Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 123 121
Rank change year-on-year -27 -2 +50
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 14 9 13
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.45% 0.36% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.42% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile £326 - £513
25th Percentile - - £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 - £563
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.73%
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile £596 - £781
England median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £32.14 -
25th Percentile - £34.70 £76.59
Median hourly rate - £40.44 £78.19
Median % change year-on-year - -48.28% -
75th Percentile - £47.20 £79.78
90th Percentile - £50.38 -
England median hourly rate £72.25 £62.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +15.60% +0.81% +3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,688 2,125 2,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.96% 84.70% 84.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,695 1,322 1,557
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £373 £375 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £689
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 80 104
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.04
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.94 £17.41
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.25 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -15.19% -6.51% +41.41%
75th Percentile £25.15 £34.06 £51.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
West Midlands -20 11 £365 - 28
East Midlands -18 3 £750 - 14
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) MySQL
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle Database
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
2 2 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (14.29%) TestPartner
3 1 (7.14%) NeoLoad
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Aerospace
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Aviation
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) DBA
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle DBA
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Design Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Digital Design Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Product Manager
2 2 (14.29%) QA Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) QA Test Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Test Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Middleware
1 2 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Cloud
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
1 3 (21.43%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Scrum
3 4 (28.57%) Validation
3 4 (28.57%) Verification and Validation
4 3 (21.43%) Change Management
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Line Management
4 3 (21.43%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (14.29%) AI
5 2 (14.29%) Analytics
5 2 (14.29%) DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 2 (14.29%) Product Management
5 2 (14.29%) Test Management
5 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
5 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) User Experience
5 2 (14.29%) User Stories
5 2 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Python
2 3 (21.43%) Shell Script
3 2 (14.29%) C
3 2 (14.29%) C#
3 2 (14.29%) C++
4 1 (7.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
2 2 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) DIgSILENT
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) MuleSoft
2 2 (14.29%) Siemens