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 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 190 261 382
Rank change year-on-year +71 +121 +4
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 215 177 133
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.02% 0.78% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 0.87% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 83 77
10th Percentile £346 £500 £420
25th Percentile £488 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% +8.57%
75th Percentile £614 £611 £625
90th Percentile £630 £700 £708
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% +4.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 47 23
10th Percentile £46.91 £48.09 £44.68
25th Percentile £60.31 £56.05 £50.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £64.54
Median % change year-on-year +13.82% -4.71% +29.08%
75th Percentile £75.00 £71.88 £77.70
90th Percentile £76.86 £83.11 £96.18
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +13.82% -1.60% +25.00%

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 17,473 20,238 27,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.84% 89.10% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,285 13,877 19,070
10th Percentile £250 £260 £245
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £585
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,170 1,255 1,342
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.68 £12.48
25th Percentile £15.40 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £74.92 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 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
South East +38 59 £525 -8.70% 86
South West -13 55 £600 +6.67% 92
North of England +51 41 £577 -3.92% 65
East of England +29 37 £300 - 55
North West +24 25 £577 -3.92% 47
North East +30 18 - - 8
Midlands +25 15 £550 +4.76% 53
West Midlands +15 11 £550 +2.33% 35
Scotland +42 8 £590 +32.47% 33
East Midlands +13 4 - - 18
Yorkshire +12 1 - - 11
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 (0.47%) Confluence
1 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (2.33%) Simulink
2 2 (0.93%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.93%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (7.44%) Azure
2 10 (4.65%) AWS
3 5 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.47%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.98%) Ethernet
2 9 (4.19%) DNS
3 8 (3.72%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.26%) DHCP
5 5 (2.33%) 4G
5 5 (2.33%) 5G
5 5 (2.33%) Network Security
5 5 (2.33%) WAN
6 4 (1.86%) Firewall
7 3 (1.40%) VoIP
8 2 (0.93%) 3G
8 2 (0.93%) GPRS
8 2 (0.93%) Internet
9 1 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.47%) LAN
9 1 (0.47%) RS-485
9 1 (0.47%) SCCP
9 1 (0.47%) SNMP
9 1 (0.47%) VoLTE
9 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 34 (15.81%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (5.58%) JIRA
2 12 (5.58%) Rational Rhapsody
3 9 (4.19%) Git
4 4 (1.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.93%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.47%) GitLab
6 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
General
1 29 (13.49%) Electronics
2 26 (12.09%) Telecoms
3 24 (11.16%) Social Skills
4 22 (10.23%) Finance
5 21 (9.77%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (3.26%) Marketing
8 6 (2.79%) Military
8 6 (2.79%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.40%) Legal
11 1 (0.47%) Advertising
11 1 (0.47%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Aviation
11 1 (0.47%) Law
Job Titles
1 72 (33.49%) Systems Engineer
2 40 (18.60%) Lead
3 36 (16.74%) Principal Engineer
4 35 (16.28%) Architect
5 31 (14.42%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 29 (13.49%) Systems Architect
7 28 (13.02%) Network Architect
8 25 (11.63%) Senior
9 21 (9.77%) Lead Architect
10 18 (8.37%) Software Engineer
11 16 (7.44%) Consultant
12 14 (6.51%) Integration Engineer
12 14 (6.51%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 10 (4.65%) Ada Engineer
13 10 (4.65%) Ada Software Engineer
13 10 (4.65%) Project Manager
14 8 (3.72%) Embedded Engineer
14 8 (3.72%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 7 (3.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 7 (3.26%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.19%) PyTorch
1 9 (4.19%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.47%) Keycloak
2 1 (0.47%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.49%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (9.30%) Robotics
3 15 (6.98%) Analogue Electronics
4 5 (2.33%) Algorithms
4 5 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.86%) Clustering
6 3 (1.40%) FPGA
7 2 (0.93%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.93%) VHDL
8 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.47%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.63%) Windows
2 17 (7.91%) Unix
3 14 (6.51%) Linux
4 10 (4.65%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (21.40%) Validation
2 37 (17.21%) Software Engineering
3 30 (13.95%) UML
4 28 (13.02%) Network Management
4 28 (13.02%) Requirements Management
5 25 (11.63%) Customer Requirements
5 25 (11.63%) Verification and Validation
6 24 (11.16%) DevOps
7 21 (9.77%) Strategic Thinking
8 19 (8.84%) Project Management
9 16 (7.44%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (7.44%) Visualisation
10 15 (6.98%) Design for Manufacturing
10 15 (6.98%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 15 (6.98%) Prototyping
10 15 (6.98%) SysML
11 14 (6.51%) Agile
11 14 (6.51%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (6.05%) ITIL
12 13 (6.05%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.58%) C#
2 11 (5.12%) MATLAB
2 11 (5.12%) Python
2 11 (5.12%) SQL
3 10 (4.65%) Ada
3 10 (4.65%) C
4 7 (3.26%) Java
4 7 (3.26%) PL/SQL
5 5 (2.33%) C++
6 4 (1.86%) F#
7 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.47%) Rust
Qualifications
1 87 (40.47%) Security Cleared
2 77 (35.81%) SC Cleared
3 55 (25.58%) Degree
4 14 (6.51%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.05%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.26%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.93%) CISSP
7 2 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (0.47%) CLAS
8 1 (0.47%) PhD
8 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.47%) PMP
8 1 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.72%) QA
2 7 (3.26%) NIST
2 7 (3.26%) PCI DSS
3 5 (2.33%) NCSC
4 2 (0.93%) HAZOP
4 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.93%) SLA
5 1 (0.47%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.47%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 8 (3.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (3.26%) VMware ESXi
2 7 (3.26%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.86%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.40%) Firmware
5 2 (0.93%) Docker
5 2 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.93%) vSphere
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (6.05%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.72%) SCCM
3 7 (3.26%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.40%) IBM BigFix
4 3 (1.40%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.47%) Ansible
5 1 (0.47%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (6.98%) IBM
2 11 (5.12%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.12%) VMware
3 7 (3.26%) Avaloq
3 7 (3.26%) Veeam
4 6 (2.79%) Sparx
5 4 (1.86%) Oracle
6 3 (1.40%) EMC
6 3 (1.40%) Remedy
6 3 (1.40%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.93%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.93%) Xilinx
8 1 (0.47%) CA
8 1 (0.47%) Citrix
8 1 (0.47%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.47%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.47%) SAP
8 1 (0.47%) Twitter