The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Systems Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Southampton region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Engineer
Rank 25 30 24
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 10 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 3.322% 1.271% 1.587%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.509% 1.345% 1.648%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 1
Average daily rate £300 £400 £188
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +113.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £397 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.03% +5.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £18.88 - £22.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £25.44
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +37.59%
All Job Titles
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
285 223 182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 94.68% 94.49% 96.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 114 77
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 52 32
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +12.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £8.03
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Engineer
Hampshire

Systems Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Southampton Systems Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Southampton Systems Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Southampton Systems Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Southampton Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 9 (60.00%) VMware
3 8 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
4 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
4 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
4 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
5 6 (40.00%) Citrix
5 6 (40.00%) Linux
5 6 (40.00%) Clustering
5 6 (40.00%) Migration
5 6 (40.00%) Windows 7
6 4 (26.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (26.67%) Red Hat
7 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
7 2 (13.33%) Windows 2000
7 2 (13.33%) ITIL
7 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
7 2 (13.33%) vSphere
7 2 (13.33%) Bash shell
8 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (6.667%) Squid
8 1 (6.667%) Degree
8 1 (6.667%) WSUS
8 1 (6.667%) Computer Science
8 1 (6.667%) Multimedia
8 1 (6.667%) Digital Media
8 1 (6.667%) Avionics
8 1 (6.667%) NAS
8 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) Apache
1 1 (6.667%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) NAS
1 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
1 1 (6.667%) SAN
1 1 (6.667%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.667%) Multimedia
2 1 (6.667%) Avionics
2 1 (6.667%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Clustering
2 1 (6.667%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.667%) Digital Media
2 1 (6.667%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Linux
2 6 (40.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (26.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (13.33%) Windows 2000
4 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
5 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (6.667%) UNIX
5 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (13.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) Bash shell
2 1 (6.667%) Python
2 1 (6.667%) C#
2 1 (6.667%) C++
2 1 (6.667%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) Degree
2 1 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
3 2 (13.33%) vSphere
4 1 (6.667%) Squid
4 1 (6.667%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) VMware
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
3 6 (40.00%) Citrix
4 4 (26.67%) Red Hat
5 1 (6.667%) EMC
5 1 (6.667%) Oracle
Southampton, Hampshire
The 3 rd Line Systems Engineer / Systems Administrator will work in an SC Cleared environment, so eligibility for SC Clearance is essential. The 3 rd Line Systems Engineer /...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Rate: Up to £340 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013