Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Central London > City of London
The median Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) daily rate in the City of London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
2 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
118 |
110 |
147 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-8 |
+37 |
+45 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Site Reliability Engineer |
6 |
17 |
25 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London |
0.35% |
0.79% |
0.72% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.38% |
0.83% |
0.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
5 |
15 |
25 |
| 10th Percentile |
£365 |
£599 |
£535 |
| 25th Percentile |
£454 |
£628 |
£625 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£600 |
£680 |
£675 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-11.76% |
+0.74% |
+12.50% |
| 75th Percentile |
£696 |
£710 |
£725 |
| 90th Percentile |
£734 |
- |
£748 |
| Central London median daily rate |
£600 |
£685 |
£663 |
| % change year-on-year |
-12.41% |
+3.40% |
+10.42% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title |
1,585 |
2,053 |
3,296 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
93.57% |
95.22% |
95.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1,001 |
1,430 |
2,238 |
| 10th Percentile |
£355 |
£343 |
£363 |
| 25th Percentile |
£450 |
£450 |
£475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£555 |
£550 |
£600 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+0.91% |
-8.33% |
+6.67% |
| 75th Percentile |
£688 |
£688 |
£725 |
| 90th Percentile |
£775 |
£788 |
£813 |
| Central London median daily rate |
£550 |
£550 |
£600 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-8.33% |
+9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
15 |
14 |
20 |
| 10th Percentile |
£18.70 |
£14.90 |
£15.37 |
| 25th Percentile |
£24.21 |
£20.22 |
£18.03 |
| Median hourly rate |
£28.50 |
£22.75 |
£35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+25.27% |
-35.00% |
-12.50% |
| 75th Percentile |
£46.25 |
£37.34 |
£72.50 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85.50 |
£47.18 |
£88.30 |
| Central London median hourly rate |
£28.15 |
£27.41 |
£35.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.72% |
-21.70% |
-13.58% |
