System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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 10 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 258 | 387 | 527 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +129 | +140 | -26 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 378 | 352 | 334 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.88% | 0.61% | 0.38% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.95% | 0.64% | 0.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 99 | 173 | 218 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £352 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £445 | £411 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £520 | £483 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.65% | +7.77% | +13.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £650 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £640 | £748 | £629 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +11.11% | +8.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 171 | 91 | 40 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.55 | £47.50 | £17.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.32 | £53.34 | £23.76 |
| 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 | £54.02 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.25 | £70.00 | £56.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £59.00 | £60.00 | £44.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.67% | +34.08% | -3.14% |
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 | 39,888 | 54,783 | 83,316 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.76% | 94.63% | 95.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,953 | 38,247 | 58,493 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £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 | 2,674 | 1,534 | 2,048 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.34 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.02% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
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 10 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 10 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 10 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 | +111 | 326 | £494 | -5.05% | 520 |
| UK excluding London | +102 | 295 | £488 | -2.50% | 464 |
| Work from Home | +68 | 84 | £475 | +1.06% | 169 |
| South West | +49 | 81 | £600 | +23.39% | 90 |
| South East | +24 | 78 | £500 | +11.11% | 126 |
| London | +66 | 60 | £459 | -23.50% | 75 |
| East of England | +38 | 47 | £350 | -24.32% | 67 |
| North of England | +60 | 42 | £430 | -16.10% | 75 |
| North West | +42 | 32 | - | - | 44 |
| Scotland | +54 | 25 | £450 | +9.09% | 24 |
| Midlands | +15 | 15 | £543 | +13.32% | 96 |
| West Midlands | +14 | 14 | £543 | -16.54% | 56 |
| Wales | +14 | 7 | £425 | -29.17% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | +22 | 6 | £430 | +32.31% | 25 |
| North East | - | 4 | - | - | 8 |
| East Midlands | +15 | 1 | - | - | 40 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 10 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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