Systems Engineering Contracts in England

Systems Engineering
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 307 418
Rank change year-on-year -80 +111 +142
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 102 233 233
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.64% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.74% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 68 99
10th Percentile £413 £329 £463
25th Percentile £503 £488 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £630 £603
90th Percentile £688 £695 £688
UK median daily rate £625 £550 £565
% change year-on-year +13.64% -2.57% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 93 54
10th Percentile £47.50 £46.91 £45.00
25th Percentile £51.11 £52.50 £53.83
Median hourly rate £69.25 £70.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% +13.82% -4.71%
75th Percentile £78.75 £75.16 £69.00
90th Percentile £82.50 £76.86 £79.25
UK median hourly rate £66.00 £70.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -5.71% +13.82% -4.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,114 31,426 43,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.28% 86.34% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,436 20,611 30,630
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 2,247 1,533
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.41 £36.50 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year -22.16% -0.11% +46.16%
75th Percentile £62.24 £60.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.64 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.27% +1.39% +40.19%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in England

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in England

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineering in England

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in England

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineering in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineering in England

Systems Engineering
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 Systems Engineering within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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 +12 31 £650 +13.04% 182
Midlands +19 17 £475 -13.64% 156
East of England +11 17 £438 +45.83% 111
West Midlands +16 16 £475 -13.64% 113
London +14 14 £650 +8.33% 189
South East -2 11 £588 +11.90% 248
North of England -3 10 £625 +8.41% 121
North West -6 9 £625 +8.41% 74
Yorkshire +14 1 £675 - 40
East Midlands +8 1 £75 -86.67% 39
Systems Engineering
UK

Systems Engineering
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 8 (7.84%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.86%) Confluence
3 5 (4.90%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.98%) SAS
4 1 (0.98%) WinCC
Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Simulink
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (7.84%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.98%) Aligne
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.84%) AWS
2 7 (6.86%) Azure
3 4 (3.92%) GCP
4 3 (2.94%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.98%) Akamai
5 1 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.98%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.98%) GitHub
5 1 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.96%) DNS
2 1 (0.98%) BGP
2 1 (0.98%) Converged Networks
2 1 (0.98%) DHCP
2 1 (0.98%) DMVPN
2 1 (0.98%) DWDM
2 1 (0.98%) GLBP
2 1 (0.98%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.98%) IGRP
2 1 (0.98%) Internet
2 1 (0.98%) IPsec
2 1 (0.98%) LAN
2 1 (0.98%) MPLS
2 1 (0.98%) Multicast
2 1 (0.98%) NetScaler
2 1 (0.98%) OSPF
2 1 (0.98%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.98%) SMTP
2 1 (0.98%) SSL
2 1 (0.98%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.82%) MongoDB
2 5 (4.90%) DB2
3 1 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (13.73%) JIRA
2 11 (10.78%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (2.94%) Git
3 3 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.94%) SonarQube
4 2 (1.96%) Rational Statemate
5 1 (0.98%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.98%) JIRA Agile
5 1 (0.98%) NetBeans
5 1 (0.98%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 23 (22.55%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.63%) Finance
3 10 (9.80%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.84%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (4.90%) Automotive
5 5 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (4.90%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.92%) Military
7 3 (2.94%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.94%) Electronics
7 3 (2.94%) Front Office
7 3 (2.94%) Law
8 2 (1.96%) Banking
8 2 (1.96%) Marketing
8 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.98%) Avionics
9 1 (0.98%) Local Government
9 1 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (34.31%) Systems Engineer
2 22 (21.57%) Lead
3 12 (11.76%) Architect
3 12 (11.76%) Principal Engineer
3 12 (11.76%) Tester
4 11 (10.78%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 9 (8.82%) Senior
6 6 (5.88%) Project Engineer
6 6 (5.88%) Project Leader
6 6 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (4.90%) Analyst
8 4 (3.92%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) Developer
9 3 (2.94%) Information Analyst
9 3 (2.94%) Information Systems Analyst
9 3 (2.94%) Solutions Analyst
9 3 (2.94%) Systems Analyst
9 3 (2.94%) Systems Architect
9 3 (2.94%) Technical Leader
10 2 (1.96%) Information Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.82%) Kafka
2 5 (4.90%) Middleware
3 3 (2.94%) HTML
3 3 (2.94%) Material-UI
3 3 (2.94%) React
4 2 (1.96%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.96%) HTML5
5 1 (0.98%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.98%) POSIX
5 1 (0.98%) REST
5 1 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (29.41%) Management Information System
2 13 (12.75%) SCADA
3 9 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (6.86%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (6.86%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.90%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.94%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.96%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.96%) Derivative
7 2 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.96%) Equities
7 2 (1.96%) Equity Derivative
7 2 (1.96%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.96%) N-Tier
7 2 (1.96%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.96%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.98%) PDA
8 1 (0.98%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.90%) Windows
2 3 (2.94%) Linux
2 3 (2.94%) Unix
3 2 (1.96%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (21.57%) Validation
2 18 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
4 16 (15.69%) Agile
4 16 (15.69%) Collaborative Working
5 14 (13.73%) Business Strategy
6 13 (12.75%) Contract Negotiation
6 13 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (12.75%) Enterprise Architecture
6 13 (12.75%) Roadmaps
6 13 (12.75%) Target Operating Model
7 12 (11.76%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 11 (10.78%) Network Monitoring
9 9 (8.82%) Analytics
9 9 (8.82%) Integration Testing
9 9 (8.82%) Software Testing
10 8 (7.84%) Data Analytics
10 8 (7.84%) Requirements Management
10 8 (7.84%) Software Engineering
11 7 (6.86%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.84%) Python
2 7 (6.86%) MATLAB
3 6 (5.88%) SQL
4 5 (4.90%) C++
4 5 (4.90%) Java
5 4 (3.92%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.94%) Bash
6 3 (2.94%) Go
7 2 (1.96%) C
7 2 (1.96%) C#
7 2 (1.96%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.98%) VB
Qualifications
1 52 (50.98%) Security Cleared
2 47 (46.08%) SC Cleared
3 14 (13.73%) Degree
4 8 (7.84%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.90%) RIBA
6 3 (2.94%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.96%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.96%) CISM
7 2 (1.96%) CISSP
7 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.96%) ISSEP
7 2 (1.96%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.98%) CBAP
8 1 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.98%) HNC
8 1 (0.98%) HND
8 1 (0.98%) PhD
8 1 (0.98%) PMP
8 1 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.84%) Def Stans
2 5 (4.90%) NIST
3 3 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.96%) GDPR
4 2 (1.96%) GRC
4 2 (1.96%) NCSC
4 2 (1.96%) QA
5 1 (0.98%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.98%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.98%) MISRA
5 1 (0.98%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.98%) PMO
5 1 (0.98%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 8 (7.84%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.90%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.90%) Ansible
1 5 (4.90%) HP ALM
2 4 (3.92%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.96%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.98%) Grafana
4 1 (0.98%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.98%) Puppet
4 1 (0.98%) SCCM
4 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.98%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (8.82%) Oracle
2 8 (7.84%) VMware
3 7 (6.86%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.90%) HP
4 5 (4.90%) MuleSoft
5 3 (2.94%) SAP
6 2 (1.96%) IBM
7 1 (0.98%) Arista
7 1 (0.98%) Blue Coat
7 1 (0.98%) Cisco
7 1 (0.98%) Citrix
7 1 (0.98%) F5
7 1 (0.98%) Juniper
7 1 (0.98%) QNX
7 1 (0.98%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.98%) Riverbed
7 1 (0.98%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.98%) Siemens
7 1 (0.98%) Splunk
7 1 (0.98%) Zscaler