Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in South London

Systems Engineering
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 37 40
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +12
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.49% 0.44% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.49% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £650 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 177 203 220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 86.76% 88.65% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 139 151
10th Percentile £300 £235 £185
25th Percentile £450 £413 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £566 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £788 £675
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 17
10th Percentile £54.40 £32.72 £15.35
25th Percentile £54.55 £55.91 £19.25
Median hourly rate £58.94 £73.60 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.93% +213.19% -46.42%
75th Percentile £66.50 £79.60 £46.85
90th Percentile £67.46 £81.76 £58.93
London median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in South London

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Kingston Upon Thames -3 1 £500 - 1
Merton - 1 £500 - 1
Systems Engineering
London

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workload Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) EMC Certification
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC