Systems Engineering Contracts in the South West

Systems Engineering
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 93 83
Rank change year-on-year +12 -10 +69
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 31 57 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.84% 1.80% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 2.17% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 14 42
10th Percentile £513 £228 £510
25th Percentile £613 £525 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £675 £630 £579
90th Percentile - - £617
England median daily rate £625 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 33 24
10th Percentile £53.98 - -
25th Percentile £58.81 £67.50 £57.25
Median hourly rate £71.50 £70.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% +13.82% -4.71%
75th Percentile £80.94 £75.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £82.63 £90.00 £84.10
England median hourly rate £69.25 £70.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -1.07% +13.82% -4.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,531 2,626 3,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.81% 82.97% 89.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 949 1,680 2,274
10th Percentile £220 £225 £313
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £724
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 343 317
10th Percentile £18.20 £13.88 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £29.75 £15.40
Median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +23.76%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.31
England median hourly rate £28.41 £36.50 £36.54
% change year-on-year -22.16% -0.11% +46.16%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South West over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South West over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 21 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
Somerset +13 13 £650 - 15
Bristol -9 10 £569 +559.42% 72
Wiltshire - 4 £650 - 15
Gloucestershire +14 3 £608 -6.54% 48
Devon - 1 £525 - 16
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (3.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) AWS
1 1 (3.23%) Azure
1 1 (3.23%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.13%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.23%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.23%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 13 (41.94%) Finance
2 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Law
4 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (51.61%) Lead
2 7 (22.58%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Architect
4 3 (9.68%) Project Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Project Leader
5 2 (6.45%) Chief Systems Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Principal Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Configuration Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Information Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Information Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Information Systems Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Lead Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Senior
6 1 (3.23%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Solutions Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) Kafka
2 1 (3.23%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 16 (51.61%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.23%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.23%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) Business Strategy
1 13 (41.94%) Collaborative Working
1 13 (41.94%) Contract Negotiation
1 13 (41.94%) Enterprise Architecture
1 13 (41.94%) Target Operating Model
2 5 (16.13%) Analytics
2 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (16.13%) Data Analytics
2 5 (16.13%) Integration Testing
2 5 (16.13%) Software Testing
3 4 (12.90%) Roadmaps
4 3 (9.68%) API Integration
4 3 (9.68%) Validation
5 2 (6.45%) Agile
5 2 (6.45%) Business Case
5 2 (6.45%) CI/CD
5 2 (6.45%) Configuration Management
5 2 (6.45%) Information Management
5 2 (6.45%) Requirements Management
5 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) Bash
2 1 (3.23%) C#
2 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (87.10%) Security Cleared
2 25 (80.65%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.68%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) RIBA
5 1 (3.23%) Degree
5 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) Def Stans
2 1 (3.23%) GDPR
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Grafana
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) VMware
2 1 (3.23%) IBM
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) Splunk