Senior Systems Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Senior System Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Senior System Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 71 91
Rank change year-on-year -17 +20 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 7 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.43% 0.14% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.14% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
South East median daily rate £600 - £525
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile - - £43.98
25th Percentile £55.23 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £59.67 - £47.50
75th Percentile £76.82 - £48.75
90th Percentile £81.05 - £56.88
South East median hourly rate £59.67 - £47.50
% change year-on-year - - -2.30%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,548 698 1,436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 95.10% 89.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 946 510 816
10th Percentile £350 £290 £363
25th Percentile £475 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +9.52%
75th Percentile £658 £613 £675
90th Percentile £740 £665 £738
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 44 165
10th Percentile £13.88 £20.01 £13.13
25th Percentile £16.90 £24.66 £33.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £56.25 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% -1.92% +14.70%
75th Percentile £52.58 £72.19 £62.50
90th Percentile £60.90 £75.00 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £49.00 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +50.77% -31.58% +5.56%

Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Senior Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Senior Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

Senior Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Systems Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

Senior Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Systems Engineer in Hampshire

Senior Systems Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Portsmouth - 7 £600 - 2
Senior Systems Engineer
South East

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 16 April 2026, Senior Systems Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hampshire region featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) ETL
2 1 (14.29%) Full Text Search
2 1 (14.29%) Housing Management
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) NEC
2 1 (14.29%) NEC Housing
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) SQL

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
General
1 2 (28.57%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
1 1 (14.29%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) ETL
2 1 (14.29%) Full Text Search
2 1 (14.29%) Housing Management
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) NEC