Systems Engineer Contracts in Hertfordshire

System Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median System Engineer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £675, 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 30 56 62
Rank change year-on-year +26 +6 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 15 17 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.67% 2.04% 1.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.05% 2.27% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £350 £463
% change year-on-year +57.14% -24.32% +15.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 8
10th Percentile £51.38 - £57.75
25th Percentile £52.50 - £60.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £39.55 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.06% -43.50% +76.99%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.00 -
90th Percentile £67.63 £73.47 -
East of England median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -4.35% -11.54% +18.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 297 750 744
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 89.93% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 309 406
10th Percentile £330 £235 £210
25th Percentile £425 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £763
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 285 148
10th Percentile £27.96 £37.91 £20.31
25th Percentile £50.31 £43.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -20.00% +27.55%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £66.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £74.95
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
% change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineer in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage +30 14 - - 23
Welwyn Garden City -2 1 £675 - 3
Systems Engineer
East of England

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

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

1 7 (46.67%) System Testing
1 7 (46.67%) TestOps
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) C
3 4 (26.67%) Java
4 3 (20.00%) Tcl
4 3 (20.00%) Unix
4 3 (20.00%) Windows
4 3 (20.00%) Linux
4 3 (20.00%) Python
4 3 (20.00%) Aerospace
4 3 (20.00%) Bash
4 3 (20.00%) SpaceWire
4 3 (20.00%) Data Acquisition
5 2 (13.33%) Functional Testing
5 2 (13.33%) EMC
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (13.33%) Degree
5 2 (13.33%) VBA
6 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (6.67%) Data Security
6 1 (6.67%) BCP
6 1 (6.67%) MATLAB
6 1 (6.67%) Simulink
6 1 (6.67%) Kerberos
6 1 (6.67%) DNS
6 1 (6.67%) IBM
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (6.67%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) SpaceWire
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) Kerberos
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) MagicDraw
1 1 (6.67%) Rational Rhapsody
1 1 (6.67%) Rational Statemate
General
1 3 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Aviation
2 1 (6.67%) Avionics
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
1 1 (6.67%) PKI
1 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Linux
1 3 (20.00%) Unix
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) System Testing
1 7 (46.67%) TestOps
2 3 (20.00%) Data Acquisition
3 2 (13.33%) Functional Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (6.67%) Coaching
4 1 (6.67%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (6.67%) SDLC
4 1 (6.67%) Signal Processing
4 1 (6.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (6.67%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) C
1 4 (26.67%) Java
2 3 (20.00%) Bash
2 3 (20.00%) Python
2 3 (20.00%) Tcl
3 2 (13.33%) VBA
4 1 (6.67%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) PTC Integrity
1 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) EMC
2 1 (6.67%) IBM
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) PTC
2 1 (6.67%) Sparx
2 1 (6.67%) Twitter