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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts within the Somerset 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 Systems Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 System Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4834
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.280 %1.563 %
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£291£330
% change on same period last year-11.86 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£34.00
Average hourly rate-£34.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£30.91
% change on same period last year+5.30 %
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Somerset
Matching contract IT job ads357320
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.562 %0.343 %
Daily rates quoted6572
Average minimum daily rate£302£328
Average daily rate£332£346
% change on same period last year-3.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted10176
Average minimum hourly rate£25.03£24.62
Average hourly rate£26.64£26.03
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.26£27.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Systems Engineer South WestSystems Engineer
South West

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.

Systems Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Somerset Systems Engineer Demand Trend

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Somerset Systems Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Somerset Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

12 (33.33 %)Windows
12 (33.33 %)Microsoft
12 (33.33 %)Information Management
12 (33.33 %)Education
12 (33.33 %)Government
21 (16.67 %)Military
21 (16.67 %)Electric
21 (16.67 %)Software Engineering
21 (16.67 %)Enterprise Architecture
21 (16.67 %)System Testing
21 (16.67 %)DV Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Avionics
21 (16.67 %)Management Information System
21 (16.67 %)Electronics
21 (16.67 %)Internet
21 (16.67 %)MATLAB
21 (16.67 %)Simulink
21 (16.67 %)Python
21 (16.67 %)GSM
21 (16.67 %)PSTN
21 (16.67 %)SQL
21 (16.67 %)VB
21 (16.67 %).NET
21 (16.67 %)MySQL
21 (16.67 %)MS Office

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %).NET
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)MS Office
11 (16.67 %)MATLAB
11 (16.67 %)Simulink
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)GSM
11 (16.67 %)PSTN
11 (16.67 %)Internet
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)MySQL
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Education
12 (33.33 %)Government
21 (16.67 %)Military
21 (16.67 %)Avionics
21 (16.67 %)Electric
21 (16.67 %)Electronics
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Management Information System
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (33.33 %)Windows
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)Information Management
21 (16.67 %)Software Engineering
21 (16.67 %)Enterprise Architecture
21 (16.67 %)System Testing
21 (16.67 %)DV Cleared
21 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)SQL
11 (16.67 %)VB
11 (16.67 %)Python
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Microsoft