Systems Engineer Contracts in South Wales

System Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median System Engineer daily rate in South Wales is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 44 48
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 7 11 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.13% 2.29% 3.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.37% 2.41% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 22
10th Percentile - £557 £375
25th Percentile £413 £575 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £613 £550
Median % change year-on-year -30.61% +11.36% +25.71%
75th Percentile £438 £700 £570
90th Percentile - £800 £621
Wales median daily rate £425 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -29.17% +9.09% +25.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 295 456 827
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 94.80% 96.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 348 613
10th Percentile £143 £182 £215
25th Percentile £300 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 26 30
10th Percentile £12.15 £13.00 £11.09
25th Percentile £15.48 £16.98 £12.99
Median hourly rate £20.24 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +11.55% -8.89% +7.62%
75th Percentile £52.50 £21.50 £25.00
90th Percentile £86.36 £49.38 £46.93
Wales median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +17.12%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in South Wales

Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineer in South Wales

Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineer in South Wales

Systems Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Gwent - 6 - -
Newport -2 1 £425 -35.85%
Systems Engineer
Wales

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 South Wales region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (14.29%) VMware
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) vSphere
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) IaaS
1 1 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
1 1 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Terminal Services

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) IaaS
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Terminal Services
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) VMware