System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 May 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 8 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 364 | 264 | 378 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -100 | +114 | +161 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 165 | 373 | 353 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.57% | 0.86% | 0.60% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.61% | 0.93% | 0.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 71 | 97 | 175 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £308 | £353 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £435 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £459 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.49% | -10.44% | +6.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £575 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £643 | £733 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £480 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.54% | -2.50% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 40 | 170 | 90 |
| 10th Percentile | £44.59 | £39.55 | £47.43 |
| 25th Percentile | £50.31 | £46.29 | £54.27 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £57.50 | £61.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -6.50% | +41.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.37 | £71.25 | £68.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.50 | £76.25 | £70.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | £59.22 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.13% | -1.30% | +34.08% |
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 | 26,930 | 40,005 | 55,472 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.50% | 92.75% | 94.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,553 | 26,036 | 38,744 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,045 | 2,664 | 1,555 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.75 | £36.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.23% | -18.89% | +90.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £76.15 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £40.00 | £42.26 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.25% | -5.35% | +116.50% |
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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -55 | 152 | £475 | -1.30% | 853 |
| UK excluding London | -84 | 107 | £480 | -1.54% | 759 |
| London | +30 | 38 | £493 | +7.30% | 164 |
| East of England | +18 | 31 | £550 | +57.14% | 118 |
| Work from Home | -11 | 30 | £463 | -2.63% | 398 |
| North of England | +5 | 27 | £418 | -2.79% | 143 |
| North West | +4 | 23 | £422 | - | 89 |
| South East | -11 | 20 | £700 | +36.59% | 229 |
| South West | -21 | 17 | £551 | -8.13% | 131 |
| Midlands | +15 | 12 | £275 | -38.89% | 111 |
| West Midlands | +6 | 7 | £275 | -49.31% | 72 |
| East Midlands | +13 | 5 | £75 | -75.00% | 35 |
| North East | -4 | 3 | £325 | - | 13 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 1 | - | - | 45 |
| Scotland | -7 | 1 | £500 | +11.11% | 41 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 8 May 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.
|
|
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||