The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 24 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 Hampshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Engineer
Rank 83 88 87
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 20 6 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.311% 0.377% 0.973%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.408% 0.403% 1.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 3
Average daily rate £300 £400 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +52.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £400 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £450 £283
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £397 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.03% +5.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 9
Average hourly rate £38.50 - £24.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.73 - £19.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 - £38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £25.44
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +37.59%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1420 1487 1730
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.05% 93.46% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 782 689 718
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.92% +0.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £494
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 217 247
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -19.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Engineer
South East

Systems Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Systems Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire Systems Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Southampton +5 10 £300 -25.00%
Havant - 2 £400 -
Farnborough +1 1 - -
Basingstoke -11 1 £240 -40.00%
Systems Engineer
South East

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 16 (53.33%) Windows
2 11 (36.67%) Linux
2 11 (36.67%) VMware
2 11 (36.67%) SC Cleared
2 11 (36.67%) Security Cleared
3 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
3 8 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (23.33%) UNIX
4 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
5 6 (20.00%) UML
5 6 (20.00%) C++
5 6 (20.00%) Citrix
5 6 (20.00%) Red Hat
5 6 (20.00%) Migration
5 6 (20.00%) Clustering
5 6 (20.00%) Windows 7
6 5 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (16.67%) Python
7 4 (13.33%) MS Excel
7 4 (13.33%) SQL
8 3 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
8 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (10.00%) VB
8 3 (10.00%) VBA
8 3 (10.00%) Java
8 3 (10.00%) C#
8 3 (10.00%) Oracle
8 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
8 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
9 2 (6.667%) DVB

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 2 (6.667%) XML
2 1 (3.333%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.667%) CMS
1 2 (6.667%) Apache
2 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (3.333%) Tomcat
2 1 (3.333%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) MS Excel
2 3 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (6.667%) DVB
2 2 (6.667%) Wireless
2 2 (6.667%) WAN
2 2 (6.667%) NFC
3 1 (3.333%) NAS
3 1 (3.333%) SSH
3 1 (3.333%) LAN
3 1 (3.333%) HTTP
3 1 (3.333%) DNS
3 1 (3.333%) TETRA
3 1 (3.333%) SAN
3 1 (3.333%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.667%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (3.333%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.333%) JIRA
General
1 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.333%) Avionics
2 1 (3.333%) Multimedia
2 1 (3.333%) Military
2 1 (3.333%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Clustering
2 2 (6.667%) MPEG
3 1 (3.333%) Digital Media
3 1 (3.333%) STB
3 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.333%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (53.33%) Windows
2 11 (36.67%) Linux
3 7 (23.33%) UNIX
4 6 (20.00%) Windows 7
5 5 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (6.667%) Windows XP
7 2 (6.667%) Windows 2000
8 1 (3.333%) AIX
8 1 (3.333%) Solaris
8 1 (3.333%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.00%) UML
1 6 (20.00%) Migration
2 2 (6.667%) Scrum
2 2 (6.667%) ITIL
3 1 (3.333%) Test Strategy
3 1 (3.333%) Software Deployment
3 1 (3.333%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (3.333%) Business Development
3 1 (3.333%) Performance Management
3 1 (3.333%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) C++
2 5 (16.67%) Python
3 4 (13.33%) SQL
4 3 (10.00%) VB
4 3 (10.00%) VBA
4 3 (10.00%) Java
4 3 (10.00%) C#
5 2 (6.667%) C
5 2 (6.667%) Perl
5 2 (6.667%) PHP
5 2 (6.667%) Bash shell
6 1 (3.333%) Korn
6 1 (3.333%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (36.67%) SC Cleared
1 11 (36.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.333%) Degree
2 1 (3.333%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
1 8 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.667%) Squid
2 2 (6.667%) vSphere
3 1 (3.333%) Samba
3 1 (3.333%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (3.333%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (3.333%) WSUS
1 1 (3.333%) Tivoli
1 1 (3.333%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) VMware
2 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
3 6 (20.00%) Citrix
3 6 (20.00%) Red Hat
4 3 (10.00%) Oracle
5 1 (3.333%) Tandberg
5 1 (3.333%) Cisco
5 1 (3.333%) EMC
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