Systems Engineer Contracts in London

System Engineer
England > London

The median System Engineer daily rate in London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 332 406
Rank change year-on-year +19 +74 +74
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 40 59 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.32% 0.33% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.35% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 40 68
10th Percentile £355 £313 £421
25th Percentile £400 £397 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £459 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% -23.50% +16.00%
75th Percentile £550 £547 £700
90th Percentile £750 £676 £798
England median daily rate £475 £488 £520
% change year-on-year -2.56% -6.25% +7.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - - £26.00
25th Percentile - £45.30 £32.50
Median hourly rate - £48.65 £43.34
Median % change year-on-year - +12.26% +16.66%
75th Percentile - £53.79 £54.17
90th Percentile - - £60.67
England median hourly rate £55.00 £58.25 £60.35
% change year-on-year -5.58% -3.48% +35.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in London

Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineer in London

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineer in London

Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineer in London

Systems Engineer
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Central London -2 3 £345 -25.51% 5
West London +5 1 £250 -50.00% 9
South London - 1 - - 2
Systems Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 London region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (30.00%) VMware
2 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
3 9 (22.50%) SQL
3 9 (22.50%) Linux
3 9 (22.50%) Python
3 9 (22.50%) Azure
4 8 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (17.50%) Windows
5 7 (17.50%) Finance
5 7 (17.50%) AWS
5 7 (17.50%) Ansible
6 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (15.00%) Agile
6 6 (15.00%) Degree
6 6 (15.00%) DNS
6 6 (15.00%) ITIL
7 5 (12.50%) Unix
7 5 (12.50%) SQL Server
7 5 (12.50%) TCP/IP
7 5 (12.50%) Cisco
7 5 (12.50%) Red Hat
7 5 (12.50%) Configuration Management
7 5 (12.50%) Information Security
7 5 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (12.50%) Validation
7 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 5 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 5 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 3 (7.50%) Skype for Business
2 1 (2.50%) IIS
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.50%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) CANalyzer
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 9 (22.50%) Azure
2 7 (17.50%) AWS
3 3 (7.50%) GCP
3 3 (7.50%) GitHub
3 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (5.00%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (5.00%) SaaS
4 2 (5.00%) Serverless
5 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.50%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.50%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) DNS
2 5 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 4 (10.00%) DHCP
4 3 (7.50%) Skype
4 3 (7.50%) VoIP
5 2 (5.00%) HTTP
5 2 (5.00%) HTTPS
5 2 (5.00%) Network Security
5 2 (5.00%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (5.00%) SSH
5 2 (5.00%) VLAN
5 2 (5.00%) Wireless
6 1 (2.50%) Broadband
6 1 (2.50%) Firewall
6 1 (2.50%) FTP
6 1 (2.50%) J1939
6 1 (2.50%) SAN
6 1 (2.50%) VPN
6 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.50%) MySQL
3 2 (5.00%) MariaDB
4 1 (2.50%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (2.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Git
2 1 (2.50%) GitLab
2 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Finance
3 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Electronics
4 1 (2.50%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.50%) Marketing
4 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (5.00%) FHIR
1 2 (5.00%) JSON
1 2 (5.00%) RESTful
1 2 (5.00%) XML
2 1 (2.50%) Classic ASP
2 1 (2.50%) ODBC
2 1 (2.50%) REST
2 1 (2.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Security Posture
2 3 (7.50%) PKI
3 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.00%) PACS
3 2 (5.00%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (2.50%) CAN bus
4 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.50%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.50%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.50%) NHS
4 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.50%) SCADA
4 1 (2.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (2.50%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 9 (22.50%) Linux
2 7 (17.50%) Windows
3 5 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (12.50%) Unix
4 4 (10.00%) VMS
5 3 (7.50%) CentOS
5 3 (7.50%) Ubuntu
6 2 (5.00%) Mac OS
6 2 (5.00%) SUSE
7 1 (2.50%) Android
7 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
7 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.00%) Agile
1 6 (15.00%) ITIL
1 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (12.50%) CI/CD
2 5 (12.50%) Configuration Management
2 5 (12.50%) Information Security
2 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
2 5 (12.50%) Service Delivery
2 5 (12.50%) Validation
3 4 (10.00%) Containerisation
3 4 (10.00%) Data Protection
3 4 (10.00%) DevOps
4 3 (7.50%) Change Management
4 3 (7.50%) Computer Science
4 3 (7.50%) Incident Management
4 3 (7.50%) ITSM
4 3 (7.50%) Problem Management
4 3 (7.50%) Security Management
4 3 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (7.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) Python
1 9 (22.50%) SQL
2 4 (10.00%) Perl
2 4 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (7.50%) Bash
4 2 (5.00%) C#
4 2 (5.00%) C++
4 2 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.50%) C
5 1 (2.50%) Embedded C
5 1 (2.50%) Embedded C++
5 1 (2.50%) Java
5 1 (2.50%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Degree
2 4 (10.00%) CCIE
2 4 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) AWS Certification
4 2 (5.00%) CCNP
4 2 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.00%) ISSEP
4 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (5.00%) RHCSA
5 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.50%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) NIST
2 3 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.00%) DICOM
3 2 (5.00%) HL7
3 2 (5.00%) SLA
4 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.50%) GDPR
4 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 8 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (10.00%) Docker
4 3 (7.50%) KVM
4 3 (7.50%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.50%) BitLocker
6 1 (2.50%) iptables
6 1 (2.50%) vSphere
6 1 (2.50%) XenApp
6 1 (2.50%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) Ansible
2 4 (10.00%) Puppet
3 3 (7.50%) Kubernetes
3 3 (7.50%) SCCM
4 2 (5.00%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (5.00%) Progress Chef
4 2 (5.00%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (2.50%) Functional Safety
5 1 (2.50%) Grafana
5 1 (2.50%) Graylog
5 1 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.50%) Plesk
5 1 (2.50%) SCOrch
5 1 (2.50%) SELinux
5 1 (2.50%) Terraform
5 1 (2.50%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 12 (30.00%) VMware
2 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.50%) Cisco
3 5 (12.50%) Red Hat
4 4 (10.00%) Citrix
5 2 (5.00%) Bloomberg
5 2 (5.00%) Ericsson
5 2 (5.00%) Fortinet
5 2 (5.00%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.50%) Apple
6 1 (2.50%) F5
6 1 (2.50%) Google
6 1 (2.50%) IBM
6 1 (2.50%) Netskope
6 1 (2.50%) Qualys
6 1 (2.50%) Remedy
6 1 (2.50%) Reuters
6 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.50%) Siemens
6 1 (2.50%) Splunk