Systems Engineer Contracts in the South West

System Engineer
England > South West

The median System Engineer daily rate in the South West is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 122 144
Rank change year-on-year +47 +22 -43
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 75 51 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.35% 1.40% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.52% 1.51% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 11
10th Percentile - £353 £313
25th Percentile £525 £408 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £536 £480
Median % change year-on-year +11.89% +11.79% +9.64%
75th Percentile £677 £596 £531
90th Percentile £679 £625 £550
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +22.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 32 7
10th Percentile £44.93 £55.13 £47.85
25th Percentile £47.83 £56.30 £50.26
Median hourly rate £57.50 £61.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +13.89% +8.00%
75th Percentile £72.25 £65.75 £55.84
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £63.50
England median hourly rate £58.25 £60.70 £44.85
% change year-on-year -4.04% +35.36% -5.02%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 2,979 3,380 3,559
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 92.50% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,910 2,526 2,537
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £659
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 276 205
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £51.24 £17.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +10.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £78.00 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the South West

Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineer in the South West

Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineer in the South West

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineer in the South West

Systems Engineer
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 Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 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 +27 40 - - 37
Dorset +16 17 - - 5
Gloucestershire +14 11 £650 - 16
Somerset +9 6 - - 7
Wiltshire -5 1 £550 +2.09% 4
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Systems Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (30.67%) Aerospace
1 23 (30.67%) Security Cleared
2 20 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 16 (21.33%) Military
4 14 (18.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 13 (17.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 13 (17.33%) SysML
6 12 (16.00%) Systems Engineering
7 11 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (12.00%) Degree
8 9 (12.00%) Validation
8 9 (12.00%) Rational DOORS
8 9 (12.00%) ArchiMate
9 8 (10.67%) Sparx
9 8 (10.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 8 (10.67%) TOGAF
10 7 (9.33%) Agile
10 7 (9.33%) Verification and Validation
10 7 (9.33%) MODAF
11 6 (8.00%) Mentoring
11 6 (8.00%) Social Skills
11 6 (8.00%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (8.00%) Customer Requirements
12 5 (6.67%) DV Cleared
13 4 (5.33%) Windows
13 4 (5.33%) Linux
13 4 (5.33%) Customer Engagement
13 4 (5.33%) Information Engineering
13 4 (5.33%) Programme Delivery
13 4 (5.33%) Presentation Skills

Systems Engineer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.33%) Confluence
1 1 (1.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (10.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.33%) Azure
1 1 (1.33%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.00%) 4G
1 3 (4.00%) 5G
1 3 (4.00%) Firewall
2 2 (2.67%) Internet
2 2 (2.67%) Network Security
2 2 (2.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.67%) VoIP
3 1 (1.33%) BGP
3 1 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.33%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 9 (12.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 23 (30.67%) Aerospace
2 16 (21.33%) Military
3 6 (8.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.33%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.00%) Aviation
5 3 (4.00%) Electronics
5 3 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.67%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.33%) PKI
2 1 (1.33%) Private Cloud
2 1 (1.33%) STB
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.33%) Linux
1 4 (5.33%) Windows
2 1 (1.33%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 13 (17.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 13 (17.33%) SysML
3 12 (16.00%) Systems Engineering
4 11 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (12.00%) ArchiMate
5 9 (12.00%) Validation
6 8 (10.67%) TOGAF
7 7 (9.33%) Agile
7 7 (9.33%) MODAF
7 7 (9.33%) Verification and Validation
8 6 (8.00%) Customer Requirements
8 6 (8.00%) Mentoring
9 4 (5.33%) Customer Engagement
9 4 (5.33%) Design-to-Cost
9 4 (5.33%) Information Engineering
9 4 (5.33%) Programme Delivery
10 3 (4.00%) Network Management
10 3 (4.00%) Security Hardening
11 2 (2.67%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.67%) MATLAB
2 1 (1.33%) C
2 1 (1.33%) Perl
2 1 (1.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (30.67%) Security Cleared
2 20 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 9 (12.00%) Degree
4 6 (8.00%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (6.67%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.67%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.33%) DO-178B
2 1 (1.33%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (1.33%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (2.67%) vSphere
2 1 (1.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 1 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.33%) Check_MK
1 1 (1.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (10.67%) Sparx
2 3 (4.00%) VMware
3 2 (2.67%) Siemens
4 1 (1.33%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.33%) Cisco
4 1 (1.33%) Citrix
4 1 (1.33%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.33%) Juniper
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.33%) Splunk