Systems Engineering Contracts in Staffordshire

Systems Engineering
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 14 14 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 2.99% 3.81% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.39% 4.55% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -29.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £47.50 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £50.00 £47.50 -
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59 88 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 88.06% 83.81% 82.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 61 90
10th Percentile £140 £213 £163
25th Percentile £150 £325 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £575
90th Percentile £553 £538 £699
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 2
10th Percentile £12.40 £13.87 -
25th Percentile £13.78 £15.13 -
Median hourly rate £17.62 £40.00 £22.41
Median % change year-on-year -55.95% +78.49% +17.64%
75th Percentile £20.24 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £23.82 £56.13 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in Staffordshire

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in Staffordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in Staffordshire

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire 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
Rugeley - 2 - - 1
Systems Engineering
West Midlands

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering