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Systems engineering contracts in the South East

18 open Systems engineering contracts in the South East, typically £465–£575 a day.

Open contracts
18
Typical day rate
£465–£575Median £515, from 14 contracts stating a rate
Outside IR35
25%of the 8 that state a status

At the median £515 a day over 220 working days, you'd take home about £71,490 a year outside IR35, or £67,775 inside IR35. Work out your own take-home pay

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18 contracts found

  1. Technical Business Analyst - Synthetics / ITEA / TLS)Hybrid

    Leading organisation in the defence and security sector

    £488–£516/day£65–£69/hrIR35 not stated

    Reading · SC clearance · Posted 41 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • Business analysis
    • Stakeholder management
    • Audit
  2. Systems EngineerHybrid

    NATS

    £500–£550/dayIR35 not stated

    Fareham · 6 months · SC clearance · Posted 35 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • Process improvement
    • Stakeholder management
    • Data analysis
    • Jira / Confluence
    • +1 more
  3. Network EngineerHybrid

    Leading technology organisation

    £450–£550/dayIR35 not stated

    South East · 6 months · Posted 33 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • Network engineering
    • Firewalls
    • DNS
    • Observability / monitoring
    • +7 more
  4. Senior Systems EngineerHybrid

    Complex software-enabled systems development

    £375–£506/day£50–£67/hrInside IR35

    New Malden · 12 months · Posted 25 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • Requirements gathering
    • Safety-critical systems
    • Performance testing

    2 adverts

  5. Principal Systems EngineerOn site

    Defence and security sector company

    £450–£608/day£60–£81/hrIR35 not stated

    Cowes · Posted 21 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • Mechanical engineering
    • Agile
    • CATIA
    • Health and safety
    • +4 more
  6. Senior Hardware Systems EngineerOn site

    Leading engineering team

    £450–£455/day£60–£61/hrInside IR35

    Portsmouth · 12 months · Posted 18 days ago

    • Systems engineering

    2 adverts

  7. Enterprise Architect - Software EngineeringHybrid

    Digital Engineering programme

    Rate not statedIR35 not stated

    Reading · 6 months · SC clearance · Posted 14 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • Enterprise architecture
    • Business architecture
    • TOGAF
    • Azure
    • +2 more
  8. Enterprise Architect - Synthetics, ITEA & TLSHybrid

    Digital Engineering programme (Synthetics, ITEA & TLS)

    Rate not statedIR35 not stated

    Reading · 6 months · SC clearance · Posted 14 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • Enterprise architecture
    • Business architecture
    • TOGAF
    • Azure
    • +2 more
  9. Autonomy Solution ArchitectHybrid

    Defence and security sector company

    £750–£825/day£100–£110/hrOutside IR35

    Fareham · Posted 14 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • Solution architecture
    • Safety-critical systems
    • Cyber security
    • C++
  10. Systems EngineerOn site

    Market-leading Defence and Aerospace company

    £600/day£80/hrInside IR35

    Portsmouth · 6 months · Posted 12 days ago

    • Systems engineering
  11. Systems EngineerHybrid

    Aerospace and defence organisation

    £600/day£80/hrInside IR35

    South East · 6 months · DV clearance · Posted 8 days ago

    • Systems engineering
  12. Principal Systems EngineerOn site

    BAE Systems

    £587/day£78/hrIR35 not stated

    Portsmouth · 12 months · Posted 7 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • Requirements gathering
    • Stakeholder management

    2 adverts

  13. Mechanical Product Delivery ManagerHybrid

    Aerospace and defence programmes

    Rate not statedIR35 not stated

    Reading · Posted 7 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • Mechanical engineering
    • CAD
    • Project management
    • Vendor management
    • +3 more
  14. Teamcenter PLM Technical Consultant

    Complex engineering environment

    £488–£525/day£65–£70/hrIR35 not stated

    Reading · 3 months · Posted 7 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • C#
    • .NET
    • C++
    • SQL
    • +4 more
  15. Quality System Engineer

    Business requiring NADCAP implementation

    £263/day£35/hrOutside IR35

    Witney · 3 months · Posted 7 days ago

    • Systems engineering
  16. Principal Thermal Mechanical EngineerHybrid

    Defence/radar technology developer

    Rate not statedIR35 not stated

    Cowes · SC clearance · Posted 7 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • Mechanical engineering
  17. Systems Engineer - EMC/TEMPESTOn site

    Defence and Aerospace company

    £525/day£70/hrInside IR35

    Portsmouth · 6 months · DV clearance · Posted 6 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • Safety-critical systems
    • Stakeholder management
  18. Systems EngineerOn site

    Defence and aerospace company

    £450/day£60/hrInside IR35

    Portsmouth · 6 months · DV clearance · Posted 6 days ago

    • Systems engineering
    • NEC contracts
    • Business analysis

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