System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 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 17 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 253 | 387 | 529 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +134 | +142 | -39 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 381 | 342 | 339 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.89% | 0.60% | 0.39% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.96% | 0.64% | 0.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 95 | 170 | 218 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £337 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £513 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.32% | +2.50% | +17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £650 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £645 | £739 | £629 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +11.11% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 172 | 89 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.55 | £47.50 | £17.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.16 | £54.17 | £26.18 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.50 | £61.50 | £44.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.50% | +38.20% | -6.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.25 | £68.75 | £54.92 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.15 | £70.50 | £58.59 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £59.00 | £60.00 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.67% | +33.33% | -2.17% |
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 | 39,532 | 53,805 | 83,473 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.79% | 94.61% | 95.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,714 | 37,580 | 58,666 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.82% | +2.90% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,672 | 1,503 | 2,037 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.29 | £19.30 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer.
Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.
Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer.
Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.
Systems Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 17 May 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 |
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| England | +133 | 328 | £500 | -2.44% | 537 |
| UK excluding London | +115 | 298 | £500 | - | 505 |
| Work from Home | +78 | 83 | £475 | +1.06% | 183 |
| South West | +31 | 81 | £600 | +23.39% | 103 |
| South East | +21 | 77 | £525 | +16.67% | 130 |
| London | +57 | 59 | £459 | -25.06% | 84 |
| East of England | +34 | 48 | £197 | -51.57% | 64 |
| North of England | +55 | 45 | £430 | -10.65% | 83 |
| North West | +38 | 34 | - | - | 50 |
| Scotland | +61 | 25 | £450 | +9.09% | 37 |
| Midlands | +20 | 15 | £543 | +13.32% | 92 |
| West Midlands | +22 | 14 | £543 | -16.54% | 50 |
| Wales | +17 | 7 | £425 | -30.61% | 21 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 6 | £430 | +244.00% | 27 |
| North East | - | 5 | - | - | 8 |
| East Midlands | +6 | 1 | - | - | 42 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 17 May 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 featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.
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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:
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