Systems Engineering Contracts in Scotland

Systems Engineering
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 161 161
Rank change year-on-year +43 0 -4
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 9 6 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.41% 0.21% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.23% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £566 £337 -
25th Percentile £572 £374 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year +32.47% -6.32% -
75th Percentile £601 £514 £588
90th Percentile £604 £549 -
UK median daily rate £550 £565 £570
% change year-on-year -2.57% -0.96% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £64.54
% change year-on-year +13.82% -4.71% +29.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,924 2,605 3,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.58% 92.54% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,868 2,327
10th Percentile £225 £260 £249
25th Percentile £389 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £587 £560 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 55 47
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.32
25th Percentile £15.84 £11.78 £20.38
Median hourly rate £18.41 £17.21 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.97% -56.98% -
75th Percentile £40.94 £50.74 £49.15
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.94 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in Scotland

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in Scotland

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in Scotland

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Glasgow - 8 £604 - 10
Systems Engineering
UK

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
1 1 (11.11%) SCCP
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
1 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Security Advisor
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
1 2 (22.22%) Business Process Analysis
1 2 (22.22%) Information Security
1 2 (22.22%) ISMS
1 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
1 2 (22.22%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (11.11%) Agile
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
2 1 (11.11%) DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Management
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Internal Audit
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (11.11%) Secure Coding
2 1 (11.11%) Security Management
2 1 (11.11%) Server Management
2 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
2 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (22.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (11.11%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001