Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Systems Engineering
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 24 37
Rank change year-on-year -10 +13 -12
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 7 8 3
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 2.45% 5.93% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.13% 6.56% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 2
10th Percentile - £47.50 -
25th Percentile £66.25 £50.25 £71.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £63.00 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +22.50%
75th Percentile - £70.50 £75.25
90th Percentile - £75.10 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £70.00 £63.00 £73.50
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +22.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 224 122 231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 78.32% 90.37% 90.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 16 29
10th Percentile £363 £283 £244
25th Percentile £450 £306 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £428 £425
Median % change year-on-year +16.89% +0.65% +2.41%
75th Percentile £588 £584 £525
90th Percentile £750 £625 £610
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 69 143
10th Percentile £43.00 £39.00 £39.07
25th Percentile £52.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £82.25 £71.88
90th Percentile £76.25 £89.00 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £42.50 £66.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -35.61% +1.54% -

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (14.29%) Git
2 1 (14.29%) GitLab
2 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (85.71%) Electronics
2 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
4 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Ada Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Ada Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Linux Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) LDAP
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) CentOS
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineering
1 6 (85.71%) SysML
1 6 (85.71%) Test Scripting
1 6 (85.71%) UML
1 6 (85.71%) Validation
2 4 (57.14%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Information Management
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Ada
2 1 (14.29%) MATLAB
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Check_MK
1 1 (14.29%) Podman
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
1 1 (14.29%) VMware