Systems Engineer Contracts in the East of England

System Engineer
England > East of England

The median System Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 103 128
Rank change year-on-year +35 +25 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 42 21 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.19% 1.01% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.45% 1.11% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile £98 £336 -
25th Percentile £183 £338 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +15.63% -
75th Percentile £418 £473 £513
90th Percentile £444 £508 £558
England median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +22.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 10 10
10th Percentile - £55.88 £42.21
25th Percentile £39.55 £58.13 £51.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65.75 £70.00 £57.81
90th Percentile £65.87 - £63.85
England median hourly rate £57.50 £60.70 £44.69
% change year-on-year -5.27% +35.82% -5.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the East of England with a recognized job title 1,716 1,900 2,419
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 91.48% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 798 1,162 1,392
10th Percentile £206 £185 £163
25th Percentile £315 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £540
90th Percentile £650 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 578 301 375
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -5.62%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £39.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Hertfordshire +9 17 - - 17
Bedfordshire +6 16 £458 -1.61% 4
Essex +3 5 - - 9
Cambridgeshire - 4 £197 - 15
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Systems Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (35.71%) Systems Engineering
2 14 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 7 (16.67%) MATLAB
3 7 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (14.29%) DevOps
4 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 6 (14.29%) Azure
4 6 (14.29%) Requirements Engineering
5 5 (11.90%) Rational DOORS
5 5 (11.90%) Automotive
5 5 (11.90%) Signal Processing
5 5 (11.90%) Algorithms
5 5 (11.90%) Sprint Review
5 5 (11.90%) Product Backlog
6 4 (9.52%) Model Validation
6 4 (9.52%) Clustering
6 4 (9.52%) Image Processing
6 4 (9.52%) Degree
7 3 (7.14%) Requirements Management
7 3 (7.14%) Validation
7 3 (7.14%) Functional Testing
8 2 (4.76%) Social Skills
8 2 (4.76%) FMEA
8 2 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (4.76%) Electronics
8 2 (4.76%) Software Engineering
8 2 (4.76%) Simulink
8 2 (4.76%) Project Management

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (4.76%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.29%) Azure
1 6 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 5 (11.90%) Automotive
3 2 (4.76%) Electronics
3 2 (4.76%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.38%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Algorithms
2 4 (9.52%) Clustering
3 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.38%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Systems Engineering
2 7 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (14.29%) DevOps
3 6 (14.29%) Requirements Engineering
4 5 (11.90%) Product Backlog
4 5 (11.90%) Signal Processing
4 5 (11.90%) Sprint Review
5 4 (9.52%) Image Processing
5 4 (9.52%) Model Validation
6 3 (7.14%) Functional Testing
6 3 (7.14%) Requirements Management
6 3 (7.14%) Validation
7 2 (4.76%) FMEA
7 2 (4.76%) OO
7 2 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (4.76%) Project Management
7 2 (4.76%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (4.76%) Software Engineering
8 1 (2.38%) Data Protection
8 1 (2.38%) Digital Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.67%) MATLAB
2 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.52%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (4.76%) EMC
2 1 (2.38%) Salesforce