Principal Systems Engineer Contracts in England

Principal Systems Engineer
UK > England

The median Principal Systems Engineer daily rate in England is £525, 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 482 574 757
Rank change year-on-year +92 +183 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer 32 15 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.037% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.040% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile - £660 £895
25th Percentile £513 £750 £963
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £900 £1,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% -10.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £750 £1,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% -25.00% +60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 1
10th Percentile £55.25 £56.37 -
25th Percentile £63.19 £61.19 £45.37
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.82 £48.86
Median % change year-on-year +5.15% +26.51% -27.61%
75th Percentile £70.90 £76.53 £52.36
90th Percentile £70.97 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.82 £48.86
% change year-on-year +5.15% +26.51% -27.61%

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%

Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Systems Engineer in England

Principal Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Principal Systems Engineer in England

Principal Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Principal Systems Engineer in England

Principal Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Principal Systems Engineer in England

Principal 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 Principal 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 +30 12 - - 4
North of England +37 8 - - 3
North West +33 8 - - 2
South West - 7 - - 3
London +52 4 £525 -41.67% 1
South East +32 1 - - 8
Principal Systems Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Principal 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 Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (78.13%) Security Cleared
2 23 (71.88%) SC Cleared
3 16 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
4 6 (18.75%) SysML
5 5 (15.63%) Validation
5 5 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (15.63%) Rational DOORS
5 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
6 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (12.50%) Architectural Design
6 4 (12.50%) Sparx
6 4 (12.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (12.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 4 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (12.50%) Agile
6 4 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
6 4 (12.50%) MODAF
6 4 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (12.50%) Data Protection
6 4 (12.50%) IBM
7 3 (9.38%) LAN
7 3 (9.38%) WAN
7 3 (9.38%) Military
7 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
7 3 (9.38%) Test Strategy
7 3 (9.38%) DV Cleared
7 3 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (9.38%) Verification and Validation
8 2 (6.25%) Visualisation

Principal 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) LAN
1 3 (9.38%) WAN
2 2 (6.25%) DHCP
2 2 (6.25%) DNS
2 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.13%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (3.13%) TETRA
3 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (6.25%) GitLab
3 1 (3.13%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Military
4 2 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.13%) Advertising
5 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Linux
1 2 (6.25%) Unix
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (18.75%) SysML
3 5 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (15.63%) Validation
4 4 (12.50%) Agile
4 4 (12.50%) Architectural Design
4 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 4 (12.50%) MODAF
4 4 (12.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 4 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
5 3 (9.38%) Test Strategy
5 3 (9.38%) Verification and Validation
6 2 (6.25%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (6.25%) Feasibility Study
6 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (6.25%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (6.25%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) C#
1 2 (6.25%) Java
1 2 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (78.13%) Security Cleared
2 23 (71.88%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Degree
5 1 (3.13%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) HNC
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Ansible
1 2 (6.25%) SCCM
1 2 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) IBM
1 4 (12.50%) Sparx