Systems Engineering Contracts in the South West

Systems Engineering
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 98 91 151
Rank change year-on-year -7 +60 -42
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 57 83 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.78% 2.29% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 2.55% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 43 9
10th Percentile £300 £390 £437
25th Percentile £525 £513 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +7.14% -2.78%
75th Percentile £630 £579 £563
90th Percentile £653 £586 £643
England median daily rate £550 £563 £556
% change year-on-year -2.22% +1.12% +4.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 29 8
10th Percentile - £56.04 £47.22
25th Percentile £67.50 £57.25 £55.31
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £67.91
Median % change year-on-year +13.82% -9.43% +35.81%
75th Percentile £75.75 £73.75 £76.31
90th Percentile £90.00 £85.20 £82.64
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 West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,651 3,250 3,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.90% 89.63% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,695 2,396 2,328
10th Percentile £217 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.84%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £590
90th Percentile £700 £719 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 335 194
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.44 £17.00 £20.08
Median hourly rate £50.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.36 £69.95
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol +13 33 £86 -84.32% 40
Dorset +20 16 £600 - 4
Somerset +7 2 - - 9
Devon -1 2 - - 3
Wiltshire -34 2 £625 +10.72% 1
Gloucestershire - 2 £650 - 8
Systems Engineering
England

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

Business Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.77%) 4G
1 5 (8.77%) 5G
2 4 (7.02%) Network Security
2 4 (7.02%) VoIP
2 4 (7.02%) WAN
3 2 (3.51%) DHCP
3 2 (3.51%) DNS
3 2 (3.51%) Internet
3 2 (3.51%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.75%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Artifactory
1 2 (3.51%) Rational DOORS
General
1 23 (40.35%) Telecoms
2 5 (8.77%) Military
2 5 (8.77%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.26%) Aerospace
3 3 (5.26%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.75%) Law
4 1 (1.75%) Police
Job Titles
1 34 (59.65%) Architect
2 29 (50.88%) Systems Architect
3 27 (47.37%) Network Architect
4 19 (33.33%) Lead
4 19 (33.33%) Lead Architect
5 12 (21.05%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Principal Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Senior
7 3 (5.26%) Developer
7 3 (5.26%) Firmware Developer
7 3 (5.26%) Integration Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) IT Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Network Communications Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Network Systems Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) FPGA Developer
8 2 (3.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Test and Integration Engineer
9 1 (1.75%) Requirements Architect
Miscellaneous
1 22 (38.60%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.26%) FPGA
2 3 (5.26%) VHDL
3 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.28%) Windows
2 6 (10.53%) Linux
3 3 (5.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (3.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (47.37%) Network Management
2 19 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 12 (21.05%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 12 (21.05%) SysML
4 11 (19.30%) ArchiMate
5 10 (17.54%) MODAF
6 9 (15.79%) Customer Requirements
6 9 (15.79%) DevOps
6 9 (15.79%) UML
7 7 (12.28%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (12.28%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (12.28%) Information Assurance
7 7 (12.28%) ITIL
8 5 (8.77%) Configuration Management
8 5 (8.77%) Security Hardening
8 5 (8.77%) Validation
9 3 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (5.26%) Requirements Management
9 3 (5.26%) Roadmaps
9 3 (5.26%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.51%) C#
1 2 (3.51%) Java
Qualifications
1 46 (80.70%) Security Cleared
2 42 (73.68%) SC Cleared
3 22 (38.60%) Degree
4 5 (8.77%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) NCSC
2 2 (3.51%) NIST
3 1 (1.75%) Def Stans
System Software
1 3 (5.26%) Firmware
2 2 (3.51%) Docker
2 2 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.51%) VMware NSX
2 2 (3.51%) vSphere
3 1 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.51%) SCCM
1 2 (3.51%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.75%) Check_MK
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (10.53%) Sparx
2 4 (7.02%) VMware
3 3 (5.26%) Xilinx
4 2 (3.51%) Atlassian
4 2 (3.51%) Veeam
5 1 (1.75%) CA
5 1 (1.75%) Cisco
5 1 (1.75%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.75%) Juniper
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.75%) Splunk