BAE Systems
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How BAE Systems hires
Truth index
B 82/100
Median time to fill
19 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
94%
Reposted roles
0%
BAE Systems scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 63 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 94% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 19 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
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Overview
BAE Systems is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, building combat aircraft, warships, submarines, land vehicles, electronic systems and cyber and intelligence products. Formed in 1999 from the merger of British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems, it is listed on the London Stock Exchange and has major operations in the UK, the US, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and works on the Edgewing combat air programme. It hires hardware, software, structures, flight systems and spacecraft engineers, test and manufacturing specialists, project managers, supply chain and procurement staff, and graduates.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at BAE Systems over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
174
Postings analysed
142
Stack modernity
70/100AI adopter
Languages
Python32%
JavaScript19%
C++16%
Bash13%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js6%
Commander.js5%
Selenium4%
TensorFlow4%
Databases
PostgreSQL3%
MS SQL2%
MongoDB2%
DynamoDB1%
Cloud & platforms
Linux23%
AWS20%
Kubernetes17%
Azure13%
AI & ML
LLM1%
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Full BAE Systems tech stack
174 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$69k
Typical range
$27k – $123k
Open positions
78
78
Jobs
Junior
2.6%
Senior
76.9%
Staff
10.3%
Principal
9%
Architect
1.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $45k | $45k – $45k |
| Senior | 60 | $68k | $27k – $112k |
| Staff | 8 | $86k | $50k – $102k |
| Principal | 7 | $73k | $62k – $80k |
| Architect | 1 | $123k | $123k |
Highest paying role
Head of Legal & Compliance – Edgewing
$123k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at BAE Systems
By role, level and city, against the market · 78 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
88/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
289
212 opened / 175 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
19 days
faster than 56% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
30% ▲
Field & Service
9% ▼
Operations
9% ▲
Hardware
8% ▼
Backend
7% ▲
DevOps
6% ▼
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+103 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+19 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
New location: Sheffield
Oct 2026
Added Terragrunt to stack
Oct 2026
Added Alertmanager to stack
Oct 2026
Added Service Desk to stack
Oct 2026
Added NER to stack
Oct 2026
Added Ubuntu to stack
Oct 2026
Added SLURM to stack
Oct 2026
+27 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
Added Protobuf to stack
Oct 2026
Added Azure DevOps to stack
Oct 2026
Added Spark to stack
Oct 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
21
Hiring now
21
Countries
6
Busiest office
London
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London
United Kingdom
HQ
9 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 78% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Data Science, AI/ML
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Support & operations
19 open roles 20 posted in 90 days 32% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Hardware
Melbourne
Australia
Regional office
14 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 43% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Analytics
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Plant / site
11 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 9% engineering 200-500 est. staff $56k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Product
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Corporate office
11 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Education, Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Guildford
United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
9 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Frontend, DevOps
Manchester
United States
Engineering / R&D
8 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, DevOps
Rochester
United States
Regional office
7 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 43% engineering 50-200 est. staff $85k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Management, QA
Leeds
United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
6 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 83% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Backend, QA
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Corporate office
5 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 20% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Management, Data Science, Education
Adelaide
Australia
Regional office
5 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 20% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Operations, Industrial Engineering, DevOps
Tabuk
Saudi Arabia
Plant / site
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
Canberra
Australia
2 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Analytics, Solutions
Sydney
Australia
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
Christchurch
New Zealand
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $79k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science, Marketing
Darwin
Australia
2 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
Townsville
Australia
2 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
Perth
Australia
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
Sheffield
United Kingdom
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $65k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Frontend
Brisbane
Australia
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
Earlier presence
Doha, Qatar
Falls Church, United States
McLean, United States
Jobs
≈ $107k – $204k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Rochester
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≈ $67k – $112k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • 3+ years exp • Germany
Python
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Terraform
Helm
Terragrunt
Prometheus
CI/CD
ArgoCD
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AWS
Docker
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Amazon EKS
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IAM
Linux
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≈ $60k – $105k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Germany
Python
Java
PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
DevOps
Rest API
CI/CD
Jenkins
AWS
Amazon S3
Amazon CloudWatch
Management
Agile
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≈ $54k – $105k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • 5+ years exp • Leeds
JavaScript
PowerShell
Bash
MongoDB
DevOps
Azure
AWS
Docker
OpenStack
Windows
Management
Jira
Agile
Scrum
ITIL
QA
Selenium
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≈ $81k – $155k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • 5+ years exp • London
Python
JavaScript
Java
C++
Node JS
AWS
Docker
Management
Agile
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≈ $62k – $138k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • London
Python
Bash
Terraform
CloudFormation
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Jenkins
Git
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
TeamCity
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Bitbucket
Amazon EKS
AWS Lambda
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Amazon ECS
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Kanban
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≈ $51k – $113k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Leeds
Python
Bash
Terraform
CloudFormation
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
TeamCity
Bamboo
Bitbucket
Amazon EKS
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
FinOps
Amazon S3
IAM
Amazon ECS
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Management
Agile
Scrum
Kanban
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≈ $83k – $185k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Manchester
Python
Bash
Terraform
CloudFormation
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
TeamCity
Bamboo
Bitbucket
Amazon EKS
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
FinOps
Amazon S3
IAM
Amazon ECS
Linux
Management
Agile
Scrum
Kanban
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up to $86k per year • In office • 5+ years exp • Rochester
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Jira
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Financials
Total raised
$4.2M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
11
Funding rounds