Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Systems Engineering
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 9 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 3.98% - 3.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.59% - 4.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £900
Median % change year-on-year - - +63.64%
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £513 £625
% change year-on-year +7.32% -18.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £60.21 - -
25th Percentile £68.03 - £65.47
Median hourly rate £81.05 - £76.86
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 - £76.86
% change year-on-year - - +91.72%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 161 99 273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 71.24% 83.19% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 56 115
10th Percentile £313 £363 £400
25th Percentile £416 £430 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -2.65% +13.00%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £648
90th Percentile £625 £660 £825
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £580
% change year-on-year - -5.17% +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 19 99
10th Percentile £15.67 £31.25 £51.06
25th Percentile £23.88 £51.25 £53.40
Median hourly rate £47.50 £57.75 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.75% -2.12% +4.42%
75th Percentile £58.35 £63.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.55 £66.25 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £30.00 £57.63 £57.35
% change year-on-year -47.94% +0.48% +14.70%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineering in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineering in Portsmouth

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

General
1 2 (22.22%) Electronics
2 1 (11.11%) Military
2 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Agile
2 1 (11.11%) Architectural Design
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
2 1 (11.11%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Requirements Management
2 1 (11.11%) Validation
2 1 (11.11%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree