The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
35
52
64
Rank change year-on-year
+17
+12
+7
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering
10
21
10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire
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 Hertfordshire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
285
753
703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire
88.79%
90.29%
86.68%
Number of daily rates quoted
138
277
374
10th Percentile
£384
£232
£240
25th Percentile
£446
£315
£363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£425
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+29.41%
-15.00%
+5.26%
75th Percentile
£625
£600
£675
90th Percentile
£675
£705
£768
East of England median daily rate
£500
£475
£475
% change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
86
314
156
10th Percentile
£22.65
£38.12
£21.00
25th Percentile
£47.50
£40.00
£53.69
Median hourly rate
£63.00
£50.00
£65.00
Median % change year-on-year
+26.00%
-23.08%
+27.83%
75th Percentile
£79.82
£65.00
£70.00
90th Percentile
£85.00
£80.00
£75.25
East of England median hourly rate
£42.50
£40.00
£24.62
% change year-on-year
+6.25%
+62.47%
+58.84%
Systems Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire
Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.
Systems Engineering Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in Hertfordshire.
Systems Engineering Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in Hertfordshire.
Systems Engineering Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineering in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Systems Engineering 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 Engineering 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
Systems Engineering Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Systems Engineering also mentioned 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 with a requirement for Systems Engineering.
Systems Engineering 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:
