Principal Systems Engineer Contracts in Nottingham

Principal Systems Engineer
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Principal Systems Engineer daily rate in Nottingham is £75, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottingham 0.88% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £75 - -
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £75 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Nottingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Nottingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Nottingham with a recognized job title 102 128 239
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 95.52% 99.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 71 197
10th Percentile £202 £205 £320
25th Percentile £373 £363 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% +6.04%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £700
90th Percentile £575 £650 £744
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £481 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +6.94% -10.00% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 14
10th Percentile - £12.22 £11.24
25th Percentile - £12.75 £12.76
Median hourly rate £11.44 £14.00 £20.84
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% -32.81% +98.43%
75th Percentile - £14.67 £26.48
90th Percentile £12.33 £16.25 £31.13
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £11.44 £14.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -18.29% -30.00% +47.28%

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Principal Systems Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Nottingham region featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) POSIX
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) QNX
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) NetBeans
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) MISRA C
1 1 (100.00%) MISRA

Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) NetBeans
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) MISRA
1 1 (100.00%) MISRA C
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) QNX