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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts within the Buckinghamshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 System Engineer
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7393
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads75
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.655 %0.319 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£301£308
% change on same period last year-2.42 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£38.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£41.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.28£29.83
% change on same period last year+11.58 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads10691568
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.493 %1.575 %
Daily rates quoted337386
Average minimum daily rate£301£300
Average daily rate£321£315
% change on same period last year+1.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£342£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted131235
Average minimum hourly rate£19.91£24.97
Average hourly rate£21.02£25.88
% change on same period last year-18.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.14£26.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Systems Engineer South EastSystems Engineer
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Systems Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Buckinghamshire Systems Engineer Demand Trend

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Systems Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Buckinghamshire Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Systems Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesUp+74--
Systems Engineer South EastSystems Engineer
South East

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited Systems Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Engineer in their job title.

16 (35.29 %)Security Cleared
25 (29.41 %)SC Cleared
25 (29.41 %)Validation
25 (29.41 %)UML
34 (23.53 %)Windows
43 (17.65 %)Government
43 (17.65 %)Business Continuity
43 (17.65 %)Avionics
43 (17.65 %)ARTiSAN
43 (17.65 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (17.65 %)Windows NT
43 (17.65 %)Microsoft
52 (11.76 %)Active Directory
52 (11.76 %)EMC
52 (11.76 %)VoIP
52 (11.76 %)Windows 2000
52 (11.76 %)SLA
52 (11.76 %)C
52 (11.76 %)IIS
52 (11.76 %)HNC
52 (11.76 %)SS7
52 (11.76 %)Electronics
52 (11.76 %)Telecoms
52 (11.76 %)Finance
52 (11.76 %)Aerospace
52 (11.76 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (11.76 %)Clustering
52 (11.76 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
61 (5.882 %)C7
61 (5.882 %)Fujitsu

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited Systems Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (11.76 %)IIS
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (11.76 %)VoIP
12 (11.76 %)SS7
21 (5.882 %)Q.931
21 (5.882 %)H.323
21 (5.882 %)Wireless
21 (5.882 %)C7
21 (5.882 %)Network Security
21 (5.882 %)TCP/IP
21 (5.882 %)Broadband
21 (5.882 %)ISDN
21 (5.882 %)SDH
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (17.65 %)ARTiSAN
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (17.65 %)Government
13 (17.65 %)Avionics
22 (11.76 %)Electronics
22 (11.76 %)Telecoms
22 (11.76 %)Finance
22 (11.76 %)Aerospace
31 (5.882 %)Manufacturing
31 (5.882 %)Billing
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (11.76 %)Clustering
12 (11.76 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (23.53 %)Windows
23 (17.65 %)Windows NT
23 (17.65 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (11.76 %)Windows 2000
32 (11.76 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (5.882 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (5.882 %)Linux
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (35.29 %)Security Cleared
25 (29.41 %)SC Cleared
25 (29.41 %)UML
25 (29.41 %)Validation
33 (17.65 %)Business Continuity
41 (5.882 %)Network Design
41 (5.882 %)Change Management
41 (5.882 %)Disaster Recovery
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (11.76 %)C
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (11.76 %)HNC
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (11.76 %)SLA
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (11.76 %)Active Directory
21 (5.882 %)Terminal Services
21 (5.882 %)ISA Server
21 (5.882 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (17.65 %)Microsoft
22 (11.76 %)EMC
31 (5.882 %)Nortel
31 (5.882 %)Citrix
31 (5.882 %)Ericsson
31 (5.882 %)Fujitsu