System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer daily rate in the UK is £469, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 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 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 358 | 279 | 391 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -79 | +112 | +145 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 164 | 370 | 353 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.56% | 0.85% | 0.59% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.61% | 0.91% | 0.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 72 | 105 | 180 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £313 | £358 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £445 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £469 | £475 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.32% | -7.32% | +6.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £566 | £563 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £686 | £638 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £480 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 38 | 169 | 91 |
| 10th Percentile | £43.90 | £39.55 | £47.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £51.48 | £45.90 | £53.34 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £57.50 | £61.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -6.50% | +44.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.12 | £71.25 | £68.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.50 | £76.25 | £70.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | £59.00 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.78% | -1.67% | +37.93% |
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 | 27,050 | 40,453 | 56,471 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.79% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,687 | 26,352 | 39,474 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £409 | £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 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.55% | -1.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,031 | 2,658 | 1,569 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.51 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.07 | £36.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.25% | -20.00% | +91.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.75 | £38.50 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.32% | -9.41% | +117.95% |
Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer.
Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer.
Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Systems Engineer
Top 15 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 | -70 | 151 | £475 | -5.00% | 654 |
| UK excluding London | -76 | 106 | £480 | -4.00% | 578 |
| London | +15 | 38 | £475 | +3.49% | 121 |
| Work from Home | -3 | 32 | £481 | +1.32% | 327 |
| East of England | +21 | 31 | £550 | +57.14% | 67 |
| North of England | +15 | 30 | £422 | -1.86% | 108 |
| North West | +4 | 26 | £424 | - | 62 |
| South East | -14 | 19 | £700 | +33.33% | 148 |
| South West | -13 | 17 | £551 | -8.13% | 97 |
| Midlands | +17 | 9 | £238 | -47.22% | 113 |
| West Midlands | +7 | 5 | £275 | -49.31% | 80 |
| East Midlands | +12 | 4 | £75 | -75.00% | 32 |
| North East | -1 | 3 | £325 | - | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +10 | 1 | - | - | 38 |
| Scotland | -14 | 1 | £500 | +11.11% | 40 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 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 featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.
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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:
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