Systems Engineering Contracts in Bristol

Systems Engineering
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Systems Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 39 63
Rank change year-on-year -4 +24 +31
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 12 35 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.23% 3.31% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 3.98% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 11
10th Percentile - £74 £513
25th Percentile £506 £78 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £86 £550
Median % change year-on-year +559.42% -84.32% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £93 £625
90th Percentile - £97 £688
South West median daily rate £650 £550 £563
% change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 29 25
10th Percentile £47.50 - -
25th Percentile £49.13 £67.50 £57.25
Median hourly rate £63.00 £70.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +13.82% -
75th Percentile £81.88 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.25 £91.00 £83.60
South West median hourly rate £61.50 £70.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -12.14% +13.82% -9.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Systems Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 493 879 1,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.81% 83.16% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 484 750
10th Percentile £222 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £567 £602 £631
90th Percentile £657 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 184 220
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £42.51 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% +36.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £83.88
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in Bristol

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in Bristol

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in Bristol

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineering in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineering in Bristol

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (8.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (8.33%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (8.33%) Axure RP
2 1 (8.33%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Law
2 1 (8.33%) Military
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Lead
2 3 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Project Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Project Leader
4 1 (8.33%) Chief Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Human Factors Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Information Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Information Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Information Systems Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Information Systems Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Solutions Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Information Management
2 3 (25.00%) Analytics
2 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Validation
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) API Integration
3 2 (16.67%) Business Case
3 2 (16.67%) Ergonomics
3 2 (16.67%) Human Factors
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Requirements Management
3 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (8.33%) Human-Centred Design
4 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) Security Cleared
2 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Def Stans
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (8.33%) IBM
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft