Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Systems Engineering
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 16 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 1.59% 1.68% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 2.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £365 - £550
% change year-on-year - - -25.42%

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 49 86 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 77.78% 72.27% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 42 103
10th Percentile £140 £129 £363
25th Percentile £163 £336 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% -17.50% +8.11%
75th Percentile £450 £497 £594
90th Percentile £488 £594 £745
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £519 £498
% change year-on-year -3.66% +4.32% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 £33.93 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.47 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% +37.86% -
75th Percentile £31.00 £38.44 £28.75
90th Percentile £35.90 £44.63 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £24.18 £27.25
% change year-on-year +0.66% -11.27% +53.78%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation