Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Systems Engineering
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 50 85
Rank change year-on-year -21 +35 -26
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 2 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.24% 1.11% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 1.24% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £494 - -
25th Percentile £499 £625 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% -2.57%
75th Percentile £559 £675 £600
90th Percentile £569 - -
South West median daily rate £500 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
South West median hourly rate £71.00 £61.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -12.14% +13.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 675 404 780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 79.98% 89.98% 82.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 268 573
10th Percentile £363 £308 £315
25th Percentile £450 £474 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £563 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +4.17% -6.09%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £663
90th Percentile £738 £688 £725
South West median daily rate £513 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -0.66% -1.73% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 4 16
10th Percentile £13.11 £18.62 £12.00
25th Percentile £13.45 £18.78 £14.54
Median hourly rate £21.01 £18.87 £15.52
Median % change year-on-year +11.34% +21.59% -77.23%
75th Percentile £48.00 £29.15 £30.25
90th Percentile £85.25 £47.66 £52.13
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £62.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.38% +14.09% -10.57%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 5 May 2026. 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
Corsham -15 2 £525 - 4
Systems Engineering
South West

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco