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This section looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts within the Glasgow 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 System Engineer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4564
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads134
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.901 %0.403 %
Daily rates quoted50
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£324-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£348-
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£331
% change on same period last year-4.90 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£31.00£18.00
Average hourly rate£31.75£18.00
% change on same period last year+76.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.50£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.60£31.29
% change on same period last year+4.17 %
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads684992
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.912 %0.990 %
Daily rates quoted214288
Average minimum daily rate£295£294
Average daily rate£317£313
% change on same period last year+1.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted4483
Average minimum hourly rate£21.60£17.53
Average hourly rate£23.54£18.68
% change on same period last year+25.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.48£19.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Systems Engineer ScotlandSystems Engineer
Scotland

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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Systems Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Glasgow Systems Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

19 (60.00 %)Windows
25 (33.33 %)Active Directory
34 (26.67 %)Microsoft
34 (26.67 %)Windows CE
34 (26.67 %)Smartcard
34 (26.67 %)SQL
34 (26.67 %)UNIX
43 (20.00 %)Service Management
43 (20.00 %)VMware
43 (20.00 %)Linux
43 (20.00 %)Windows XP
43 (20.00 %)IBM
43 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (20.00 %)Novell
43 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (20.00 %)CNA
43 (20.00 %)Novell Certification
52 (13.33 %)SAN
52 (13.33 %)Client/Server
52 (13.33 %)NetWare
52 (13.33 %)AIX
52 (13.33 %)Solaris
52 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
52 (13.33 %)MCSE
52 (13.33 %)MCP
52 (13.33 %)Oracle
52 (13.33 %)NetBackup
52 (13.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (13.33 %)Citrix
61 (6.667 %)Red Hat Linux

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.667 %)Site Server
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.667 %)MS Excel
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (13.33 %)SAN
21 (6.667 %)Firewall
21 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Aerospace
11 (6.667 %)Electric
11 (6.667 %)Police
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (26.67 %)Smartcard
22 (13.33 %)Client/Server
31 (6.667 %)Clustering
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (60.00 %)Windows
24 (26.67 %)Windows CE
24 (26.67 %)UNIX
33 (20.00 %)Linux
33 (20.00 %)Windows XP
33 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (13.33 %)NetWare
42 (13.33 %)AIX
42 (13.33 %)Solaris
42 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
42 (13.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (6.667 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (6.667 %)VMS
51 (6.667 %)OpenVMS
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (20.00 %)Service Management
21 (6.667 %)Incident Management
21 (6.667 %)ITIL
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (26.67 %)SQL
21 (6.667 %)Korn
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (20.00 %)CNA
13 (20.00 %)Novell Certification
22 (13.33 %)MCSE
22 (13.33 %)MCP
31 (6.667 %)Degree
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (33.33 %)Active Directory
22 (13.33 %)NetBackup
31 (6.667 %)Backup Exec
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (6.667 %)MOM
11 (6.667 %)ARCserve
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (26.67 %)Microsoft
23 (20.00 %)VMware
23 (20.00 %)IBM
23 (20.00 %)Novell
32 (13.33 %)Oracle
32 (13.33 %)Citrix
41 (6.667 %)Cisco
41 (6.667 %)Sun
41 (6.667 %)HP
41 (6.667 %)VERITAS
41 (6.667 %)Red Hat
41 (6.667 %)Remedy