Control Systems Engineer Contracts in England

Control Systems Engineer
UK > England

The median Control Systems Engineer daily rate in England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 527 651
Rank change year-on-year +49 +124 +125
Contract jobs requiring a Control Systems Engineer 7 15 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.040% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.043% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 2
10th Percentile - £233 £379
25th Percentile £463 £425 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £413
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +9.09% -13.16%
75th Percentile £525 £475 £434
90th Percentile £548 £499 £436
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £413
% change year-on-year +5.56% +9.09% -13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 0
10th Percentile £39.00 £42.20 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £47.75 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - -
75th Percentile £56.12 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £56.79 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Control Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Control Systems Engineer in England

Control Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Control Systems Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Control Systems Engineer in England

Control Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Control Systems Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Control Systems Engineer in England

Control Systems Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Control Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South West +45 1 - - 12
London +38 1 - - 5
East of England +24 1 - - 5
Midlands +18 1 - - 31
South East - 1 £475 - 13
East Midlands - 1 - - 12
Control Systems Engineer
UK

Control Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Control 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 England region featuring Control Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) C++
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) JIRA
2 2 (28.57%) SCADA
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) VMS
2 2 (28.57%) GitHub
2 2 (28.57%) Bitbucket
2 2 (28.57%) Git
2 2 (28.57%) Qt
2 2 (28.57%) Confluence
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (28.57%) Robotic Control
2 2 (28.57%) Inertial Navigation
2 2 (28.57%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 2 (28.57%) GNSS
3 1 (14.29%) Aviation
3 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Safety
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) FMEA
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Twitter
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) AVEVA
3 1 (14.29%) WinCC

Control Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Confluence
2 1 (14.29%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Simulink
1 1 (14.29%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Bitbucket
1 2 (28.57%) Git
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
1 1 (14.29%) Automotive
1 1 (14.29%) Aviation
1 1 (14.29%) Electronics
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 1 (14.29%) Marketing
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) GNSS
1 2 (28.57%) SCADA
2 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) VMS
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Agile
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (28.57%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 2 (28.57%) Inertial Navigation
1 2 (28.57%) Robotic Control
1 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (14.29%) FMEA
2 1 (14.29%) Logistics
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
2 1 (14.29%) Security Patching
2 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Validation
2 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C++
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) MATLAB
3 1 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Functional Safety
1 1 (14.29%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) AVEVA
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
1 1 (14.29%) Rockwell
1 1 (14.29%) SAP
1 1 (14.29%) Siemens
1 1 (14.29%) Twitter
1 1 (14.29%) Wonderware