 (0.52%) Citrix
4 1 (0.52%) Draytek
4 1 (0.52%) VMware