Principal Systems Engineer
UK
The median Principal Systems Engineer daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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 19 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 520 | 705 | 841 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +185 | +136 | -172 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Principal Systems Engineer | 66 | 11 | 14 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.15% | 0.018% | 0.016% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.16% | 0.019% | 0.016% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £622 | £520 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £624 | £520 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £725 | £573 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.24% | +26.64% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £800 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £701 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £800 | £675 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +18.52% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 61 | 4 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £50.00 | £51.54 | £52.57 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.50 | £52.06 | £56.33 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.50 | £60.69 | £63.23 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.93% | -4.01% | +5.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.16 | £65.00 | £69.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.86 | - | £72.88 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.27 | £60.69 | £63.23 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.83% | -4.01% | +34.52% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 40,501 | 57,364 | 85,821 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.76% | 94.55% | 95.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,442 | 40,011 | 60,276 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £748 | £750 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £493 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.40% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,615 | 1,620 | 2,120 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.25 | £19.33 | £15.47 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.22% | +95.65% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.77 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £36.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.12% | +117.95% | +2.63% |
Principal Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Principal Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Principal Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer.
Principal Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer.
Principal Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.
Principal Systems Engineer
Top 12 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +114 | 54 | - | - | 29 |
| England | +159 | 53 | - | - | 36 |
| South East | +29 | 20 | - | - | 10 |
| South West | +34 | 11 | - | - | 10 |
| East of England | - | 9 | - | - | 5 |
| Work from Home | +131 | 7 | £600 | - | 11 |
| Scotland | - | 6 | - | - | |
| London | +112 | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| Midlands | - | 5 | - | - | 4 |
| West Midlands | - | 5 | - | - | 1 |
| North of England | +40 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| North West | +25 | 3 | - | - | 2 |
Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Principal 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 featuring Principal Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Principal Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: