Systems Engineer Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 London 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 303 284 355
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +71
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 84 135 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.382% 0.494% 0.255%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.414% 0.534% 0.275%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 86 53
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £288 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 9
Average hourly rate £16.50 £29.50 £22.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.06% +30.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £23.40 £20.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £33.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £25.44
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +37.59%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 20276 25280 28359
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.19% 92.47% 92.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 13665 16302 18233
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 454 629 676
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London 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 London 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
City of London +7 20 £369 -10.06%
Uxbridge - 1 £325 -
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 139 (54.72%) Windows
2 131 (51.57%) Linux
3 98 (38.58%) VMware
4 79 (31.10%) Active Directory
5 66 (25.98%) Windows Server 2008
6 65 (25.59%) Windows Server 2003
7 61 (24.02%) Apache
8 59 (23.23%) Red Hat
9 57 (22.44%) SAN
10 56 (22.05%) DNS
10 56 (22.05%) MySQL
11 55 (21.65%) HP
12 45 (17.72%) Puppet
13 42 (16.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 40 (15.75%) UNIX
15 39 (15.35%) SQL Server
15 39 (15.35%) VMware Infrastructure
16 38 (14.96%) Microsoft
16 38 (14.96%) Cisco
17 35 (13.78%) Citrix
17 35 (13.78%) SQL
17 35 (13.78%) Firewall
17 35 (13.78%) Finance
18 34 (13.39%) vSphere
19 33 (12.99%) Bash shell
19 33 (12.99%) Perl
19 33 (12.99%) PHP
20 32 (12.60%) Python
21 31 (12.20%) VMware ESX
22 30 (11.81%) Amazon AWS

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 18 (7.087%) .NET
2 15 (5.906%) HTML
3 14 (5.512%) LAMP
4 12 (4.724%) XML
5 10 (3.937%) SOAP
5 10 (3.937%) Web Services
6 8 (3.150%) J2EE
6 8 (3.150%) REST
7 7 (2.756%) CSS
8 6 (2.362%) ASP.NET
9 5 (1.969%) WSRP
9 5 (1.969%) JSR 168
9 5 (1.969%) Java EE
9 5 (1.969%) HTML5
9 5 (1.969%) Flash
9 5 (1.969%) DHTML
9 5 (1.969%) Ajax
10 2 (0.787%) Middleware
10 2 (0.787%) J2SE
10 2 (0.787%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 61 (24.02%) Apache
2 30 (11.81%) Amazon AWS
3 28 (11.02%) MS Exchange
4 27 (10.63%) Tomcat
5 26 (10.24%) IIS
6 15 (5.906%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (4.331%) SharePoint
8 9 (3.543%) Exchange Server 2003
9 8 (3.150%) LiveLink
9 8 (3.150%) Exchange Server 2007
10 7 (2.756%) Exchange Server 2010
11 6 (2.362%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 6 (2.362%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.181%) MS Project Server
12 3 (1.181%) CMS
13 2 (0.787%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.787%) Lync
13 2 (0.787%) SharePoint 2010
14 1 (0.394%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
14 1 (0.394%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (7.480%) MS Excel
2 9 (3.543%) MS Office
3 2 (0.787%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.787%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.394%) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1 57 (22.44%) SAN
2 56 (22.05%) DNS
3 35 (13.78%) Firewall
4 29 (11.42%) NAS
5 20 (7.874%) iSCSI
6 18 (7.087%) TCP/IP
7 16 (6.299%) HTTP
8 15 (5.906%) LAN
9 14 (5.512%) DHCP
10 13 (5.118%) WAN
10 13 (5.118%) SSL
11 12 (4.724%) SNMP
12 11 (4.331%) SMTP
13 9 (3.543%) Network Security
13 9 (3.543%) Fibre Channel
14 8 (3.150%) RTP
14 8 (3.150%) RTSP
14 8 (3.150%) LDAP
15 7 (2.756%) VoIP
15 7 (2.756%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (22.05%) MySQL
2 39 (15.35%) SQL Server
3 17 (6.693%) NoSQL
4 15 (5.906%) SQL Server 2005
5 14 (5.512%) SQL Server 2008
6 11 (4.331%) Hadoop
7 9 (3.543%) CouchDB
8 8 (3.150%) Redis
8 8 (3.150%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.969%) Apache Cassandra
9 5 (1.969%) Oracle 8/8i
9 5 (1.969%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.575%) SQL Server 2000
11 3 (1.181%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.787%) Oracle 10g
12 2 (0.787%) Big Data
12 2 (0.787%) Oracle 11g
13 1 (0.394%) MS Access
13 1 (0.394%) DB2
13 1 (0.394%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 22 (8.661%) Git (software)
2 21 (8.268%) Jenkins
3 15 (5.906%) Hudson
4 12 (4.724%) JIRA
5 11 (4.331%) Maven
6 10 (3.937%) Subversion
7 7 (2.756%) Selenium
8 3 (1.181%) Gerrit
9 2 (0.787%) MSI
10 1 (0.394%) Rational DOORS
General
1 35 (13.78%) Finance
2 17 (6.693%) Telecoms
3 7 (2.756%) Publishing
4 6 (2.362%) Advertising
5 5 (1.969%) Banking
5 5 (1.969%) Retail
6 4 (1.575%) Games
7 3 (1.181%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.181%) Legal
8 2 (0.787%) Law
8 2 (0.787%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.394%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.394%) German Language
9 1 (0.394%) Back Office
9 1 (0.394%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.42%) Open Source
2 11 (4.331%) Digital Media
3 10 (3.937%) Clustering
4 8 (3.150%) Derivative
5 6 (2.362%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.362%) Mathematics
6 5 (1.969%) Taxonomies
6 5 (1.969%) Ontologies
6 5 (1.969%) Blackberry
7 4 (1.575%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.575%) CMDB
8 3 (1.181%) New Media
8 3 (1.181%) N-Tier
9 2 (0.787%) BBC
9 2 (0.787%) EFT
9 2 (0.787%) EFTPOS
9 2 (0.787%) Firmware
9 2 (0.787%) Smartcard
9 2 (0.787%) IaaS
9 2 (0.787%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 139 (54.72%) Windows
2 131 (51.57%) Linux
3 66 (25.98%) Windows Server 2008
4 65 (25.59%) Windows Server 2003
5 42 (16.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 40 (15.75%) UNIX
7 27 (10.63%) Solaris
8 19 (7.480%) CentOS
8 19 (7.480%) Ubuntu
9 16 (6.299%) Windows 7
10 10 (3.937%) Debian
11 6 (2.362%) Gentoo
11 6 (2.362%) Windows XP
11 6 (2.362%) FreeBSD
12 5 (1.969%) SUSE
13 3 (1.181%) AIX
14 2 (0.787%) Fedora
14 2 (0.787%) HPUX
14 2 (0.787%) Windows NT
15 1 (0.394%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (9.055%) ITIL
2 21 (8.268%) Change Management
3 16 (6.299%) E-Commerce
4 12 (4.724%) Migration
5 9 (3.543%) Load Balancing
6 8 (3.150%) Content Management
6 8 (3.150%) Penetration Testing
6 8 (3.150%) Agile Software Development
6 8 (3.150%) OO
6 8 (3.150%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (3.150%) Infrastructure Management
7 7 (2.756%) Performance Management
7 7 (2.756%) Network Management
7 7 (2.756%) Project Management
7 7 (2.756%) Validation
8 6 (2.362%) SOA
9 5 (1.969%) Problem Management
9 5 (1.969%) High Availability
9 5 (1.969%) Information Architecture
9 5 (1.969%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 35 (13.78%) SQL
2 33 (12.99%) Bash shell
2 33 (12.99%) Perl
2 33 (12.99%) PHP
3 32 (12.60%) Python
4 28 (11.02%) Java
5 16 (6.299%) PowerShell
6 13 (5.118%) JavaScript
7 12 (4.724%) Ruby
8 10 (3.937%) VBScript
9 6 (2.362%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.362%) C
9 6 (2.362%) C#
10 4 (1.575%) VB
11 3 (1.181%) C++
12 2 (0.787%) C-shell
12 2 (0.787%) Korn
Qualifications
1 17 (6.693%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (5.906%) RHCE
3 13 (5.118%) CCNA
4 11 (4.331%) Degree
5 10 (3.937%) MCITP
6 9 (3.543%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (3.543%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (3.150%) MCSE
8 5 (1.969%) CCNP
9 4 (1.575%) MCSA
10 2 (0.787%) CCSE
10 2 (0.787%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.787%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.394%) MCDBA
11 1 (0.394%) CCIE
11 1 (0.394%) CCDA
11 1 (0.394%) CCDP
11 1 (0.394%) OCA
11 1 (0.394%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.394%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.575%) QA
2 3 (1.181%) SLA
3 1 (0.394%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 79 (31.10%) Active Directory
2 39 (15.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (13.39%) vSphere
4 31 (12.20%) VMware ESX
5 19 (7.480%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (6.299%) NFS
7 14 (5.512%) XenApp
8 9 (3.543%) Samba
9 6 (2.362%) Postfix
10 3 (1.181%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.787%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.787%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.787%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.394%) Xen
12 1 (0.394%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.394%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 1 (0.394%) XenServer
12 1 (0.394%) Forefront TMG
12 1 (0.394%) UAG
12 1 (0.394%) NDS
Systems Management
1 45 (17.72%) Puppet
2 21 (8.268%) Nagios
3 15 (5.906%) Backup Exec
4 12 (4.724%) SCOM
5 8 (3.150%) NetBackup
6 7 (2.756%) ZABBIX
7 6 (2.362%) OpenView
7 6 (2.362%) Cacti
8 5 (1.969%) SCCM
8 5 (1.969%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
8 5 (1.969%) Tivoli
9 4 (1.575%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 3 (1.181%) CFEngine
11 2 (0.787%) Cobbler
12 1 (0.394%) BMC Performance Manager
12 1 (0.394%) HP Data Protector
12 1 (0.394%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.394%) Cisco UCCX
12 1 (0.394%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.394%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 98 (38.58%) VMware
2 59 (23.23%) Red Hat
3 55 (21.65%) HP
4 38 (14.96%) Microsoft
4 38 (14.96%) Cisco
5 35 (13.78%) Citrix
6 25 (9.843%) EMC
7 22 (8.661%) Oracle
8 20 (7.874%) NetApp
9 15 (5.906%) Symantec
9 15 (5.906%) Brocade
10 14 (5.512%) Dell
11 13 (5.118%) JBoss
12 12 (4.724%) Akamai
13 11 (4.331%) Altiris
13 11 (4.331%) Open Text
14 10 (3.937%) Sun
14 10 (3.937%) Rackspace
15 9 (3.543%) IBM
16 8 (3.150%) Siebel
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Rate: £18000 - £24000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
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Junior Systems Engineer, London, 3 month contract to perm
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Infrastructure Systems Engineer - Cloud / Dev Ops
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Rate: From £450 to £480 per day
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Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per day
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