Systems Engineering Contracts in Manchester

Systems Engineering
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 - 105
Rank change year-on-year - - +38
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Systems Engineering 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.097% - 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £259
25th Percentile £463 - £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £625 £590 £600
% change year-on-year +5.93% -1.67% -5.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 911 1,049 1,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.79% 86.69% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 657 1,117
10th Percentile £306 £331 £285
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £583 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £713 £675
North West median daily rate £455 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -9.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 45 54
10th Percentile £16.79 £15.95 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.07 £23.50 £16.37
Median hourly rate £22.63 £35.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.34% +79.49% +9.86%
75th Percentile £56.62 £62.50 £39.39
90th Percentile £75.25 £89.00 £68.80
North West median hourly rate £26.08 £35.00 £31.88
% change year-on-year -25.50% +9.80% +46.36%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in Manchester

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Systems Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Systems Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheadle - 1 £475 - 3
Systems Engineering
North West

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 26262
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP