The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Systems Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Dorset region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Engineer
Rank 28 30 42
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 6 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 2.632% 1.449% 0.554%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.752% 1.521% 0.578%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £263 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £310 £400
% change year-on-year
+1.61% -22.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
Average hourly rate £50.00 - £38.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £36.25 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-17.24% +36.79%
All Job Titles
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
218 263 346
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 95.61% 95.29% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 158 199
Average daily rate £350 £375 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £280 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 18 16
Average hourly rate £32.00 £22.75 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.65% +3.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.65 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Engineer
South West

Systems Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Dorset Systems Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dorset Systems Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dorset Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Vacancies
Poole - - - -
Systems Engineer
South West

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (28.57%) VB
2 2 (28.57%) VBA
2 2 (28.57%) UML
2 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 2 (28.57%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) DHCP
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) DNS
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Juniper
3 1 (14.29%) SAN
3 1 (14.29%) NetApp
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
3 1 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Clustering
3 1 (14.29%) Backup Exec
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) Windows

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
2 1 (14.29%) WAN
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) SAN
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
1 1 (14.29%) Clustering
1 1 (14.29%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) UML
2 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) VB
1 2 (28.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Backup Exec
1 1 (14.29%) HP SIM
1 1 (14.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) HP
1 1 (14.29%) Juniper
1 1 (14.29%) NetApp
1 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
1 1 (14.29%) VMware
1 1 (14.29%) ProCurve
Dorset
Aerospace/Defence 6-12 Month Contract Dorset A global defence company are looking for a Systems Engineer to join them on a 6-12 month contract basis. They...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £10 - £100 per hour + Negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013