The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Essex 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 22 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 Essex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Engineer
Rank 40 46 50
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 7 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.695% 0.242% 0.253%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.862% 0.258% 0.267%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
Average hourly rate £23.68 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £25.44
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +37.59%
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
376 388 375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 91.04% 93.95% 94.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 184 170
Average daily rate £300 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.08% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £105 £78
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 59 72
Average hourly rate £30.00 £26.28 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.15% -4.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.40 £40.60 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Engineer
East of England

Systems Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Brentwood - 1 - -
Systems Engineer
East of England

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) SAN
3 3 (30.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 3 (30.00%) IBM
3 3 (30.00%) Linux
3 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (30.00%) Perl
3 3 (30.00%) SUSE
3 3 (30.00%) VMware
3 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (30.00%) NAS
3 3 (30.00%) Automotive
4 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) MS Access
4 2 (20.00%) ERP
4 2 (20.00%) Software Deployment
4 2 (20.00%) SCCM
5 1 (10.00%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (10.00%) Electronics
5 1 (10.00%) C
5 1 (10.00%) AutoCAD
5 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
5 1 (10.00%) COM
5 1 (10.00%) HNC
5 1 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) IEC 61508

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 1 (10.00%) COM
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) AutoCAD
2 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) SAN
1 3 (30.00%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) MS Access
General
1 3 (30.00%) Automotive
2 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Electronics
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) SUSE
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) ERP
1 2 (20.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Perl
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) HNC
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) IBM
2 3 (30.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Allen-Bradley