The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 64 80 71
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 11 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 1.179% 0.232% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.261% 0.252% 0.102%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £289 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £397 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.03% +5.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £20.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £25.44
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +37.59%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
872 1190 982
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.46% 92.11% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 578 432
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £496
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 72 77
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.82% +18.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.01 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.50 £35.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Engineer
North West

Systems Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Altrincham - 3 £280 -
Systems Engineer
North West

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 11 (61.11%) Active Directory
2 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 9 (50.00%) Windows
3 9 (50.00%) VMware
4 7 (38.89%) Ruby
4 7 (38.89%) Puppet
4 7 (38.89%) Linux
4 7 (38.89%) C
4 7 (38.89%) Apache
4 7 (38.89%) Red Hat
5 6 (33.33%) Netcool
5 6 (33.33%) Nagios
5 6 (33.33%) IBM
5 6 (33.33%) LDAP
5 6 (33.33%) UNIX
5 6 (33.33%) MS Visio
5 6 (33.33%) DNS
5 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 6 (33.33%) Perl
5 6 (33.33%) Wiki
5 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (33.33%) Telecoms
6 5 (27.78%) VMware ESX
6 5 (27.78%) SCCM
6 5 (27.78%) Network Security
6 5 (27.78%) vSphere
6 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
6 5 (27.78%) DHCP
6 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
6 5 (27.78%) SAN

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 Platforms
1 7 (38.89%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 5 (27.78%) MS Excel
3 1 (5.556%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) LDAP
1 6 (33.33%) DNS
2 5 (27.78%) Network Security
2 5 (27.78%) DHCP
2 5 (27.78%) SAN
3 3 (16.67%) SNMP
4 1 (5.556%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Wiki
2 1 (5.556%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.556%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) Linux
3 6 (33.33%) UNIX
4 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Information Security
1 3 (16.67%) Network Management
2 1 (5.556%) Requirements Management
2 1 (5.556%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) Ruby
1 7 (38.89%) C
2 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 6 (33.33%) Perl
3 4 (22.22%) SQL
4 1 (5.556%) Bash shell
4 1 (5.556%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (16.67%) MCSE
2 3 (16.67%) CCNA
2 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.556%) MCP
System Software
1 11 (61.11%) Active Directory
2 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (27.78%) VMware ESX
3 5 (27.78%) vSphere
4 1 (5.556%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) Puppet
2 6 (33.33%) Netcool
2 6 (33.33%) Nagios
3 5 (27.78%) SCCM
4 2 (11.11%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (5.556%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (50.00%) VMware
3 7 (38.89%) Red Hat
4 6 (33.33%) IBM
5 3 (16.67%) Cisco
5 3 (16.67%) HP
6 1 (5.556%) McAfee
Oldham, Lancashire
The role will involve Systems Integration working with Requirements Management (DOORS) Software applying the Systems Safety concept. Interfacing with Subcontractors/ customers and Bid Management and Business Development Teams...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £0.00 per hour + Market Rate
Posted: 20 May 2013