Senior System Engineer
UK
The median Senior System Engineer daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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 23 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 541 | 644 | 822 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +103 | +178 | -157 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer | 50 | 63 | 40 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.10% | 0.045% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.11% | 0.047% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 30 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £408 | £276 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £500 | £405 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +22.22% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £595 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £675 | £675 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £465 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | +7.53% | +3.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 22 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £62.50 | £35.53 |
| 25th Percentile | £39.96 | £63.44 | £38.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £47.50 | £67.50 | £43.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.63% | +54.83% | +23.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.66 | £71.56 | £50.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £64.88 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £47.50 | £60.63 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.65% | +42.65% | +49.12% |
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 | 40,491 | 57,026 | 85,241 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.76% | 94.56% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,430 | 39,779 | 59,788 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,635 | 1,621 | 2,118 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.36 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.50 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.11% | +95.65% | +0.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.99 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.63% |
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
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 23 April 2024.
Senior Systems Engineer
Top 13 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 23 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +79 | 43 | £525 | +5.00% | 68 |
| England | +122 | 42 | £525 | -4.55% | 80 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 19 | £525 | -4.55% | 34 |
| South East | +24 | 17 | £525 | +5.00% | 26 |
| South West | +26 | 8 | - | - | 9 |
| London | +91 | 7 | £450 | -18.18% | 16 |
| North of England | +37 | 7 | - | - | 7 |
| North West | +23 | 7 | - | - | 6 |
| Wales | +16 | 5 | - | - | |
| Scotland | +36 | 3 | £450 | -10.00% | 3 |
| Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 17 |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 10 |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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: