The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 46 49 50
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 6 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.313% 0.653% 0.181%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.408% 0.712% 0.190%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £490 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.29% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £397 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.03% +5.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £25.44
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +37.59%
All Job Titles
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
426 562 526
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 93.22% 91.68% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 338 278
Average daily rate £400 £358 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.88% -4.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 42 51
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -22.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.60 £14.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £41.50 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Engineer
South West

Systems Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Systems Engineer Daily Rate Trend

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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Systems Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Wiltshire region 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
Swindon +1 1 - -
Systems Engineer
South West

Systems Engineer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Military
3 3 (33.33%) Information Security
3 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 3 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 3 (33.33%) Requirements Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Open Source
4 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
5 1 (11.11%) VMware
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) Benchmarking
5 1 (11.11%) MSI
5 1 (11.11%) Wireless
5 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Network Management
5 1 (11.11%) LTE
5 1 (11.11%) Windows 7

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
1 1 (11.11%) LTE
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MSI
General
1 4 (44.44%) Military
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
1 3 (33.33%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Information Security
1 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
1 3 (33.33%) Requirements Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Benchmarking
2 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
2 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) VMware