Systems Engineering Contracts in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Systems Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 145 196
Rank change year-on-year +25 +51 -41
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 13 13 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.47% 0.40% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.45% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile - - £424
25th Percentile £525 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +72.55%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £800
90th Percentile - £643 £804
England median daily rate £550 £550 £569
% change year-on-year - -3.30% +4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43.75 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £51.25 £55.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £64.54
% change year-on-year +13.82% -4.71% +29.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Systems Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,273 2,867 4,434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.41% 87.68% 87.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,528 2,015 3,259
10th Percentile £231 £263 £250
25th Percentile £358 £370 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £671
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 97 135
10th Percentile £11.07 £12.30 £10.68
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.50 £13.94
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +25.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £24.25
90th Percentile £55.00 £60.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineering within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +16 11 £550 +2.33% 37
East Midlands +9 2 - - 18
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) DHCP
1 5 (38.46%) DNS
1 5 (38.46%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Principal Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Senior
4 3 (23.08%) Lead
4 3 (23.08%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Grid Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) RAMS Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
1 5 (38.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 5 (38.46%) Unix
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
1 5 (38.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (38.46%) Information Management
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure as Code
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (38.46%) Security Hardening
1 5 (38.46%) Security Monitoring
1 5 (38.46%) SIEM
1 5 (38.46%) Virtual Environments
1 5 (38.46%) Visualisation
2 2 (15.38%) 3D Modelling
2 2 (15.38%) Coaching
2 2 (15.38%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (15.38%) FMEA
2 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
2 2 (15.38%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 2 (15.38%) Monte Carlo Method
2 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (15.38%) Validation
2 2 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) C#
1 5 (38.46%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) C++
2 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) DV Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) NIST
2 2 (15.38%) HAZOP
3 1 (7.69%) ISO 26262
3 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (38.46%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) SCCM
1 5 (38.46%) vCenter Server
2 1 (7.69%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Veeam
1 5 (38.46%) VMware
2 1 (7.69%) IBM
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) SAP