System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer daily rate in the UK is £485, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 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 6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 347 | 230 | 375 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -117 | +145 | +130 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 203 | 435 | 345 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.64% | 1.00% | 0.61% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.69% | 1.08% | 0.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 73 | 96 | 170 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £313 | £357 |
| 25th Percentile | £414 | £363 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £485 | £450 | £523 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.78% | -13.88% | +4.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £563 | £659 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £638 | £777 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £439 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.96% | -12.25% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 53 | 184 | 92 |
| 10th Percentile | £45.24 | £39.96 | £41.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £51.25 | £47.83 | £51.83 |
| Median hourly rate | £56.04 | £61.25 | £61.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.51% | +0.25% | +25.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.75 | £71.50 | £68.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.79 | £76.75 | £72.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £56.24 | £65.00 | £56.49 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.48% | +15.06% | +12.98% |
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 | 29,294 | 40,276 | 53,656 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.97% | 93.01% | 94.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,671 | 25,908 | 37,253 |
| 10th Percentile | £287 | £285 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +1.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.65% | -1.40% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,326 | 2,804 | 1,565 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.36 | £16.65 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.45 | £37.50 | £43.63 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.47% | -14.05% | +74.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.25 | £62.96 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.25 | £74.00 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | - | +100.00% |
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 6 July 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 6 July 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 6 July 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 | -90 | 184 | £505 | +12.22% | 1,558 |
| UK excluding London | -86 | 145 | £500 | +13.96% | 1,178 |
| Work from Home | -16 | 40 | £500 | +4.17% | 561 |
| London | +14 | 39 | £525 | +14.38% | 457 |
| East of England | -2 | 39 | £550 | +179.54% | 141 |
| South West | -8 | 28 | £551 | -8.13% | 202 |
| South East | -20 | 26 | £575 | +27.78% | 358 |
| North of England | -29 | 26 | £422 | - | 203 |
| North West | -17 | 22 | £424 | - | 133 |
| Midlands | +1 | 20 | £350 | -17.65% | 182 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 11 | £75 | -84.62% | 75 |
| West Midlands | -4 | 9 | £425 | - | 107 |
| Scotland | -5 | 6 | £469 | +99.47% | 80 |
| North East | -9 | 3 | £325 | - | 19 |
| Yorkshire | +5 | 1 | - | - | 53 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 July 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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