Systems Engineering Contracts in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 247 208 278
Rank change year-on-year -39 +70 +122
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 89 206 188
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.99% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.17% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 53 85
10th Percentile £423 £413 £496
25th Percentile £494 £488 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -2.57% -0.09%
75th Percentile £675 £614 £600
90th Percentile - £630 £700
UK median daily rate £625 £550 £565
% change year-on-year +13.64% -2.57% +0.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 96 49
10th Percentile - £46.91 £51.24
25th Percentile £47.50 £61.88 £56.30
Median hourly rate £63.00 £70.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +13.82% -8.89%
75th Percentile £77.50 £75.16 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.50 £76.86 £82.55
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £70.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -12.14% +13.82% -8.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South West +22 34 £650 +18.18% 151
East of England +15 18 £438 +15.51% 93
Midlands +23 16 £475 -13.64% 109
West Midlands +19 15 £475 -13.64% 75
North of England -4 10 £650 +12.75% 134
North West +2 9 £625 +8.41% 95
South East -4 9 £606 +15.48% 201
Scotland +6 2 £461 -21.80% 41
Yorkshire +8 1 £675 - 33
East Midlands +6 1 £75 -86.67% 28
Systems Engineering
UK

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (7.87%) Confluence
1 7 (7.87%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.62%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (3.37%) Simulink
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (7.87%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.49%) Azure
2 2 (2.25%) AWS
3 1 (1.12%) Akamai
3 1 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.12%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.12%) GCP
3 1 (1.12%) GitHub
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.25%) DNS
2 1 (1.12%) BGP
2 1 (1.12%) DHCP
2 1 (1.12%) DWDM
2 1 (1.12%) GLBP
2 1 (1.12%) HTTP
2 1 (1.12%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.12%) IGRP
2 1 (1.12%) Internet
2 1 (1.12%) IPsec
2 1 (1.12%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.12%) LAN
2 1 (1.12%) MPLS
2 1 (1.12%) NetScaler
2 1 (1.12%) OSPF
2 1 (1.12%) SMTP
2 1 (1.12%) SNMP
2 1 (1.12%) SSL
2 1 (1.12%) VPN
2 1 (1.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.99%) MongoDB
2 5 (5.62%) DB2
Development Applications
1 13 (14.61%) JIRA
2 11 (12.36%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.12%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.12%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.12%) JIRA Agile
3 1 (1.12%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.12%) NetBeans
3 1 (1.12%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (1.12%) Rational Statemate
General
1 16 (17.98%) Social Skills
2 13 (14.61%) Finance
3 7 (7.87%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.74%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (5.62%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (5.62%) Military
6 4 (4.49%) Aerospace
7 3 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.37%) Automotive
7 3 (3.37%) Law
7 3 (3.37%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.25%) Electronics
9 1 (1.12%) Avionics
9 1 (1.12%) Banking
9 1 (1.12%) Local Government
9 1 (1.12%) Retail
9 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (32.58%) Systems Engineer
2 19 (21.35%) Lead
3 11 (12.36%) Principal Engineer
3 11 (12.36%) Tester
4 10 (11.24%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 9 (10.11%) Architect
6 7 (7.87%) Analyst
6 7 (7.87%) Project Engineer
6 7 (7.87%) Systems Analyst
7 6 (6.74%) Project Leader
7 6 (6.74%) Senior
8 5 (5.62%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (4.49%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 3 (3.37%) Information Analyst
10 3 (3.37%) Information Systems Analyst
10 3 (3.37%) Solutions Analyst
10 3 (3.37%) Systems Architect
11 2 (2.25%) Chief Systems Engineer
11 2 (2.25%) Information Systems Architect
11 2 (2.25%) Lead Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.99%) Kafka
2 5 (5.62%) Middleware
3 1 (1.12%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.12%) HTML
3 1 (1.12%) POSIX
3 1 (1.12%) REST
3 1 (1.12%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (33.71%) Management Information System
2 12 (13.48%) SCADA
3 9 (10.11%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (6.74%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (5.62%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.37%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.37%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.25%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.12%) FMCG
8 1 (1.12%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (1.12%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (1.12%) IoT
8 1 (1.12%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.74%) Windows
2 2 (2.25%) Linux
2 2 (2.25%) Unix
2 2 (2.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
1 21 (23.60%) Validation
2 16 (17.98%) Verification and Validation
3 14 (15.73%) Business Strategy
3 14 (15.73%) Collaborative Working
4 13 (14.61%) Contract Negotiation
4 13 (14.61%) Enterprise Architecture
4 13 (14.61%) Target Operating Model
5 12 (13.48%) Agile
5 12 (13.48%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (11.24%) Information Management
6 10 (11.24%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 10 (11.24%) Network Monitoring
6 10 (11.24%) Roadmaps
7 9 (10.11%) Integration Testing
7 9 (10.11%) Software Testing
8 8 (8.99%) Analytics
8 8 (8.99%) Data Analytics
9 7 (7.87%) Requirements Management
10 6 (6.74%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.74%) SQL
2 5 (5.62%) MATLAB
3 4 (4.49%) Python
4 2 (2.25%) Bash
4 2 (2.25%) C++
4 2 (2.25%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.12%) C
5 1 (1.12%) Java
5 1 (1.12%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 50 (56.18%) Security Cleared
2 47 (52.81%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.74%) Degree
4 5 (5.62%) DV Cleared
4 5 (5.62%) RIBA
5 2 (2.25%) HND
5 2 (2.25%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.12%) CCDP
6 1 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.12%) CISM
6 1 (1.12%) CISSP
6 1 (1.12%) HNC
6 1 (1.12%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.12%) PMP
6 1 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.11%) Def Stans
2 2 (2.25%) GDPR
2 2 (2.25%) IEC 61508
2 2 (2.25%) NIST
2 2 (2.25%) QA
3 1 (1.12%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (1.12%) GRC
3 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.12%) MISRA
3 1 (1.12%) MISRA C
3 1 (1.12%) NCSC
3 1 (1.12%) PMO
3 1 (1.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 9 (10.11%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.62%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (5.62%) HP ALM
2 2 (2.25%) Ansible
2 2 (2.25%) SCCM
3 1 (1.12%) Functional Safety
3 1 (1.12%) Grafana
3 1 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (10.11%) VMware
2 8 (8.99%) Oracle
3 6 (6.74%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.62%) HP
4 5 (5.62%) MuleSoft
5 2 (2.25%) Tanium
6 1 (1.12%) Arista
6 1 (1.12%) Blue Coat
6 1 (1.12%) Cisco
6 1 (1.12%) Citrix
6 1 (1.12%) Dell
6 1 (1.12%) F5
6 1 (1.12%) IBM
6 1 (1.12%) Juniper
6 1 (1.12%) QNX
6 1 (1.12%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.12%) Riverbed
6 1 (1.12%) SAP
6 1 (1.12%) Splunk
6 1 (1.12%) Zscaler