System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer daily rate in the UK is £459 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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 4 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 266 | 393 | 533 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +127 | +140 | -29 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 371 | 356 | 339 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.86% | 0.60% | 0.38% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.93% | 0.64% | 0.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 99 | 177 | 216 |
| 10th Percentile | £310 | £355 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £397 | £445 | £409 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £459 | £513 | £483 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.44% | +6.22% | +13.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £569 | £650 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £640 | £730 | £653 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £494 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.27% | +9.72% | +11.80% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 170 | 91 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.55 | £47.50 | £17.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.29 | £54.37 | £29.27 |
| 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 | £54.96 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.25 | £70.00 | £58.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £59.22 | £60.35 | £44.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.87% | +35.62% | -3.47% |
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 | 40,021 | 55,966 | 84,699 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.75% | 94.62% | 95.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,056 | 39,104 | 59,482 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £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 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,666 | 1,571 | 2,084 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.30 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.81 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +89.04% | +5.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.29 | £65.75 | £49.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.26 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.35% | +116.50% | +2.74% |
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 4 May 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 4 May 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 4 May 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 | +108 | 318 | £475 | -7.32% | 534 |
| UK excluding London | +101 | 288 | £488 | -1.27% | 477 |
| Work from Home | +78 | 84 | £475 | +1.06% | 161 |
| South West | +50 | 79 | £600 | +37.14% | 101 |
| South East | +18 | 74 | £513 | +10.81% | 135 |
| London | +70 | 59 | £459 | -23.50% | 79 |
| East of England | +33 | 45 | £350 | -24.32% | 66 |
| North of England | +53 | 42 | £430 | -16.10% | 64 |
| North West | +39 | 32 | - | - | 43 |
| Scotland | +55 | 25 | £450 | +9.09% | 22 |
| Midlands | +18 | 16 | £450 | -6.01% | 100 |
| West Midlands | +20 | 14 | £543 | -16.54% | 60 |
| Wales | +12 | 7 | £425 | -29.17% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +24 | 6 | £430 | +32.31% | 16 |
| North East | - | 4 | - | - | 7 |
| East Midlands | +17 | 2 | £300 | -32.58% | 40 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 May 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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