Systems Engineering Contracts in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 120 140
Rank change year-on-year +19 +20 +49
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 18 14 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.90% 0.52% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.64% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 5
10th Percentile £400 - -
25th Percentile £406 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £494 £575 £575
90th Percentile £500 £580 £643
England median daily rate £625 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47.50 £43.75 £45.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 £55.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £63.00 £70.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% +13.82% -6.85%

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 1,764 2,204 2,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.98% 82.09% 88.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,152 1,487 2,037
10th Percentile £200 £234 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £594
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 169 104
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.06 £12.15
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.91 £14.88
Median hourly rate £18.36 £18.00 £21.97
Median % change year-on-year +1.97% -18.05% +25.51%
75th Percentile £24.55 £33.25 £36.37
90th Percentile £41.67 £55.00 £56.75
England median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £37.15
% change year-on-year -21.64% -1.75% +48.60%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the Midlands

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in the Midlands

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 20 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
West Midlands +11 17 £475 -13.64% 108
East Midlands +7 1 £75 -86.67% 35
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Converged Networks
Development Applications
1 12 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Eclipse
2 1 (5.56%) LabVIEW
2 1 (5.56%) NetBeans
2 1 (5.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (27.78%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Automotive
4 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Tester
2 3 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Applications Tester
4 1 (5.56%) Design Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Software Design Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) Middleware
2 1 (5.56%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 12 (66.67%) SCADA
2 7 (38.89%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (27.78%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.56%) IoT
4 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Network Monitoring
2 7 (38.89%) Agile
2 7 (38.89%) Functional Testing
2 7 (38.89%) Performance Testing
3 5 (27.78%) Defect Management
3 5 (27.78%) Scenario Testing
3 5 (27.78%) Scrum
3 5 (27.78%) System Integration Testing
3 5 (27.78%) Test Assurance
3 5 (27.78%) Test Management
3 5 (27.78%) Test Strategy
3 5 (27.78%) User Stories
4 4 (22.22%) Change Management
4 4 (22.22%) Validation
5 3 (16.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 3 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
6 2 (11.11%) DevOps
6 2 (11.11%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) C++
2 1 (5.56%) C
2 1 (5.56%) Java
2 1 (5.56%) MATLAB
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) AUTOSAR
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
1 1 (5.56%) IEC 61508
1 1 (5.56%) MISRA
1 1 (5.56%) MISRA C
1 1 (5.56%) QA
1 1 (5.56%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) HP
1 5 (27.78%) MuleSoft
1 5 (27.78%) Oracle
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) QNX