The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 17 May 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 East Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Engineer
Rank 62 82 70
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 22 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.745% 0.293% 0.365%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.915% 0.313% 0.393%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
Average daily rate £245 £225 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.88% -37.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £225 £333
10% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £225 £393
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £382 £373
% change year-on-year
-14.80% +2.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 2
Average hourly rate £28.25 - £19.13
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.95 - £11.83
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 - £26.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +34.61%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1149 1277 1271
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 91.12% 93.55% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 645 500
Average daily rate £325 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £180 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 94 128
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.35 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £34.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Nottinghamshire +15 17 £245 +8.88%
Northamptonshire +16 2 £279 -
Leicestershire -5 1 - -
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 19 (50.00%) UNIX
2 18 (47.37%) VMware
3 17 (44.74%) Windows
3 17 (44.74%) Linux
3 17 (44.74%) IBM
4 12 (31.58%) SQL Server
4 12 (31.58%) Telecoms
4 12 (31.58%) Tivoli
5 11 (28.95%) Validation
5 11 (28.95%) Citrix
6 9 (23.68%) IIS
6 9 (23.68%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (21.05%) Oracle
8 7 (18.42%) Cisco
8 7 (18.42%) Service Delivery
8 7 (18.42%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 6 (15.79%) Change Management
9 6 (15.79%) MS Excel
9 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
9 6 (15.79%) VBScript
9 6 (15.79%) PowerShell
9 6 (15.79%) SCOM
9 6 (15.79%) Altiris
9 6 (15.79%) vSphere
9 6 (15.79%) NetScaler
10 5 (13.16%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (13.16%) WebSphere Portal
10 5 (13.16%) WebSphere
10 5 (13.16%) SCADA
10 5 (13.16%) Web Services

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 Development
1 5 (13.16%) Web Services
1 5 (13.16%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 9 (23.68%) IIS
2 5 (13.16%) Apache
2 5 (13.16%) WebSphere Portal
3 2 (5.263%) WebLogic
4 1 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (2.632%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (15.79%) MS Excel
2 5 (13.16%) AutoCAD
3 1 (2.632%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.79%) NetScaler
2 5 (13.16%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (10.53%) TCP/IP
4 3 (7.895%) SAN
5 1 (2.632%) Firewall
5 1 (2.632%) BIG-IP
5 1 (2.632%) VPN
5 1 (2.632%) LAN
5 1 (2.632%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (31.58%) SQL Server
2 5 (13.16%) DB2
3 2 (5.263%) Oracle 11g
General
1 12 (31.58%) Telecoms
2 5 (13.16%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.632%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) SCADA
2 4 (10.53%) Clustering
3 1 (2.632%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.632%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 19 (50.00%) UNIX
2 17 (44.74%) Windows
2 17 (44.74%) Linux
3 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (7.895%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.632%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Validation
2 7 (18.42%) Service Delivery
3 6 (15.79%) Change Management
4 4 (10.53%) CAD
5 2 (5.263%) E-Commerce
5 2 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (5.263%) Incident Management
5 2 (5.263%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) VBScript
1 6 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.53%) SQL
3 3 (7.895%) Perl
3 3 (7.895%) Python
3 3 (7.895%) Bash shell
4 2 (5.263%) Shell Script
4 2 (5.263%) Ruby
5 1 (2.632%) C
5 1 (2.632%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) MCP
1 4 (10.53%) MCSE
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (10.53%) Degree
2 2 (5.263%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.263%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.263%) RHCE
2 2 (5.263%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) ISO 9001
2 2 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 9 (23.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (15.79%) vSphere
3 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
3 5 (13.16%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 12 (31.58%) Tivoli
2 7 (18.42%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 6 (15.79%) SCOM
4 5 (13.16%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 2 (5.263%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 1 (2.632%) Puppet
6 1 (2.632%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 18 (47.37%) VMware
2 17 (44.74%) IBM
3 11 (28.95%) Citrix
4 8 (21.05%) Oracle
5 7 (18.42%) Cisco
6 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
6 6 (15.79%) Altiris
7 5 (13.16%) Siemens
8 2 (5.263%) Primavera
8 2 (5.263%) F5
8 2 (5.263%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (5.263%) HP
8 2 (5.263%) NetApp
8 2 (5.263%) Novell
9 1 (2.632%) Avaya
9 1 (2.632%) Symantec
9 1 (2.632%) McAfee