Senior System Engineer
UK
The median Senior System Engineer daily rate in the UK is £470, 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 | 508 | 533 | 652 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +25 | +119 | +164 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer | 12 | 49 | 66 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.041% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.044% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 13 | 32 |
| 10th Percentile | £424 | - | £412 |
| 25th Percentile | £452 | £425 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.52% | -4.55% | +22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £563 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | - | £675 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £650 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.81% | +5.00% | +7.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 22 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £67.25 | - | £62.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £68.75 | £39.96 | £63.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £72.50 | £47.50 | £67.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +52.63% | -29.63% | +54.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £78.13 | £70.66 | £71.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.75 | £75.00 | £72.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £72.50 | £47.50 | £60.63 |
| % change year-on-year | +52.63% | -21.65% | +42.65% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 27,084 | 40,415 | 56,464 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.78% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,692 | 26,309 | 39,470 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £492 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.46% | -1.60% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,035 | 2,664 | 1,570 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.07 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.42 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.37% | -19.07% | +91.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £39.55 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.20% | -6.94% | +117.95% |
Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer.
Senior Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Senior Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer.
Senior Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Senior Systems Engineer
Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the UK 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 |
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| England | +27 | 11 | £475 | -9.52% | 172 |
| UK excluding London | +28 | 8 | £650 | +23.81% | 147 |
| Work from Home | +28 | 5 | £465 | -11.52% | 72 |
| East of England | +32 | 3 | £675 | - | 13 |
| North of England | +15 | 3 | - | - | 27 |
| North West | +13 | 3 | - | - | 23 |
| South West | +40 | 2 | £625 | - | 33 |
| London | +34 | 2 | £463 | +2.78% | 39 |
| South East | +30 | 1 | - | - | 54 |
Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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: