Systems Engineer Contracts in the City of London

System Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median System Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 168 180
Rank change year-on-year +45 +12 -36
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 6 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.27% 0.11% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.12% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 13
10th Percentile £429 £465 £460
25th Percentile £434 £525 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -21.15% +18.18% +29.41%
75th Percentile £603 £675 -
90th Percentile £654 - £598
Central London median daily rate £463 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -2.63% -13.64% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,111 3,471 3,990
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 95.20% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,503 2,350 3,011
10th Percentile £350 £350 £369
25th Percentile £450 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £792 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £560
% change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 50
10th Percentile £16.46 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.50 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £44.10 £86.65 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the City of London

Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineer in the City of London

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineer in the City of London

Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineer in the City of London

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 City of London region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) Workflow
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Next.js
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (16.67%) React
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) Terraform
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Perl
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Sybase
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (16.67%) Next.js
1 1 (16.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Experience
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Perl
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
1 1 (16.67%) Puppet
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
1 1 (16.67%) Sybase