Systems Engineering Contracts in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineering
East of England > Hertfordshire

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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 52 64
Rank change year-on-year +17 +12 +9
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 8 21 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.40% 2.53% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 2.86% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £300 -
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £438 £300 -
% change year-on-year +45.83% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 8
10th Percentile £67.05 £61.50 £57.75
25th Percentile £68.63 £65.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £64.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +8.53% +29.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £75.25 £70.00
90th Percentile - - £74.44
East of England median hourly rate £73.75 £65.50 £61.50
% change year-on-year +12.60% +6.50% -8.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 306 733 660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 91.89% 88.31% 86.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 259 340
10th Percentile £365 £237 £240
25th Percentile £450 £315 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £701 £739
East of England median daily rate £500 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +7.53% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 314 148
10th Percentile £17.61 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £40.13 £53.42
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £62.75
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -20.32% +24.44%
75th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £69.06
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.00 £77.00
East of England median hourly rate £39.66 £40.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +81.82% +41.94%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in Hertfordshire

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for 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.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in Hertfordshire

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 22 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 +5 5 - - 26
Welwyn Garden City - 2 £675 -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - - 2
Systems Engineering
East of England

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Akamai
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) BGP
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DMVPN
2 1 (12.50%) DWDM
2 1 (12.50%) GLBP
2 1 (12.50%) HTTP
2 1 (12.50%) HTTPS
2 1 (12.50%) IGRP
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) IPsec
2 1 (12.50%) Kerberos
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) MPLS
2 1 (12.50%) Multicast
2 1 (12.50%) NetScaler
2 1 (12.50%) OSPF
2 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
2 1 (12.50%) SSL
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Rational Statemate
General
1 2 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Information Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Information Systems Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Solutions Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Electrical Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Information Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Information Systems Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) 802.1X
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (12.50%) FMCG
3 1 (12.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Unix
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Information Management
2 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
3 2 (25.00%) Signal Processing
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Coaching
4 1 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (12.50%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) The Twelve-Factor App
4 1 (12.50%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CCDP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Arista
2 1 (12.50%) Blue Coat
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) F5
2 1 (12.50%) Juniper
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Riverbed
2 1 (12.50%) Zscaler