System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer daily rate in the UK is £481 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 280 | 396 | 536 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +116 | +140 | -42 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 368 | 356 | 337 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.85% | 0.60% | 0.38% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.92% | 0.63% | 0.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 104 | 180 | 214 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £358 | £307 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £445 | £401 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £481 | £516 | £493 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.78% | +4.82% | +15.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £631 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £725 | £654 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +11.11% | +11.80% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 168 | 92 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.55 | £47.50 | £17.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £45.90 | £53.75 | £31.84 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.50 | £61.50 | £43.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.50% | +41.38% | -8.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.25 | £68.75 | £54.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.25 | £70.00 | £57.88 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £59.00 | £60.00 | £44.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.67% | +34.83% | -5.32% |
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 | 40,172 | 56,583 | 84,829 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,161 | 39,538 | 59,512 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £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 | £731 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.93% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,642 | 1,585 | 2,099 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.27 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.83 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.38% | +95.65% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.55% |
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 27 April 2024.
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 27 April 2024.
Systems Engineer
Top 16 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 27 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 |
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| England | +130 | 315 | £500 | -3.85% | 468 |
| UK excluding London | +107 | 284 | £500 | - | 423 |
| Work from Home | +75 | 85 | £475 | +1.06% | 157 |
| South East | +25 | 76 | £525 | +10.53% | 114 |
| South West | +43 | 75 | £600 | +11.89% | 93 |
| London | +71 | 58 | £459 | -23.50% | 69 |
| North of England | +62 | 43 | £430 | -17.11% | 52 |
| East of England | +39 | 43 | £350 | -24.32% | 56 |
| North West | +38 | 33 | - | - | 38 |
| Scotland | +45 | 24 | £450 | +12.85% | 24 |
| Midlands | +9 | 16 | £450 | -6.01% | 90 |
| West Midlands | +23 | 14 | £543 | -13.20% | 58 |
| Wales | +13 | 7 | £425 | -29.17% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +23 | 6 | £430 | -18.10% | 11 |
| North East | - | 4 | - | - | 3 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 2 | £300 | -32.58% | 32 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 27 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 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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