Control Systems Engineer Contracts in England

Control Systems Engineer
UK > England

The median Control Systems Engineer daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 575 759
Rank change year-on-year +76 +184 -
Contract jobs requiring a Control Systems Engineer 15 14 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.048% 0.035% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.037% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £525 £488 £550
90th Percentile - £503 -
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +150.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile £31.03 £35.00 -
25th Percentile £40.81 £35.19 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £44.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -1.11% -
75th Percentile £48.81 £53.75 -
90th Percentile £48.93 £54.38 -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £44.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +6.74% -1.11% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 28,953 37,638 64,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.75% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,172 45,824
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 1,422 1,621
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.15 £19.25 £16.69
Median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.61 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Control Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Control Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Control Systems Engineer in England

Control Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Control Systems Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Control Systems Engineer in England

Control Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Control Systems Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Control Systems Engineer in England

Control Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Control Systems Engineer in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Control Systems Engineer in England

Control Systems Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Control Systems Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
East of England +22 5 - - 9
East Midlands - 5 - - 11
Midlands - 5 - - 23
London +51 3 £500 +11.11% 3
South West +26 1 - - 2
North of England +25 1 - - 15
Yorkshire - 1 - - 7
Control Systems Engineer
UK

Control Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Control Systems Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Control Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (46.67%) Degree
1 7 (46.67%) SCADA
1 7 (46.67%) Git
1 7 (46.67%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) HND
3 5 (33.33%) Agile
3 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 5 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 3 (20.00%) IEC 61131
4 3 (20.00%) WinCC
4 3 (20.00%) MATLAB
4 3 (20.00%) Simulink
5 2 (13.33%) Stateflow
5 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
5 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
5 2 (13.33%) Validation
5 2 (13.33%) ClearCase
5 2 (13.33%) Algorithms
5 2 (13.33%) Siemens
6 1 (6.67%) High Availability
6 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (6.67%) Rockwell
6 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
6 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
6 1 (6.67%) Software Testing
6 1 (6.67%) PhD
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office

Control Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (20.00%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Simulink
2 2 (13.33%) Stateflow
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Git
2 2 (13.33%) ClearCase
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) SCADA
2 2 (13.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (33.33%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 5 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (13.33%) Validation
4 1 (6.67%) High Availability
4 1 (6.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Degree
2 6 (40.00%) HND
2 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) HNC
3 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.67%) PhD
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) IEC 61131
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Siemens
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Rockwell