Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Systems Engineering
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 13 21
Rank change year-on-year -16 +8 +6
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 26 13 1
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 5.78% 7.93% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.47% 8.72% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 0
10th Percentile £617 - -
25th Percentile £688 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £714 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.81% - -
75th Percentile £800 £675 -
90th Percentile £810 - -
South West median daily rate £563 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -13.46% +13.04% -0.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53.75 - -
Median hourly rate £91.91 - -
75th Percentile £99.12 - -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £73.00 £81.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year -10.15% +16.07% -1.80%

All Process & 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 348 149 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 77.33% 90.85% 70.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 87 81
10th Percentile £356 £225 £200
25th Percentile £413 £369 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £520 £532
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -2.26% +7.75%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £600
90th Percentile £730 £739 £688
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 26 10
10th Percentile £31.85 £16.47 £12.48
25th Percentile £52.50 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -9.71% -60.34%
75th Percentile £63.38 £62.81 £57.81
90th Percentile £98.94 £63.75 £68.25
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +128.63% -61.31% -

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in Somerset

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in Somerset over the 6 months to 5 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineering in Somerset

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in Somerset

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineering in Somerset over the 6 months to 5 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 5 August 2026. 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
Yeovil - 23 £713 - 4
Bath -16 2 £800 +23.08% 1
Systems Engineering
South West

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 14 (53.85%) AWS
2 5 (19.23%) Azure
3 1 (3.85%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (65.38%) DHCP
1 17 (65.38%) DNS
1 17 (65.38%) Firewall
1 17 (65.38%) TCP/IP
2 12 (46.15%) VSAN
3 2 (7.69%) ATM
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (23.08%) Public Sector
2 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Avionics
4 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Principal Engineer
2 8 (30.77%) Platform Engineer
2 8 (30.77%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Control Systems Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) Senior
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Platform Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) EMC Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Safety Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Senior VMware Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Systems Safety Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Traffic Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) VMware Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (53.85%) PKI
2 12 (46.15%) Data Centre
3 3 (11.54%) Public Cloud
4 2 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.85%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 17 (65.38%) Linux
1 17 (65.38%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) Platform Engineering
2 15 (57.69%) Infrastructure as Code
2 15 (57.69%) Mentoring
2 15 (57.69%) Technical Leadership
3 14 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (53.85%) DevSecOps
4 13 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
4 13 (50.00%) SIEM
5 11 (42.31%) CI/CD
5 11 (42.31%) Converged Infrastructure
5 11 (42.31%) Network Virtualisation
6 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (26.92%) Containerisation
8 7 (26.92%) IT Strategy
8 7 (26.92%) Technology Strategy
9 6 (23.08%) Feasibility Study
9 6 (23.08%) Privileged Access Management
10 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 17 (65.38%) Bash
1 17 (65.38%) PowerShell
2 16 (61.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 17 (65.38%) DV Cleared
3 10 (38.46%) VCAP
4 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
5 4 (15.38%) AWS Certification
6 3 (11.54%) Degree
7 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (7.69%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) CCA
8 1 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) Def Stans
1 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (3.85%) DO-160
System Software
1 17 (65.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (57.69%) Active Directory
3 14 (53.85%) Hyper-V
4 12 (46.15%) Docker
4 12 (46.15%) VMware NSX
4 12 (46.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (65.38%) Ansible
2 16 (61.54%) Terraform
3 15 (57.69%) Kubernetes
4 11 (42.31%) VxRail
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) VMware
2 6 (23.08%) CyberArk
3 3 (11.54%) Thales
4 2 (7.69%) Sparx
5 1 (3.85%) EMC