South East Systems Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts within the South East 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

System Engineer
Location Aberdeen Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Clitheroe Colchester County Antrim Crawley Cumbria Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Fareham Feltham Filton Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Harlow Hayes Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Scottish Borders Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stevenage Stockport Surbiton Surrey Sussex Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	115	135
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	146	176
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.208 %	0.182 %
As % of the category below	1.359 %	1.153 %
Daily rates quoted	33	29
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£316
Average daily rate	£330	£325
% change on same period last year	+1.67 %
Average maximum daily rate	£349	£333
UK excluding London average daily rate	£299	£316
% change on same period last year	-5.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	51	38
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.56	£29.62
Average hourly rate	£37.44	£31.79
% change on same period last year	+17.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.32	£33.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.37	£27.70
% change on same period last year	+20.47 %
Job Titles South East
Matching contract IT job ads	10740	15258
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	15.31 %	15.78 %
Daily rates quoted	2782	3822
Average minimum daily rate	£334	£337
Average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£353
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	1280	2048
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.95	£24.73
Average hourly rate	£24.44	£26.21
% change on same period last year	-6.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.94	£27.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.64	£25.03
% change on same period last year	-5.56 %
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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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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 South East region over the 3 months to 15 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hampshire	+10	44	£416	+23.51 %
Berkshire	+23	22	£339	+12.45 %
Surrey	+29	21	£320	-14.66 %
Oxfordshire	-11	12	£271	-18.74 %
Kent	+3	9	£204	-
Buckinghamshire	+17	7	-	-
Sussex	-	4	-	-
West Sussex	+13	3	-	-
M4 Corridor	+2	2	-	-
East Sussex	-	1	-	-
Home Counties	+18	1	-	-
Middlesex	-11	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 78 (30.23 %) Windows 2 64 (24.81 %) Security Cleared 3 41 (15.89 %) Microsoft 4 40 (15.50 %) Linux 5 39 (15.12 %) UNIX 6 36 (13.95 %) Windows Server 2003 7 32 (12.40 %) TCP/IP 8 30 (11.63 %) Telecoms 8 30 (11.63 %) SC Cleared 9 29 (11.24 %) Active Directory 10 25 (9.690 %) Degree 11 24 (9.302 %) Validation 12 22 (8.527 %) Aerospace 12 22 (8.527 %) Solaris 13 19 (7.364 %) Government

14 18 (6.977 %) Test Scripting 15 17 (6.589 %) VMware 15 17 (6.589 %) HP 15 17 (6.589 %) Citrix 16 16 (6.202 %) Cisco 16 16 (6.202 %) IIS 16 16 (6.202 %) Avionics 17 15 (5.814 %) MS Exchange 17 15 (5.814 %) DNS 17 15 (5.814 %) SAN 18 14 (5.426 %) Windows 2000 18 14 (5.426 %) Military 18 14 (5.426 %) Clustering 19 13 (5.039 %) SQL 19 13 (5.039 %) Windows XP

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Development 1 4 (1.550 %) .NET 2 3 (1.163 %) WebSphere 2 3 (1.163 %) Application Packaging 3 2 (0.775 %) WCF 3 2 (0.775 %) WebServices 4 1 (0.388 %) Middleware 4 1 (0.388 %) J2EE 4 1 (0.388 %) FIX Protocol	Application Platforms 1 16 (6.202 %) IIS 2 15 (5.814 %) MS Exchange 3 8 (3.101 %) Apache 3 8 (3.101 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 5 (1.938 %) Tomcat 5 4 (1.550 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 3 (1.163 %) SharePoint 7 2 (0.775 %) Exchange Server 5.5 7 2 (0.775 %) SharePoint Server 2007 8 1 (0.388 %) Exchange Server 2007 8 1 (0.388 %) Lotus Notes 8 1 (0.388 %) BizTalk Server 8 1 (0.388 %) GroupWise 8 1 (0.388 %) CMS
Applications 1 10 (3.876 %) MS Excel 2 6 (2.326 %) MATLAB 3 4 (1.550 %) MS Office 4 2 (0.775 %) Simulink 5 1 (0.388 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 3 (1.163 %) LabWindows 2 1 (0.388 %) SAP HR 2 1 (0.388 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 32 (12.40 %) TCP/IP 2 15 (5.814 %) DNS 2 15 (5.814 %) SAN 3 13 (5.039 %) VoIP 3 13 (5.039 %) LAN 4 12 (4.651 %) WAN 5 11 (4.264 %) Internet 6 9 (3.488 %) TETRA 7 8 (3.101 %) IP Telephony 7 8 (3.101 %) Wireless 7 8 (3.101 %) Firewall 7 8 (3.101 %) ATM 8 7 (2.713 %) DHCP 8 7 (2.713 %) Ethernet 9 6 (2.326 %) SS7 10 5 (1.938 %) WiMAX 11 4 (1.550 %) Network Security 11 4 (1.550 %) LDAP 11 4 (1.550 %) VPN 12 3 (1.163 %) FTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (3.488 %) SQL Server 2 5 (1.938 %) MySQL 2 5 (1.938 %) SQL Server 2005 3 4 (1.550 %) SQL Server 2000 4 2 (0.775 %) Crystal Reports 4 2 (0.775 %) Data Mining 5 1 (0.388 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 7 (2.713 %) ClearCase 1 7 (2.713 %) ClearQuest 2 3 (1.163 %) MSI 2 3 (1.163 %) InstallShield 2 3 (1.163 %) LabVIEW 2 3 (1.163 %) ARTiSAN 3 2 (0.775 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 2 (0.775 %) Rational Rose 4 1 (0.388 %) WinRunner 4 1 (0.388 %) LoadRunner 4 1 (0.388 %) Ant 4 1 (0.388 %) JUnit 4 1 (0.388 %) Subversion 4 1 (0.388 %) StarTeam	General 1 30 (11.63 %) Telecoms 2 22 (8.527 %) Aerospace 3 19 (7.364 %) Government 4 16 (6.202 %) Avionics 5 14 (5.426 %) Military 6 9 (3.488 %) Finance 6 9 (3.488 %) Retail 7 8 (3.101 %) Automotive 8 7 (2.713 %) Electronics 8 7 (2.713 %) Electric 9 5 (1.938 %) Banking 9 5 (1.938 %) Investment Banking 10 4 (1.550 %) Manufacturing 11 3 (1.163 %) Construction 11 3 (1.163 %) Billing 12 2 (0.775 %) Pharmaceutical 12 2 (0.775 %) Financial Institution 13 1 (0.388 %) Front Office 13 1 (0.388 %) Back Office 13 1 (0.388 %) Education
Miscellaneous 1 14 (5.426 %) Clustering 2 9 (3.488 %) EPoS 3 4 (1.550 %) MPEG 3 4 (1.550 %) DTV 3 4 (1.550 %) Management Information System 4 3 (1.163 %) Client/Server 4 3 (1.163 %) Replication 4 3 (1.163 %) IPTV 4 3 (1.163 %) Physics 4 3 (1.163 %) Computer Science 4 3 (1.163 %) French Language 5 2 (0.775 %) Fat Client 5 2 (0.775 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 5 2 (0.775 %) Thin Client 5 2 (0.775 %) Blackberry 6 1 (0.388 %) Handset 6 1 (0.388 %) NHS 6 1 (0.388 %) Firmware 6 1 (0.388 %) Mathematics 6 1 (0.388 %) Tandem	Operating Systems 1 78 (30.23 %) Windows 2 40 (15.50 %) Linux 3 39 (15.12 %) UNIX 4 36 (13.95 %) Windows Server 2003 5 22 (8.527 %) Solaris 6 14 (5.426 %) Windows 2000 7 13 (5.039 %) Windows XP 8 12 (4.651 %) Windows 2000 Server 9 11 (4.264 %) Windows NT 10 5 (1.938 %) HPUX 10 5 (1.938 %) Red Hat Linux 11 2 (0.775 %) NetWare 11 2 (0.775 %) Tru64 11 2 (0.775 %) SUSE 12 1 (0.388 %) Windows Server 2008 12 1 (0.388 %) AIX 12 1 (0.388 %) VMS 12 1 (0.388 %) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies 1 64 (24.81 %) Security Cleared 2 30 (11.63 %) SC Cleared 3 24 (9.302 %) Validation 4 18 (6.977 %) Test Scripting 5 11 (4.264 %) MODAF 5 11 (4.264 %) UML 6 10 (3.876 %) DoDAF 6 10 (3.876 %) Requirements Management 6 10 (3.876 %) DV Cleared 7 9 (3.488 %) ITIL 8 7 (2.713 %) Requirements Analysis 8 7 (2.713 %) Service Management 8 7 (2.713 %) Process Management 9 6 (2.326 %) Fault Management 10 5 (1.938 %) Load Balancing 10 5 (1.938 %) Migration 10 5 (1.938 %) Configuration Management 10 5 (1.938 %) Systems Analysis 11 4 (1.550 %) System Testing 12 3 (1.163 %) Software Testing	Programming Languages 1 13 (5.039 %) SQL 2 10 (3.876 %) Java 3 5 (1.938 %) Perl 3 5 (1.938 %) C 4 4 (1.550 %) PHP 4 4 (1.550 %) VB 5 3 (1.163 %) C++ 6 2 (0.775 %) VBScript 6 2 (0.775 %) VC++ 6 2 (0.775 %) Shell Script 7 1 (0.388 %) DCL 7 1 (0.388 %) Python 7 1 (0.388 %) Ada 7 1 (0.388 %) Fortran 7 1 (0.388 %) ABAP
Qualifications 1 25 (9.690 %) Degree 2 13 (5.039 %) Microsoft Certification 3 7 (2.713 %) MCP 3 7 (2.713 %) MCSE 3 7 (2.713 %) Cisco Certification 4 5 (1.938 %) ISEB 4 5 (1.938 %) HNC 5 4 (1.550 %) HND 6 3 (1.163 %) DCSE 7 2 (0.775 %) ISTQB 7 2 (0.775 %) CNA 7 2 (0.775 %) CNE 7 2 (0.775 %) Novell Certification 8 1 (0.388 %) RHCE 8 1 (0.388 %) HPUX Certification 8 1 (0.388 %) ISEB Practitioner 8 1 (0.388 %) MCTS 8 1 (0.388 %) Postgraduate 8 1 (0.388 %) MCSA 8 1 (0.388 %) PhD	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (2.326 %) SLA 2 2 (0.775 %) ISO27001 3 1 (0.388 %) QA 3 1 (0.388 %) BS7799 3 1 (0.388 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (0.388 %) ISO14001
System Software 1 29 (11.24 %) Active Directory 2 4 (1.550 %) Backup Exec 3 3 (1.163 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 3 (1.163 %) VMware ESX 3 3 (1.163 %) NetBackup 4 2 (0.775 %) NDS 4 2 (0.775 %) Terminal Server 4 2 (0.775 %) Terminal Services 4 2 (0.775 %) ISA Server 4 2 (0.775 %) MailMarshal 5 1 (0.388 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 5 1 (0.388 %) VMware Server 5 1 (0.388 %) Samba 5 1 (0.388 %) VMware Workstation	Systems Management 1 4 (1.550 %) Unicenter 2 3 (1.163 %) Netcool 3 2 (0.775 %) OpenView Configuration Management 3 2 (0.775 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 2 (0.775 %) ARCserve 4 1 (0.388 %) NNM 4 1 (0.388 %) WSUS 4 1 (0.388 %) EMC NetWorker 4 1 (0.388 %) SCCM 4 1 (0.388 %) OpenView 4 1 (0.388 %) MOM 4 1 (0.388 %) Nagios
Vendors 1 41 (15.89 %) Microsoft 2 17 (6.589 %) HP 2 17 (6.589 %) Citrix 2 17 (6.589 %) VMware 3 16 (6.202 %) Cisco 4 11 (4.264 %) Red Hat 5 9 (3.488 %) Oracle 6 8 (3.101 %) Dell 7 7 (2.713 %) Sun 8 6 (2.326 %) VERITAS 8 6 (2.326 %) Symantec 9 5 (1.938 %) EMC 9 5 (1.938 %) Novell 10 4 (1.550 %) CA 11 3 (1.163 %) IBM 11 3 (1.163 %) CheckPoint 11 3 (1.163 %) Fujitsu 12 2 (0.775 %) Sophos 12 2 (0.775 %) Intergraph 12 2 (0.775 %) NEC