Systems Engineer Contracts in the East of England

System Engineer
England > East of England

The median System Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £197, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 99 132
Rank change year-on-year +50 +33 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 70 19 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.57% 0.98% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.01% 1.07% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £70 £361 £334
25th Percentile £113 £397 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £197 £463 £438
Median % change year-on-year -57.46% +5.71% +9.38%
75th Percentile £293 £471 £531
90th Percentile £342 £472 £565
England median daily rate £450 £516 £500
% change year-on-year -12.83% +3.25% +22.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 7 10
10th Percentile £39.55 £42.20 £42.21
25th Percentile £40.85 £54.38 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.75 - £63.85
England median hourly rate £60.00 £57.50 £49.84
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.37% +8.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 1,745 1,777 2,348
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.08% 91.27% 92.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 747 1,110 1,410
10th Percentile £206 £195 £185
25th Percentile £306 £322 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.47% - +15.15%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 613 247 342
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £43.00 £41.80 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.87% +138.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £74.75 £71.66 £60.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineer in the East of England

Systems Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bedfordshire +21 26 - - 11
Hertfordshire +17 25 - - 20
Cambridgeshire +6 13 £197 - 8
Essex +9 6 - - 8
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 12 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 East of England region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (24.29%) Aerospace
1 17 (24.29%) Systems Engineering
2 15 (21.43%) SC Cleared
2 15 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 9 (12.86%) Software Engineering
4 7 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
4 7 (10.00%) MATLAB
4 7 (10.00%) Degree
4 7 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
5 6 (8.57%) Validation
6 5 (7.14%) DevOps
6 5 (7.14%) Algorithms
6 5 (7.14%) Product Backlog
6 5 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (7.14%) Sprint Review
6 5 (7.14%) Electronics
6 5 (7.14%) Requirements Engineering
6 5 (7.14%) Azure
6 5 (7.14%) Signal Processing
7 4 (5.71%) Image Processing
7 4 (5.71%) Clustering
7 4 (5.71%) Automotive
7 4 (5.71%) Python
7 4 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (5.71%) Model Validation
8 3 (4.29%) RS-485
8 3 (4.29%) Master's Degree
8 3 (4.29%) Rust
8 3 (4.29%) Social Skills
8 3 (4.29%) Verification and Validation

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.14%) Azure
1 5 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.29%) RS-485
2 1 (1.43%) Extranet
2 1 (1.43%) Firewall
2 1 (1.43%) VPN
Development Applications
1 7 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 17 (24.29%) Aerospace
2 5 (7.14%) Electronics
3 4 (5.71%) Automotive
4 3 (4.29%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.86%) Finance
5 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.86%) Marketing
5 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.43%) Advertising
6 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.14%) Algorithms
2 4 (5.71%) Clustering
3 3 (4.29%) Data Structures
3 3 (4.29%) FPGA
4 2 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.43%) FMCG
5 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (24.29%) Systems Engineering
2 9 (12.86%) Software Engineering
3 7 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (8.57%) Validation
5 5 (7.14%) DevOps
5 5 (7.14%) Product Backlog
5 5 (7.14%) Requirements Engineering
5 5 (7.14%) Signal Processing
5 5 (7.14%) Sprint Review
6 4 (5.71%) Image Processing
6 4 (5.71%) Model Validation
6 4 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (4.29%) Agile
7 3 (4.29%) Computer Science
7 3 (4.29%) Verification and Validation
8 2 (2.86%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (2.86%) OO
8 2 (2.86%) Programme Management
8 2 (2.86%) Project Management
8 2 (2.86%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.00%) MATLAB
2 4 (5.71%) Python
3 3 (4.29%) C#
3 3 (4.29%) Rust
4 1 (1.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 15 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 7 (10.00%) Degree
3 3 (4.29%) Master's Degree
3 3 (4.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.43%) DO-160
Vendors
1 2 (2.86%) EMC
1 2 (2.86%) IBM
1 2 (2.86%) SAP
2 1 (1.43%) Cisco
2 1 (1.43%) Palo Alto
2 1 (1.43%) Salesforce