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This section looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts within the Wales region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 System Engineer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6346
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching contract IT job ads415
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.015 %
As % of the category below0.457 %1.866 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£325£400
Average daily rate£345£475
% change on same period last year-27.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£333
% change on same period last year-2.35 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£27.60
Average hourly rate-£27.60
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£27.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.03£33.22
% change on same period last year-9.58 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Wales
Matching contract IT job ads876804
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.168 %0.813 %
Daily rates quoted236197
Average minimum daily rate£342£345
Average daily rate£372£376
% change on same period last year-1.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£402£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted12565
Average minimum hourly rate£22.32£21.25
Average hourly rate£24.47£22.22
% change on same period last year+10.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.61£23.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Systems Engineer UKSystems Engineer
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Systems Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Wales Systems Engineer Demand Trend

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales Systems Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Wales Systems Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Mid WalesNew entry-2£345-
North WalesNew entry-1--
South WalesDown-181--
Systems Engineer UKSystems Engineer
UK

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

19 (34.62 %)Windows
19 (34.62 %)Security Cleared
27 (26.92 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (23.08 %)Windows XP
45 (19.23 %)Military
54 (15.38 %)Exchange Server 2003
54 (15.38 %)SC Cleared
54 (15.38 %)DHCP
54 (15.38 %)DNS
63 (11.54 %)SAN
63 (11.54 %)Windows 2000
63 (11.54 %)SQL
63 (11.54 %)Active Directory
63 (11.54 %)Government
63 (11.54 %)Requirements Analysis
72 (7.692 %)Data Extraction
72 (7.692 %)VMware
72 (7.692 %)HNC
72 (7.692 %)Systems Analysis
72 (7.692 %)Manufacturing
72 (7.692 %)Firewall
72 (7.692 %)SQL Server
72 (7.692 %)MS Excel
72 (7.692 %)MS Exchange
72 (7.692 %)VERITAS
72 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
72 (7.692 %)VPN
81 (3.846 %)Cisco
81 (3.846 %)Microsoft
81 (3.846 %)Thin Client

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (15.38 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (7.692 %)MS Exchange
31 (3.846 %)Exchange Server 2000
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (7.692 %)MS Excel
21 (3.846 %)MS Office
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (15.38 %)DHCP
14 (15.38 %)DNS
23 (11.54 %)SAN
32 (7.692 %)Firewall
32 (7.692 %)TCP/IP
32 (7.692 %)VPN
41 (3.846 %)ATM
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (7.692 %)SQL Server
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (19.23 %)Military
23 (11.54 %)Government
32 (7.692 %)Manufacturing
41 (3.846 %)Electronics
41 (3.846 %)Aerospace
41 (3.846 %)Electric
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (7.692 %)Data Extraction
21 (3.846 %)N-Tier
21 (3.846 %)Thin Client
21 (3.846 %)Replication
21 (3.846 %)Fat Client
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (34.62 %)Windows
27 (26.92 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (23.08 %)Windows XP
43 (11.54 %)Windows 2000
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (34.62 %)Security Cleared
24 (15.38 %)SC Cleared
33 (11.54 %)Requirements Analysis
42 (7.692 %)Systems Analysis
51 (3.846 %)Communications Security
51 (3.846 %)Computer Security
51 (3.846 %)Disaster Recovery
51 (3.846 %)Risk Management
51 (3.846 %)Information Security
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (11.54 %)SQL
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (7.692 %)HNC
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.846 %)ISO17799
11 (3.846 %)BS7799
11 (3.846 %)JSP 440
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (11.54 %)Active Directory
21 (3.846 %)Terminal Server
21 (3.846 %)VMware ESX
21 (3.846 %)NetBackup
21 (3.846 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (7.692 %)VERITAS
12 (7.692 %)VMware
21 (3.846 %)Cisco
21 (3.846 %)Microsoft
21 (3.846 %)HP
21 (3.846 %)Citrix
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