Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Systems Engineering
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 0.62% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £365 £475 -
% change year-on-year -23.16% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £45.00 £50.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 119 56 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 73.91% 91.80% 79.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 31 48
10th Percentile £302 £145 £200
25th Percentile £463 £275 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £534
Median % change year-on-year - +3.04% -2.95%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £636
90th Percentile £746 £800 £690
West Midlands median daily rate £497 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.57% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 10
10th Percentile £15.82 £14.46 £15.44
25th Percentile £17.14 £15.22 £16.54
Median hourly rate £18.23 £17.16 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +6.24% -3.19% -
75th Percentile £34.94 £18.13 £60.31
90th Percentile £74.50 £23.14 £73.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.46 £18.74 £23.00
% change year-on-year +14.51% -18.52% +29.87%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

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

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 1 March 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
Redditch - 1 - - 1
Systems Engineering
West Midlands

Systems Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC