Systems Engineering Contracts in the South East

Systems Engineering
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 150 146 177
Rank change year-on-year -4 +31 +58
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 9 59 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.30% 1.06% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 1.25% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 21 23
10th Percentile £419 £413 -
25th Percentile £475 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.48% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £767 £563 £630
90th Percentile £802 £675 £745
England median daily rate £631 £550 £563
% change year-on-year +14.77% -2.22% +1.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 4
10th Percentile - £62.92 £40.73
25th Percentile £47.50 £65.47 £47.46
Median hourly rate £55.00 £73.59 £59.99
Median % change year-on-year -25.26% +22.67% -0.80%
75th Percentile £71.25 £76.86 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.50 - -
England median hourly rate £63.00 £70.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% +13.82% -8.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the South East

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in the South East

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the South East

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in the South East

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the South East

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Hampshire +9 5 £513 -18.00% 53
Thames Valley +24 2 £700 +88.43% 55
Berkshire +12 2 £700 +88.43% 29
Surrey +5 2 - - 23
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Project Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Project Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) PMO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Analytics
1 3 (33.33%) API Integration
1 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (33.33%) Data Analytics
1 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Requirements Management
1 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Validation
1 3 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) ArchiMate
3 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (11.11%) Document Management
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) Security Management
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) RIBA
4 1 (11.11%) HNC
4 1 (11.11%) HND
4 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
4 1 (11.11%) PMP
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Def Stans
2 1 (11.11%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft