Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in Kingston Upon Thames

Systems Engineering
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 8 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 +6
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Kingston Upon Thames 2.94% 4.35% 11.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.76% 8.33% 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £450
75th Percentile £525 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £500 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21 12 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 61.76% 52.17% 81.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 13
10th Percentile £163 £159 £110
25th Percentile £206 £163 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £200 £450
Median % change year-on-year +83.75% -55.56% -1.37%
75th Percentile £475 - £488
90th Percentile £513 £331 £640
South London median daily rate £506 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.71% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 8
10th Percentile - - £15.59
25th Percentile £54.55 £68.80 £18.60
Median hourly rate £58.94 £73.60 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -19.93% +67.89% -0.05%
75th Percentile £66.50 £80.80 £55.54
90th Percentile - £82.24 £75.73
South London median hourly rate £58.94 £73.60 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.93% +213.19% -46.42%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Systems Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames.

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Systems Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Systems Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
New Malden - 1 £500 - 1
Systems Engineering
South London

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workload Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) EMC Certification
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC