Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Systems Engineering
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 24 45
Rank change year-on-year -6 +21 -
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.51% 2.86% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 3.31% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £475 £300 £561
% change year-on-year +58.33% -46.49% -4.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 159 121 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 80.71% 86.43% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 85 214
10th Percentile £170 £194 £250
25th Percentile £205 £363 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £531 £550 £588
90th Percentile £695 £638 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 5
10th Percentile £12.63 - £16.30
25th Percentile £15.00 £27.00 £22.38
Median hourly rate £16.00 £28.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -41.67% +136.74%
75th Percentile £20.69 £29.00 £65.00
90th Percentile - - £68.04
South East median hourly rate £21.02 £58.49 £54.39
% change year-on-year -64.06% +7.55% +67.13%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Crawley -5 1 £550 +22.22% 3
Systems Engineering
South East

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) SysML
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared