Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Systems Engineering
Wales > South Wales

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 37 44
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 -5
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 3 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.89% 1.58% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 1.82% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £628
25th Percentile - - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.81%
75th Percentile - - £750
90th Percentile - - £773
Wales median daily rate - - £700
% change year-on-year - - +22.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £78.25 - -
25th Percentile £79.38 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 - -
75th Percentile £84.38 - -
90th Percentile £84.75 - -
Wales median hourly rate £82.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 264 274 295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 78.34% 86.71% 88.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 155 219
10th Percentile £206 £171 £166
25th Percentile £290 £216 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £509 £575 £588
90th Percentile £625 £698 £650
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £420
% change year-on-year -2.94% +1.19% -11.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 36 22
10th Percentile £13.00 £17.66 £17.10
25th Percentile £15.16 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £18.69 £25.09 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -25.53% -15.90% +49.84%
75th Percentile £25.13 £40.00 £53.44
90th Percentile £85.00 £41.25 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.09 £29.83
% change year-on-year -27.54% -15.90% +63.87%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in South Wales

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 6 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
Newport - 3 - - 3
Systems Engineering
Wales

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

General
1 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) SABSA
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Security Management
1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 3 (100.00%) NCSC
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) NIST 800