Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Systems Engineer role in IT contracts within the North West 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 Senior Systems Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior System Engineer
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank123145
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads81
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.240 %0.025 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£445
% change on same period last year-19.50 %
Hourly rates quoted70
Average minimum hourly rate£33.00-
Average hourly rate£33.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£33.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.19£30.50
% change on same period last year+12.09 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching contract IT job ads33374053
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.719 %4.103 %
Daily rates quoted775824
Average minimum daily rate£324£320
Average daily rate£341£338
% change on same period last year+0.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted472453
Average minimum hourly rate£21.58£20.29
Average hourly rate£23.36£21.91
% change on same period last year+6.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.14£23.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Senior Systems Engineer EnglandSenior Systems Engineer
England

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.

Senior Systems Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Senior Systems Engineer Demand Trend

Senior Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer across the North West region.

North West Senior Systems Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer across the North West region.

North West Senior Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer across the North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

North West Senior Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer within the North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LancashireNew entry-7--
CheshireUp+121--
Senior Systems Engineer EnglandSenior Systems Engineer
England

Senior Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer in their job title.

17 (58.33 %)Security Cleared
17 (58.33 %)Avionics
23 (25.00 %)UNIX
32 (16.67 %)Windows
32 (16.67 %)Internet
32 (16.67 %)Tivoli
32 (16.67 %)Solaris
32 (16.67 %)Linux
32 (16.67 %)Change Management
32 (16.67 %)Health
41 (8.333 %)VMware
41 (8.333 %)Finance
41 (8.333 %)Government
41 (8.333 %)Service Management
41 (8.333 %)Service Delivery
41 (8.333 %)VB
41 (8.333 %)ITIL
41 (8.333 %)Tandem
41 (8.333 %)Retail
41 (8.333 %)Gentran
41 (8.333 %)Local Government
41 (8.333 %)assyst
41 (8.333 %)OMEGAMON
41 (8.333 %)MCSE
41 (8.333 %)LDAP
41 (8.333 %)TCP/IP
41 (8.333 %)SLA
41 (8.333 %)Active Directory
41 (8.333 %)HP
41 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification

Senior Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (8.333 %)Middleware
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)Gentran
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (8.333 %)assyst
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (16.67 %)Internet
21 (8.333 %)LDAP
21 (8.333 %)TCP/IP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (58.33 %)Avionics
22 (16.67 %)Health
31 (8.333 %)Retail
31 (8.333 %)Local Government
31 (8.333 %)Finance
31 (8.333 %)Government
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Mainframe
11 (8.333 %)Tandem
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (25.00 %)UNIX
22 (16.67 %)Windows
22 (16.67 %)Solaris
22 (16.67 %)Linux
31 (8.333 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (8.333 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (8.333 %)AIX
31 (8.333 %)HPUX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (58.33 %)Security Cleared
22 (16.67 %)Change Management
31 (8.333 %)ITIL
31 (8.333 %)Service Management
31 (8.333 %)Service Delivery
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (8.333 %)VB
11 (8.333 %)Shell Script
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)MCSE
11 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (8.333 %)SLA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (8.333 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (16.67 %)Tivoli
21 (8.333 %)MOM
21 (8.333 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (8.333 %)OMEGAMON
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (8.333 %)HP
11 (8.333 %)Red Hat
11 (8.333 %)VMware