Systems Engineering Contracts in the South West

Systems Engineering
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 81 150
Rank change year-on-year -13 +69 -44
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 55 87 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.68% 2.57% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 2.89% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 47 14
10th Percentile - £486 -
25th Percentile £525 £516 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £503
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +11.94% -8.64%
75th Percentile £630 £579 £594
90th Percentile - £611 £620
England median daily rate £550 £565 £575
% change year-on-year -2.57% -1.83% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 23 7
10th Percentile - - £46.71
25th Percentile £67.50 £57.25 £53.12
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £64.54
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +2.26% +29.08%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £76.39
90th Percentile £90.00 £89.00 £83.44
England median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +13.82% -1.60% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,686 3,015 3,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.07% 89.10% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,682 2,172 2,330
10th Percentile £238 £313 £300
25th Percentile £401 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 366 317 205
10th Percentile £13.85 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £28.44 £15.40 £23.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £48.74
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +17.97% +8.31%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.31 £69.36
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineering in the South West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineering in the South West

Systems Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Bristol +17 36 £73 -86.82% 48
Dorset +15 14 £600 -14.29% 4
Gloucestershire - 3 £650 - 19
Somerset -2 2 - - 4
Systems Engineering
England

Systems Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (9.09%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.09%) WAN
2 3 (5.45%) 4G
2 3 (5.45%) 5G
2 3 (5.45%) Network Security
2 3 (5.45%) VoIP
3 2 (3.64%) DHCP
3 2 (3.64%) DNS
3 2 (3.64%) Internet
3 2 (3.64%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.82%) LAN
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (3.64%) Artifactory
2 2 (3.64%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 25 (45.45%) Telecoms
2 5 (9.09%) Military
3 3 (5.45%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.45%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.82%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 33 (60.00%) Architect
2 29 (52.73%) Systems Architect
3 28 (50.91%) Network Architect
4 21 (38.18%) Lead
4 21 (38.18%) Lead Architect
5 13 (23.64%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Senior
8 3 (5.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) Developer
9 2 (3.64%) Firmware Developer
9 2 (3.64%) FPGA Developer
9 2 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) Integration Engineer
10 1 (1.82%) DOORS Administrator
10 1 (1.82%) Network Systems Engineer
10 1 (1.82%) Risk Manager
10 1 (1.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 1 (1.82%) Test and Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (43.64%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.64%) FPGA
2 2 (3.64%) VHDL
3 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.09%) Linux
1 5 (9.09%) Windows
2 2 (3.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (3.64%) Unix
2 2 (3.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (49.09%) Network Management
2 21 (38.18%) Strategic Thinking
3 12 (21.82%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 11 (20.00%) ArchiMate
4 11 (20.00%) SysML
5 10 (18.18%) MODAF
5 10 (18.18%) UML
6 9 (16.36%) Customer Requirements
6 9 (16.36%) DevOps
7 7 (12.73%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (12.73%) Information Assurance
8 6 (10.91%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (10.91%) ITIL
9 4 (7.27%) Configuration Management
9 4 (7.27%) Validation
10 3 (5.45%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (5.45%) Security Hardening
11 2 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 2 (3.64%) Security Monitoring
11 2 (3.64%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.64%) C#
1 2 (3.64%) Java
Qualifications
1 44 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 40 (72.73%) SC Cleared
3 24 (43.64%) Degree
4 6 (10.91%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) NCSC
2 2 (3.64%) NIST
3 1 (1.82%) Def Stans
System Software
1 2 (3.64%) Docker
1 2 (3.64%) Firmware
1 2 (3.64%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (3.64%) VMware NSX
1 2 (3.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.64%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.64%) SCCM
1 2 (3.64%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (9.09%) Sparx
2 4 (7.27%) VMware
3 2 (3.64%) Atlassian
3 2 (3.64%) IBM
3 2 (3.64%) Veeam
3 2 (3.64%) Xilinx
4 1 (1.82%) CA