Systems Engineering Contracts in the South East

Systems Engineering
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 176 234
Rank change year-on-year +34 +58 -40
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 61 45 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.10% 0.77% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 0.87% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 23 11
10th Percentile £413 - £525
25th Percentile £488 £500 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +60.00%
75th Percentile £563 £630 £723
90th Percentile £670 £745 £738
England median daily rate £550 £563 £556
% change year-on-year -2.22% +1.12% +4.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 5
10th Percentile £62.92 £40.73 £45.75
25th Percentile £65.47 £47.46 £52.50
Median hourly rate £73.59 £59.99 £60.48
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% -0.80% +27.32%
75th Percentile £76.86 £65.00 £64.25
90th Percentile - - £66.51
England median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year +13.82% -8.89% +35.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,709 5,189 6,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.80% 89.30% 89.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,741 3,601 4,704
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 219 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £15.53
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.72% -18.36%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £63.50
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the South East

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in the South East

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South East over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the South East

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in the South East

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Hampshire +2 22 £625 +4.17% 25
Thames Valley +25 21 £372 -40.56% 29
Berkshire +10 21 £372 -40.56% 19
Surrey +11 16 £525 +5.00%
Home Counties - 1 - -
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.64%) Confluence
1 1 (1.64%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Simulink
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.64%) AWS
1 1 (1.64%) Azure
1 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (24.59%) Ethernet
2 3 (4.92%) Firewall
3 2 (3.28%) 3G
3 2 (3.28%) 4G
3 2 (3.28%) 5G
3 2 (3.28%) GPRS
4 1 (1.64%) DNS
4 1 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.64%) LAN
4 1 (1.64%) Network Security
4 1 (1.64%) OpenLDAP
4 1 (1.64%) SMS
4 1 (1.64%) SNMP
4 1 (1.64%) VoLTE
4 1 (1.64%) VoWiFi
4 1 (1.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.92%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (39.34%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (8.20%) JIRA
3 4 (6.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.64%) GitLab
4 1 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.64%) SonarQube
General
1 15 (24.59%) Electronics
2 13 (21.31%) Finance
3 10 (16.39%) Marketing
4 9 (14.75%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (11.48%) Social Skills
6 6 (9.84%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (8.20%) Aerospace
8 3 (4.92%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Local Government
9 1 (1.64%) Military
9 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (27.87%) Systems Engineer
2 16 (26.23%) Consultant
3 12 (19.67%) Principal Engineer
3 12 (19.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 9 (14.75%) Senior
4 9 (14.75%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) DOORS Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Integration Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Senior Integration Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Software Integration Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Site Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Service Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (3.28%) Lead
9 1 (1.64%) Lead Consultant
9 1 (1.64%) Mobile Engineer
9 1 (1.64%) Network Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.59%) Analogue Electronics
1 15 (24.59%) Robotics
2 4 (6.56%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.92%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) GNSS
4 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (24.59%) Windows
2 11 (18.03%) Unix
3 3 (4.92%) Linux
3 3 (4.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (42.62%) Requirements Management
2 19 (31.15%) Validation
2 19 (31.15%) Verification and Validation
3 15 (24.59%) Design for Manufacturing
3 15 (24.59%) Prototyping
4 13 (21.31%) UML
5 11 (18.03%) Budgeting
6 10 (16.39%) Customer Engagement
7 9 (14.75%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (14.75%) ITIL
7 9 (14.75%) Requirements Analysis
7 9 (14.75%) Risk Management
7 9 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (13.11%) Customer Requirements
8 8 (13.11%) Process Improvement
8 8 (13.11%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (13.11%) Test Strategy
9 5 (8.20%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 5 (8.20%) V-Model
9 5 (8.20%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.56%) C#
1 4 (6.56%) F#
1 4 (6.56%) MATLAB
1 4 (6.56%) SQL
2 1 (1.64%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (31.15%) Degree
2 11 (18.03%) Security Cleared
3 10 (16.39%) SC Cleared
4 8 (13.11%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (13.11%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.28%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.64%) PMP
6 1 (1.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.11%) PCI DSS
1 8 (13.11%) QA
2 4 (6.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (3.28%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (6.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.64%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) IBM BigFix
1 3 (4.92%) Tivoli
2 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (8.20%) Sparx
2 3 (4.92%) Oracle
2 3 (4.92%) Remedy
2 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.64%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.64%) VMware