Systems Engineering Contracts in Somerset

Systems Engineering
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 25 33
Rank change year-on-year +14 +8 -
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 13 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 9.35% 0.99% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% 1.30% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £450
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £650 £550 £563
% change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 130 154 186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 93.53% 75.86% 89.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 86 140
10th Percentile £263 £159 £234
25th Percentile £413 £397 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £675 £597 £664
90th Percentile £775 £613 £724
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 29 16
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.50 £17.38
25th Percentile - - £32.11
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -50.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile - £40.00 £61.09
90th Percentile - £50.65 £76.84
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in Somerset

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in Somerset

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in Somerset

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bath - 12 £650 - 7
Bridgwater - 1 £600 -
Systems Engineering
South West

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Teamcenter
General
1 12 (92.31%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Lead
2 1 (7.69%) Configuration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (92.31%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Business Strategy
1 12 (92.31%) Collaborative Working
1 12 (92.31%) Contract Negotiation
1 12 (92.31%) Enterprise Architecture
1 12 (92.31%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (7.69%) Change Management
2 1 (7.69%) Configuration Management
2 1 (7.69%) Contract Management
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) SC Cleared
1 12 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree