Systems Engineer Contracts in Berkshire

System Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median System Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 June 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
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 98 123
Rank change year-on-year -4 +25 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 17 19 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.86% 1.04% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 1.10% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 11
10th Percentile £326 £327 £380
25th Percentile £347 £365 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -11.11% +33.33%
75th Percentile £422 £407 £500
90th Percentile £439 £531 £575
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +44.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £69.40 - -
25th Percentile £74.50 £48.40 -
Median hourly rate £83.00 £51.48 -
Median % change year-on-year +61.23% - -
75th Percentile £91.50 £54.56 -
90th Percentile £96.60 - -
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £56.24 £45.00
% change year-on-year +24.76% +24.97% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,839 1,726 2,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 94.78% 95.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 933 1,074 1,461
10th Percentile £269 £325 £231
25th Percentile £413 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £705 £650
South East median daily rate £509 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.80% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 57 37
10th Percentile £19.00 £17.34 £13.00
25th Percentile £42.00 £23.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £58.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% +179.76% -1.29%
75th Percentile £76.12 £74.25 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.61 £73.50
South East median hourly rate £49.00 £50.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -2.00% +138.10% -16.00%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in Berkshire

Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineer in Berkshire

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineer in Berkshire

Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineer in Berkshire

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineer in Berkshire

Systems Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Reading -6 15 £388 -3.13% 8
Systems Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 Berkshire region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 6 (35.29%) DV Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) SCADA
4 3 (17.65%) Project Management
4 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) Tanium
5 2 (11.76%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (11.76%) Sparx
5 2 (11.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Operational Technology
5 2 (11.76%) Coaching
5 2 (11.76%) FireEye
5 2 (11.76%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 2 (11.76%) LTE
5 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
5 2 (11.76%) SolarWinds
5 2 (11.76%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (11.76%) ADSL
5 2 (11.76%) GSM
5 2 (11.76%) LAN
5 2 (11.76%) WAN
5 2 (11.76%) VMS
5 2 (11.76%) IBM
5 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
5 2 (11.76%) DSL
5 2 (11.76%) CCTV
5 2 (11.76%) Requirements Management
5 2 (11.76%) Windows
6 1 (5.88%) Linux

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (11.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) ADSL
1 2 (11.76%) DSL
1 2 (11.76%) GSM
1 2 (11.76%) LAN
1 2 (11.76%) LTE
1 2 (11.76%) WAN
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Electronics
2 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) SCADA
2 2 (11.76%) CCTV
2 2 (11.76%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (11.76%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) VMS
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Debian
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Project Management
2 2 (11.76%) Coaching
2 2 (11.76%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
2 2 (11.76%) Requirements Management
3 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (5.88%) IT Strategy
3 1 (5.88%) Network Management
3 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (5.88%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (5.88%) Validation
3 1 (5.88%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Bash
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 6 (35.29%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Slurm Workload Manager
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) FireEye
1 2 (11.76%) IBM
1 2 (11.76%) SolarWinds
1 2 (11.76%) Sparx
1 2 (11.76%) Tanium
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Red Hat