Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in Preston

Systems Engineering
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.10% - 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% - 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £738 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £813 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £775 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £46.18
Lancashire median hourly rate - £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - -6.89% -0.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 71 65 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 78.02% 91.55% 94.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 39 14
10th Percentile £248 £318 £350
25th Percentile £550 £447 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.85% +0.95% +30.43%
75th Percentile £793 £569 £636
90th Percentile £881 £636 £734
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £535 £538
% change year-on-year +2.76% -0.42% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 40
10th Percentile £39.53 £24.76 £13.53
25th Percentile £40.74 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +48.47% +79.02% -62.06%
75th Percentile £69.80 £31.07 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £43.39 £48.20
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £37.63
% change year-on-year +58.12% -23.59% -11.47%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in Preston

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DoDAF
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800