Senior Systems Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Senior System Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior System Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 326 447 609
Rank change year-on-year +121 +162 -132
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer 18 24 14
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.094% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.098% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 11
10th Percentile - £483 £365
25th Percentile £488 £525 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% +20.00%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £575
90th Percentile - £600 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 0
10th Percentile - £61.38 -
25th Percentile £39.96 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £42.91 £65.85 -
Median % change year-on-year -34.83% - -
75th Percentile £45.87 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £51.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £67.50 £43.60
% change year-on-year -29.63% +54.83% +23.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,262 24,476 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.36% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,547 17,287 30,849
10th Percentile £325 £356 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 563 608
10th Percentile £14.34 £18.50 £13.21
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.98 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

Senior Systems Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Senior Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Systems Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Senior Systems Engineer.

Senior Systems Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Senior Systems Engineer.

Senior Systems Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Senior 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 7 (38.89%) Windows
3 6 (33.33%) ITIL
3 6 (33.33%) Unix
3 6 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 6 (33.33%) Finance
3 6 (33.33%) Validation
3 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (33.33%) Requirements Management
3 6 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
3 6 (33.33%) Marketing
3 6 (33.33%) Degree
3 6 (33.33%) UML
3 6 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (33.33%) PCI DSS
3 6 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 6 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 6 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 6 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 6 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 6 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (33.33%) Budgeting
4 1 (5.56%) VoIP
4 1 (5.56%) Network Security
4 1 (5.56%) ArchiMate

Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) 4G
1 1 (5.56%) 5G
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
1 1 (5.56%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 6 (33.33%) Finance
1 6 (33.33%) Marketing
1 6 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Unix
3 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 6 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 6 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 6 (33.33%) ITIL
2 6 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 6 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 6 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 6 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 6 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 6 (33.33%) UML
2 6 (33.33%) Validation
2 6 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (5.56%) MODAF
3 1 (5.56%) Network Management
3 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (5.56%) SysML
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
1 6 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 6 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Sparx