Systems Engineering Contracts in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Systems Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 275 393
Rank change year-on-year +78 +118 -18
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 201 174 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.99% 0.76% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.85% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 78 57
10th Percentile £396 £500 £425
25th Percentile £488 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -1.78% +10.58%
75th Percentile £614 £615 £655
90th Percentile £630 £704 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £565 £575
% change year-on-year -2.57% -1.83% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 48 22
10th Percentile £46.91 £48.32 £41.49
25th Percentile £59.38 £56.29 £50.72
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.82% -8.89% +35.00%
75th Percentile £75.04 £70.00 £78.97
90th Percentile £76.86 £80.60 £96.21
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £66.02
% change year-on-year +13.82% -6.85% +32.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Systems Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,140 20,557 27,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 89.47% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,177 18,943
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,258 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
South West -14 57 £575 +3.37% 90
South East +32 55 £525 -4.55% 97
North of England +47 34 £577 -3.92% 52
East of England +31 33 £300 - 52
North West +28 24 £577 -3.92% 42
Midlands +27 14 £550 +4.76% 48
North East - 11 - - 4
West Midlands +21 10 £550 +2.33% 29
Scotland +49 9 £590 +32.47% 27
East Midlands +14 4 £563 +7.14% 19
Yorkshire +13 1 - - 7
Systems Engineering
UK

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.50%) Confluence
1 1 (0.50%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (2.49%) Simulink
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (3.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (6.47%) Azure
2 8 (3.98%) AWS
3 5 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.46%) Ethernet
2 8 (3.98%) DNS
3 7 (3.48%) 4G
3 7 (3.48%) 5G
3 7 (3.48%) DHCP
3 7 (3.48%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.99%) Network Security
5 4 (1.99%) Firewall
5 4 (1.99%) VoIP
5 4 (1.99%) WAN
6 2 (1.00%) 3G
6 2 (1.00%) GPRS
6 2 (1.00%) Internet
7 1 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.50%) LAN
7 1 (0.50%) OpenLDAP
7 1 (0.50%) RS-485
7 1 (0.50%) SCCP
7 1 (0.50%) SNMP
7 1 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.99%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 31 (15.42%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (5.97%) JIRA
3 10 (4.98%) Rational Rhapsody
4 8 (3.98%) Git
5 4 (1.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (1.00%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.00%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.50%) GitLab
7 1 (0.50%) SonarQube
General
1 31 (15.42%) Electronics
2 27 (13.43%) Telecoms
3 26 (12.94%) Social Skills
4 21 (10.45%) Aerospace
5 20 (9.95%) Finance
6 8 (3.98%) Marketing
6 8 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (3.48%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.99%) Military
9 2 (1.00%) Law
10 1 (0.50%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.50%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 61 (30.35%) Systems Engineer
2 38 (18.91%) Lead
3 36 (17.91%) Architect
4 33 (16.42%) Principal Engineer
5 31 (15.42%) Systems Architect
6 29 (14.43%) Network Architect
7 28 (13.93%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 26 (12.94%) Senior
9 21 (10.45%) Lead Architect
10 19 (9.45%) Software Engineer
11 16 (7.96%) Consultant
11 16 (7.96%) Integration Engineer
12 15 (7.46%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 10 (4.98%) Ada Engineer
13 10 (4.98%) Ada Software Engineer
13 10 (4.98%) Validation Engineer
14 9 (4.48%) Project Manager
14 9 (4.48%) Systems Integration Engineer
15 8 (3.98%) Embedded Engineer
15 8 (3.98%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.48%) PyTorch
1 7 (3.48%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.50%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.43%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (7.46%) Analogue Electronics
2 15 (7.46%) Robotics
3 6 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (2.99%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.49%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.99%) Clustering
5 4 (1.99%) FPGA
6 3 (1.49%) VHDL
7 2 (1.00%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.50%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.50%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.50%) GNSS
8 1 (0.50%) PKI
8 1 (0.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 27 (13.43%) Windows
2 18 (8.96%) Unix
3 16 (7.96%) Linux
4 11 (5.47%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (23.88%) Validation
2 40 (19.90%) Software Engineering
3 30 (14.93%) Network Management
4 29 (14.43%) UML
5 28 (13.93%) Requirements Management
6 27 (13.43%) Verification and Validation
7 25 (12.44%) Customer Requirements
8 23 (11.44%) DevOps
9 21 (10.45%) Strategic Thinking
10 15 (7.46%) Agile
10 15 (7.46%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (7.46%) Design for Manufacturing
10 15 (7.46%) ITIL
10 15 (7.46%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 15 (7.46%) Prototyping
10 15 (7.46%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (6.97%) Project Management
11 14 (6.97%) SysML
11 14 (6.97%) Visualisation
12 12 (5.97%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.47%) C#
2 11 (5.47%) C
2 11 (5.47%) SQL
3 10 (4.98%) Ada
3 10 (4.98%) MATLAB
3 10 (4.98%) Python
4 7 (3.48%) Java
4 7 (3.48%) PL/SQL
5 5 (2.49%) C++
6 4 (1.99%) F#
7 1 (0.50%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 83 (41.29%) Security Cleared
2 70 (34.83%) SC Cleared
3 53 (26.37%) Degree
4 15 (7.46%) DV Cleared
5 9 (4.48%) Master's Degree
6 8 (3.98%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.49%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (1.00%) CISSP
8 2 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.50%) CLAS
9 1 (0.50%) PhD
9 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.50%) PMP
9 1 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.98%) PCI DSS
1 8 (3.98%) QA
2 7 (3.48%) NIST
3 6 (2.99%) NCSC
4 2 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.00%) SLA
5 1 (0.50%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.50%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.50%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 7 (3.48%) VMware ESXi
1 7 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (3.48%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.99%) Firmware
3 2 (1.00%) Docker
3 2 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.98%) SCCM
3 7 (3.48%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.49%) IBM BigFix
4 3 (1.49%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.50%) Ansible
5 1 (0.50%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.50%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (5.97%) IBM
2 10 (4.98%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.98%) VMware
3 7 (3.48%) Avaloq
3 7 (3.48%) Sparx
3 7 (3.48%) Veeam
4 4 (1.99%) Oracle
5 3 (1.49%) EMC
5 3 (1.49%) Remedy
5 3 (1.49%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.49%) Xilinx
6 2 (1.00%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.00%) SAP
7 1 (0.50%) CA
7 1 (0.50%) Cisco
7 1 (0.50%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.50%) Juniper
7 1 (0.50%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.50%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.50%) Splunk