The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Systems Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior 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 currently tracked.

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
Senior System Engineer
Rank 504 565 563
Rank change year-on-year
+61 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 25 19 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.054% 0.033% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.035% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 13 13
Average daily rate £325 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £235 £301
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £375 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £338 £356
% change year-on-year
+0.74% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
Average hourly rate £22.69 £36.25 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.40% +20.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £23.25 £25.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 £49.25 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.85 £36.25 £33.75
% change year-on-year
-42.49% +7.40%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Senior Systems Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Systems Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the UK.

Senior Systems Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Senior Systems Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the UK.

Senior Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Senior Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Senior Systems Engineer
Top 19 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +51 24 £325 -3.70%
South East +22 11 £340 +23.63%
London +36 9 £325 -3.70%
Berkshire +22 9 £333 -
Maidenhead - 8 £333 -
City of London +19 6 £275 -34.52%
East of England +19 2 - -
Essex - 2 - -
West Midlands +7 1 - -
Wales - 1 £400 -
Tyne and Wear - 1 £301 -
South Wales - 1 £400 -
North East - 1 £301 -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Kent - 1 - -
Hampshire - 1 £400 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £301 -
Havant - 1 £400 -
Cardiff - 1 £400 -

Senior Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer in their job title.

1 62 (75.61%) Windows
2 48 (58.54%) VMware
3 46 (56.10%) Active Directory
4 43 (52.44%) Microsoft
5 36 (43.90%) Windows Server 2003
5 36 (43.90%) vSphere
6 31 (37.80%) VMware ESX
7 30 (36.59%) SAN
8 27 (32.93%) HP
9 24 (29.27%) SQL Server
10 23 (28.05%) VMware Infrastructure
10 23 (28.05%) PowerShell
11 22 (26.83%) EMC
12 21 (25.61%) MS Exchange
13 20 (24.39%) IIS
14 19 (23.17%) VBScript
15 17 (20.73%) Dell
15 17 (20.73%) Brocade
16 16 (19.51%) iSCSI
17 15 (18.29%) Windows Server 2008
17 15 (18.29%) Migration
18 14 (17.07%) DNS
18 14 (17.07%) Exchange Server 2007
18 14 (17.07%) SQL Server 2005
19 13 (15.85%) UNIX
20 12 (14.63%) SQL Server 2008
20 12 (14.63%) Exchange Server 2010
21 11 (13.41%) Linux
21 11 (13.41%) XML
21 11 (13.41%) Red Hat

Senior Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (13.41%) XML
2 10 (12.20%) ADSI
3 6 (7.317%) .NET
4 2 (2.439%) Application Packaging
4 2 (2.439%) Web Services
5 1 (1.220%) SOAP
5 1 (1.220%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 21 (25.61%) MS Exchange
2 20 (24.39%) IIS
3 14 (17.07%) Exchange Server 2007
4 12 (14.63%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (6.098%) Amazon AWS
6 4 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (4.878%) SharePoint
7 3 (3.659%) Apache
7 3 (3.659%) Tomcat
8 2 (2.439%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (2.439%) Lync
8 2 (2.439%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 10 (12.20%) MS Excel
2 6 (7.317%) MS Office
3 2 (2.439%) SPSS
4 1 (1.220%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.220%) Simulink
4 1 (1.220%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.439%) SyteLine
2 1 (1.220%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.220%) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1 30 (36.59%) SAN
2 16 (19.51%) iSCSI
3 14 (17.07%) DNS
4 10 (12.20%) DHCP
5 9 (10.98%) Firewall
6 8 (9.756%) NAS
7 5 (6.098%) TCP/IP
7 5 (6.098%) Network Security
8 3 (3.659%) LAN
8 3 (3.659%) WAN
8 3 (3.659%) 2G
8 3 (3.659%) TELNET
8 3 (3.659%) Internet
8 3 (3.659%) 3G
8 3 (3.659%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (2.439%) SSH
9 2 (2.439%) HTTP
10 1 (1.220%) SMS
10 1 (1.220%) LDAP
10 1 (1.220%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (29.27%) SQL Server
2 14 (17.07%) SQL Server 2005
3 12 (14.63%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.439%) MarkLogic
4 2 (2.439%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (1.220%) MySQL
5 1 (1.220%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (1.220%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (1.220%) Subversion
1 1 (1.220%) MSI
1 1 (1.220%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (3.659%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.220%) Automotive
2 1 (1.220%) Law
2 1 (1.220%) Legal
2 1 (1.220%) Publishing
2 1 (1.220%) Retail
2 1 (1.220%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.878%) Mathematics
2 3 (3.659%) Clustering
2 3 (3.659%) New Media
3 2 (2.439%) Open Source
3 2 (2.439%) Digital Media
3 2 (2.439%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.439%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.220%) PDA
4 1 (1.220%) SCADA
4 1 (1.220%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.220%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 62 (75.61%) Windows
2 36 (43.90%) Windows Server 2003
3 15 (18.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (15.85%) UNIX
5 11 (13.41%) Linux
6 9 (10.98%) Windows 7
7 8 (9.756%) Solaris
8 4 (4.878%) Windows XP
9 3 (3.659%) Debian
10 2 (2.439%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (2.439%) Windows NT
11 1 (1.220%) AIX
11 1 (1.220%) Windows 2000
11 1 (1.220%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.29%) Migration
2 9 (10.98%) B2B
3 7 (8.537%) ITIL
4 3 (3.659%) Information Security
4 3 (3.659%) Validation
4 3 (3.659%) Service Management
4 3 (3.659%) Change Management
4 3 (3.659%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (3.659%) Six Sigma
4 3 (3.659%) Web Development
4 3 (3.659%) Problem Management
4 3 (3.659%) Network Management
5 2 (2.439%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (2.439%) Software Deployment
5 2 (2.439%) Load Balancing
5 2 (2.439%) Incident Management
5 2 (2.439%) Configuration Management
5 2 (2.439%) Quality Management
5 2 (2.439%) Security Management
5 2 (2.439%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.05%) PowerShell
2 19 (23.17%) VBScript
3 10 (12.20%) SQL
4 8 (9.756%) C
4 8 (9.756%) C#
5 6 (7.317%) Perl
6 3 (3.659%) PL/SQL
6 3 (3.659%) C++
6 3 (3.659%) Ruby
6 3 (3.659%) Bash shell
7 2 (2.439%) Korn
7 2 (2.439%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.220%) Java
8 1 (1.220%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.220%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.220%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 3 (3.659%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (3.659%) Degree
2 2 (2.439%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.220%) MCSE
3 1 (1.220%) MCP
3 1 (1.220%) CCNA
3 1 (1.220%) RHCE
3 1 (1.220%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.220%) RHCA
3 1 (1.220%) MCITP
3 1 (1.220%) Six Sigma Green Belt
System Software
1 46 (56.10%) Active Directory
2 36 (43.90%) vSphere
3 31 (37.80%) VMware ESX
4 23 (28.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (4.878%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (3.659%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (3.659%) NFS
6 3 (3.659%) XenApp
7 2 (2.439%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.220%) Samba
8 1 (1.220%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (1.220%) Novell eDirectory
8 1 (1.220%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 10 (12.20%) SCCM
2 7 (8.537%) SCOM
3 5 (6.098%) Tivoli
4 4 (4.878%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
4 4 (4.878%) Backup Exec
5 3 (3.659%) CFEngine
6 1 (1.220%) ZENworks
6 1 (1.220%) Nagios
6 1 (1.220%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (1.220%) Puppet
Vendors
1 48 (58.54%) VMware
2 43 (52.44%) Microsoft
3 27 (32.93%) HP
4 22 (26.83%) EMC
5 17 (20.73%) Dell
5 17 (20.73%) Brocade
6 11 (13.41%) Red Hat
7 9 (10.98%) Citrix
8 8 (9.756%) Cisco
8 8 (9.756%) Oracle
9 4 (4.878%) Symantec
9 4 (4.878%) IBM
10 3 (3.659%) Nortel
10 3 (3.659%) Ericsson
10 3 (3.659%) Joyent
10 3 (3.659%) Rackspace
10 3 (3.659%) Nokia Siemens Networks
11 2 (2.439%) McAfee
11 2 (2.439%) NetApp
11 2 (2.439%) Veritas