Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Systems Engineering
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 2.67% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £575 £606 £525
% change year-on-year -5.15% +15.48% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 69 95 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 92.00% 95.00% 88.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 54 59
10th Percentile £350 £354 £293
25th Percentile £450 £450 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £594
90th Percentile £758 £656 £733
South East median daily rate £513 £503 £500
% change year-on-year +1.89% +0.60% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 9
10th Percentile £15.30 - £11.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.32 £15.38
Median hourly rate £63.73 £16.65 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +282.88% -34.08% -54.09%
75th Percentile £65.60 £16.97 £26.88
90th Percentile - - £51.50
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +69.64% -37.78% -5.26%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Systems Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

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 East Sussex region over the 6 months to 15 April 2026. 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
Brighton - 2 - -
Systems Engineering
South East

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Delivery