Systems Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

System Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median System Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 251 347
Rank change year-on-year +115 +96 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 339 196 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.63% 0.86% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 0.91% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 85 103
10th Percentile £279 £313 £275
25th Percentile £350 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +11.80%
75th Percentile £566 £575 £550
90th Percentile £635 £645 £575
UK median daily rate £450 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -12.20% +2.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 60 34
10th Percentile £39.96 £48.24 £17.00
25th Percentile £49.00 £52.41 £18.24
Median hourly rate £59.44 £59.90 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% +33.11% -2.39%
75th Percentile £71.50 £65.75 £54.57
90th Percentile £76.75 £70.00 £57.32
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £61.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -6.50% +36.67% -5.12%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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 West +40 86 £650 +48.57% 91
South East +24 86 £500 +5.26% 126
North of England +65 59 £430 -10.65% 92
East of England +38 58 £197 -57.46% 62
North West +53 45 - - 49
Scotland +52 24 £450 +9.09% 36
Midlands +22 19 £450 -12.20% 90
West Midlands +17 16 £450 -30.77% 48
North East - 8 - - 14
Wales +13 7 £425 -29.17% 10
Yorkshire +20 6 £430 +244.00% 32
East Midlands +8 3 - - 42
Systems Engineer
UK

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 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 UK excluding London region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 71 (20.94%) Security Cleared
2 66 (19.47%) Systems Engineering
3 58 (17.11%) SC Cleared
4 55 (16.22%) Aerospace
5 41 (12.09%) Validation
6 39 (11.50%) Degree
7 33 (9.73%) Verification and Validation
8 29 (8.55%) Rational DOORS
9 27 (7.96%) Military
10 24 (7.08%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (7.08%) Social Skills
10 24 (7.08%) Customer Requirements
11 23 (6.78%) Agile
11 23 (6.78%) Windows
12 21 (6.19%) MATLAB
12 21 (6.19%) Software Engineering
13 20 (5.90%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 18 (5.31%) Master's Degree
14 18 (5.31%) Azure
14 18 (5.31%) Automotive
14 18 (5.31%) Microsoft
15 17 (5.01%) DV Cleared
16 16 (4.72%) Simulink
17 15 (4.42%) Python
17 15 (4.42%) Unix
18 14 (4.13%) SysML
18 14 (4.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 14 (4.13%) UML
18 14 (4.13%) Data Centre
19 13 (3.83%) Linux

Systems Engineer Skill Set
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 4 (1.18%) Confluence
1 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.29%) MTS
2 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (4.72%) Simulink
2 5 (1.47%) Stateflow
2 5 (1.47%) TargetLink
3 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (2.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 18 (5.31%) Azure
2 6 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (1.47%) Entra ID
4 2 (0.59%) AWS
4 2 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (0.59%) IaaS
5 1 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.29%) PaaS
5 1 (0.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.65%) Firewall
1 9 (2.65%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.47%) SAN
2 5 (1.47%) VLAN
3 4 (1.18%) Network Security
3 4 (1.18%) VoIP
3 4 (1.18%) VPN
3 4 (1.18%) WAAS
4 3 (0.88%) 4G
4 3 (0.88%) 5G
4 3 (0.88%) DHCP
4 3 (0.88%) DWDM
4 3 (0.88%) LAN
4 3 (0.88%) WAN
4 3 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.59%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.59%) Internet
5 2 (0.59%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.59%) NAS
5 2 (0.59%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.59%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 29 (8.55%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (1.77%) Git
3 5 (1.47%) Bitbucket
3 5 (1.47%) JIRA
3 5 (1.47%) Subversion
4 4 (1.18%) TestRail
5 2 (0.59%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.29%) GitLab
6 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
General
1 55 (16.22%) Aerospace
2 27 (7.96%) Military
3 24 (7.08%) Social Skills
4 18 (5.31%) Automotive
5 12 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (2.65%) Electronics
7 8 (2.36%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (2.36%) Finance
7 8 (2.36%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.36%) Marketing
8 7 (2.06%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.88%) Aviation
10 3 (0.88%) Avionics
10 3 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.59%) French Language
11 2 (0.59%) Law
11 2 (0.59%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (0.59%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.47%) ISPF
2 2 (0.59%) Middleware
3 1 (0.29%) .NET
3 1 (0.29%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.29%) Keycloak
3 1 (0.29%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.29%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.13%) Data Centre
2 11 (3.24%) Algorithms
3 9 (2.65%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.47%) Digital Signage
4 5 (1.47%) Mainframe
4 5 (1.47%) SCADA
5 4 (1.18%) Clustering
5 4 (1.18%) LPAR
5 4 (1.18%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.59%) CCTV
7 2 (0.59%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.59%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.59%) FPGA
7 2 (0.59%) Life Science
7 2 (0.59%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.59%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.29%) FMCG
8 1 (0.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.78%) Windows
2 15 (4.42%) Unix
3 13 (3.83%) Linux
4 5 (1.47%) zOS
5 4 (1.18%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.59%) Android
6 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.59%) VMS
6 2 (0.59%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.29%) Debian
7 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (19.47%) Systems Engineering
2 41 (12.09%) Validation
3 33 (9.73%) Verification and Validation
4 24 (7.08%) Customer Requirements
4 24 (7.08%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (6.78%) Agile
6 21 (6.19%) Software Engineering
7 20 (5.90%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 14 (4.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (4.13%) SysML
8 14 (4.13%) UML
9 12 (3.54%) Requirements Management
9 12 (3.54%) Risk Management
10 11 (3.24%) Customer Engagement
10 11 (3.24%) Functional Testing
11 10 (2.95%) ITIL
11 10 (2.95%) Project Management
11 10 (2.95%) Requirements Analysis
12 9 (2.65%) Software Testing
12 9 (2.65%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.19%) MATLAB
2 15 (4.42%) Python
3 11 (3.24%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.95%) C
5 5 (1.47%) JCL
6 4 (1.18%) Java
6 4 (1.18%) REXX
6 4 (1.18%) Shell Script
6 4 (1.18%) SQL
7 3 (0.88%) CLIST
8 2 (0.59%) C#
8 2 (0.59%) C++
8 2 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.59%) Rust
9 1 (0.29%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.29%) Bash
9 1 (0.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 71 (20.94%) Security Cleared
2 58 (17.11%) SC Cleared
3 39 (11.50%) Degree
4 18 (5.31%) Master's Degree
5 17 (5.01%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.77%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (1.18%) HNC
8 4 (1.18%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.59%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.59%) CCNA
10 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.59%) CISSP
10 2 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.59%) MCSE
10 2 (0.59%) PhD
10 2 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.06%) PCI DSS
2 6 (1.77%) DO-160
2 6 (1.77%) ISO 26262
3 5 (1.47%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (1.47%) MISRA
3 5 (1.47%) MISRA C
3 5 (1.47%) QA
4 3 (0.88%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.59%) SLA
6 1 (0.29%) ARP4754
6 1 (0.29%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.29%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (3.24%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.47%) Firmware
2 5 (1.47%) Time Sharing Option
2 5 (1.47%) vSphere
3 4 (1.18%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 4 (1.18%) Microcode
3 4 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) ACF2
6 1 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.29%) RACF
6 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.29%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.47%) vCenter Server
2 4 (1.18%) Dell DRAC
2 4 (1.18%) Nagios
2 4 (1.18%) SCCM
2 4 (1.18%) SCOM
3 2 (0.59%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.29%) Ansible
4 1 (0.29%) Check_MK
4 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.29%) OMEGAMON
4 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (5.31%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.54%) VMware
3 8 (2.36%) Sparx
4 7 (2.06%) IBM
5 5 (1.47%) Cisco
6 4 (1.18%) Dell
7 3 (0.88%) EMC
7 3 (0.88%) Siemens
7 3 (0.88%) Thales
8 2 (0.59%) Apple
8 2 (0.59%) BMC
8 2 (0.59%) FireEye
8 2 (0.59%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.59%) SAP
8 2 (0.59%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.59%) Splunk
8 2 (0.59%) Tanium
9 1 (0.29%) Broadcom
9 1 (0.29%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle