Systems Engineering Contracts

Systems Engineering
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Systems Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 448 605
Rank change year-on-year +100 +157 -53
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 251 262 242
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.45% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.50% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 112 128
10th Percentile £363 £451 £431
25th Percentile £488 £510 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -1.78% +4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £623 £641
90th Percentile £700 £711 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £565 £575
% change year-on-year -2.65% -1.74% +11.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 60 24
10th Percentile £46.91 £45.00 £41.98
25th Percentile £58.13 £52.50 £49.57
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £66.02
Median % change year-on-year +13.82% -6.85% +32.04%
75th Percentile £75.12 £67.00 £76.42
90th Percentile £76.86 £77.75 £96.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year +13.82% -8.89% +35.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Systems Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,094 51,920 79,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,889 35,981 55,625
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,716 1,886
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.24 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the UK

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in the UK

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the UK

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in the UK

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineering over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the UK

Systems Engineering
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
England +104 238 £550 -2.40% 356
UK excluding London +68 205 £550 -2.65% 315
Work from Home +94 73 £525 -9.33% 140
South West -2 58 £575 +2.22% 76
South East +30 57 £525 -12.50% 89
London +74 40 £600 +4.35% 59
East of England +34 34 £379 -26.10% 47
North of England +54 33 £577 -3.92% 54
North West +29 24 £577 -3.92% 43
Midlands +25 15 £550 +2.33% 46
West Midlands +10 10 £550 - 29
North East - 10 - - 5
Scotland +46 9 £590 +32.47% 22
East Midlands +22 5 £563 +7.14% 17
Yorkshire +17 1 - - 7

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (0.80%) Apache
1 2 (0.80%) Apache Solr
1 2 (0.80%) Confluence
1 2 (0.80%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (1.99%) Simulink
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.40%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 7 (2.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (1.99%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.80%) Primavera
4 1 (0.40%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.17%) AWS
2 17 (6.77%) Azure
3 7 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.80%) Akamai
5 2 (0.80%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.40%) Asana
6 1 (0.40%) IaaS
6 1 (0.40%) Miro
6 1 (0.40%) PaaS
6 1 (0.40%) SaaS
6 1 (0.40%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.40%) Serverless
6 1 (0.40%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.98%) Ethernet
2 11 (4.38%) DNS
3 10 (3.98%) DHCP
4 8 (3.19%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.79%) 4G
5 7 (2.79%) 5G
6 6 (2.39%) Network Security
7 5 (1.99%) Firewall
8 4 (1.59%) Internet
8 4 (1.59%) VoIP
8 4 (1.59%) WAN
9 2 (0.80%) 3G
9 2 (0.80%) GPRS
10 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.40%) RS-422
10 1 (0.40%) RS-485
10 1 (0.40%) SCCP
10 1 (0.40%) VoLTE
10 1 (0.40%) VoWiFi
10 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.78%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
2 3 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.80%) Hadoop
3 2 (0.80%) MySQL
3 2 (0.80%) Redis
4 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Power BI
4 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (15.54%) Rational DOORS
2 23 (9.16%) JIRA
3 10 (3.98%) Rational Rhapsody
4 9 (3.59%) Git
4 9 (3.59%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.80%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.40%) CMake
7 1 (0.40%) GitLab
7 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 43 (17.13%) Social Skills
2 32 (12.75%) Electronics
3 27 (10.76%) Telecoms
4 26 (10.36%) Finance
5 24 (9.56%) Aerospace
6 17 (6.77%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.98%) Marketing
7 10 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.59%) Military
9 6 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.59%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (1.20%) Front Office
11 3 (1.20%) Law
12 2 (0.80%) Automotive
12 2 (0.80%) Retail
13 1 (0.40%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.40%) Aviation
13 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Local Government
13 1 (0.40%) Police
Job Titles
1 69 (27.49%) Systems Engineer
2 46 (18.33%) Lead
3 42 (16.73%) Architect
4 35 (13.94%) Senior
5 34 (13.55%) Principal Engineer
6 31 (12.35%) Systems Architect
7 29 (11.55%) Network Architect
7 29 (11.55%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 21 (8.37%) Lead Architect
9 20 (7.97%) Software Engineer
10 17 (6.77%) Consultant
11 16 (6.37%) Integration Engineer
12 15 (5.98%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 13 (5.18%) Site Engineer
13 13 (5.18%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 11 (4.38%) Validation Engineer
15 10 (3.98%) Ada Engineer
15 10 (3.98%) Ada Software Engineer
15 10 (3.98%) Project Manager
16 9 (3.59%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.79%) Elastic Stack
1 7 (2.79%) PyTorch
1 7 (2.79%) TensorFlow
2 3 (1.20%) Kafka
2 3 (1.20%) Web Services
3 2 (0.80%) LDAP
3 2 (0.80%) Middleware
4 1 (0.40%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.40%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.76%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (5.98%) Analogue Electronics
2 15 (5.98%) Robotics
3 10 (3.98%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (3.59%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.19%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.39%) Distributed Computing
8 5 (1.99%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.59%) Clustering
9 4 (1.59%) FPGA
10 3 (1.20%) VHDL
11 2 (0.80%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.80%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.80%) Market Risk
11 2 (0.80%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.80%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.80%) Smart Meter
12 1 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.40%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 35 (13.94%) Windows
2 20 (7.97%) Linux
3 19 (7.57%) Unix
4 15 (5.98%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.40%) CentOS
7 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (20.72%) Validation
2 43 (17.13%) Software Engineering
3 33 (13.15%) DevOps
3 33 (13.15%) UML
4 32 (12.75%) Requirements Management
5 30 (11.95%) Agile
5 30 (11.95%) Network Management
5 30 (11.95%) Verification and Validation
6 26 (10.36%) Customer Requirements
7 23 (9.16%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (8.37%) Strategic Thinking
9 18 (7.17%) Design for Manufacturing
9 18 (7.17%) SysML
10 17 (6.77%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 17 (6.77%) Project Management
11 16 (6.37%) ITIL
11 16 (6.37%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 15 (5.98%) Prototyping
12 15 (5.98%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.37%) Python
2 20 (7.97%) Java
3 18 (7.17%) C#
4 17 (6.77%) SQL
5 13 (5.18%) C
6 10 (3.98%) Ada
7 9 (3.59%) MATLAB
8 8 (3.19%) Go
9 7 (2.79%) C++
9 7 (2.79%) F#
9 7 (2.79%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.80%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.80%) Ruby
11 1 (0.40%) Bash
11 1 (0.40%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.40%) Perl
11 1 (0.40%) Rust
11 1 (0.40%) Scala
11 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 98 (39.04%) Security Cleared
2 83 (33.07%) SC Cleared
3 68 (27.09%) Degree
4 18 (7.17%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.59%) Master's Degree
6 8 (3.19%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.59%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.80%) CISSP
9 2 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.80%) HNC
9 2 (0.80%) HND
9 2 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.40%) EMC Certification
10 1 (0.40%) PhD
10 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.40%) PMP
10 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.98%) QA
2 8 (3.19%) PCI DSS
3 7 (2.79%) NIST
4 6 (2.39%) NCSC
5 4 (1.59%) SLA
6 2 (0.80%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.40%) HAZOP
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 9 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (3.19%) Firmware
3 7 (2.79%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (2.79%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.99%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.80%) Docker
6 2 (0.80%) vSphere
7 1 (0.40%) NFS
Systems Management
1 12 (4.78%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.98%) SCCM
3 7 (2.79%) vCenter Server
4 6 (2.39%) Opsgenie
4 6 (2.39%) Terraform
5 4 (1.59%) Ansible
6 3 (1.20%) IBM BigFix
6 3 (1.20%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.80%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.80%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.80%) Grafana
7 2 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.80%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.80%) Puppet
8 1 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.40%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.40%) Kibana
8 1 (0.40%) logstash
8 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (4.78%) IBM
1 12 (4.78%) Microsoft
1 12 (4.78%) VMware
2 9 (3.59%) SAP
3 8 (3.19%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.19%) Splunk
4 7 (2.79%) Adobe
4 7 (2.79%) Avaloq
4 7 (2.79%) New Relic
4 7 (2.79%) PagerDuty
4 7 (2.79%) Sparx
4 7 (2.79%) Veeam
5 6 (2.39%) Dynatrace
5 6 (2.39%) Oracle
6 5 (1.99%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.59%) EMC
8 3 (1.20%) Remedy
8 3 (1.20%) Xilinx
9 2 (0.80%) Apple
9 2 (0.80%) Red Hat