Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Systems Engineering
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 21 24
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 3 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 2.29% 3.55% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 4.62% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £525
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £750 - £738
% change year-on-year - - +96.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 109 130 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 83.21% 76.92% 85.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 60 87
10th Percentile £145 £261 £213
25th Percentile £322 £325 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +4.74% +11.76%
75th Percentile £650 £591 £619
90th Percentile £768 £638 £664
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £450 £498
% change year-on-year -8.89% -9.55% +6.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 13
10th Percentile £15.25 - £15.74
25th Percentile £25.04 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% -12.07% +57.14%
75th Percentile - £50.00 £53.75
90th Percentile - - £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £17.66 £27.50
% change year-on-year +6.85% -35.78% +48.65%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in Derbyshire

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Systems Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Systems Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineering within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby 0 3 £750 - 2
Systems Engineering
East Midlands

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
General
1 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Design Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) API Integration
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Science
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) LLM
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) PLM
1 2 (66.67%) Statistics
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Siemens