Systems Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

System Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median System Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 267 331
Rank change year-on-year -3 +64 +174
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 32 85 140
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.55% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.59% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 32 73
10th Percentile £313 £300 £317
25th Percentile £420 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% +1.06% +3.30%
75th Percentile £571 £563 £575
90th Percentile £639 £620 £670
UK median daily rate £469 £475 £513
% change year-on-year -1.32% -7.32% +6.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 30 32
10th Percentile £34.95 £39.96 £47.50
25th Percentile £48.00 £40.90 £50.94
Median hourly rate £61.38 £48.29 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.10% -25.71% +108.00%
75th Percentile £70.31 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.13 £72.75 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £61.50
% change year-on-year -4.35% -6.50% +44.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 9,291 14,382 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 93.53% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,357 9,618 17,416
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.73% +2.81%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 573 564
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.30 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.22 £23.25 £26.19
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.25% -20.00% +91.86%

Systems Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Systems Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Systems Engineer.

Systems Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Systems Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Systems Engineer.

Systems Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Systems Engineer hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (28.13%) Azure
2 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.00%) VMware
3 7 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
5 5 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (15.63%) Windows
5 5 (15.63%) Linux
5 5 (15.63%) SharePoint
5 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (15.63%) TCP/IP
6 4 (12.50%) DNS
6 4 (12.50%) Python
6 4 (12.50%) DHCP
6 4 (12.50%) Configuration Management
6 4 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (12.50%) Ansible
7 3 (9.38%) Containerisation
7 3 (9.38%) Systems Engineering
7 3 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (9.38%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
7 3 (9.38%) Progress Chef
7 3 (9.38%) IaaS
7 3 (9.38%) Data Quality
7 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (9.38%) GitHub

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (15.63%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Kondor
1 1 (3.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (3.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) AWS
2 3 (9.38%) GitHub
2 3 (9.38%) IaaS
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (9.38%) PaaS
2 3 (9.38%) SaaS
3 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) TCP/IP
2 4 (12.50%) DHCP
2 4 (12.50%) DNS
2 4 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (9.38%) SSH
4 1 (3.13%) Firewall
4 1 (3.13%) Network Security
4 1 (3.13%) SAN
4 1 (3.13%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (3.13%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (6.25%) MariaDB
2 2 (6.25%) MongoDB
3 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
1 1 (3.13%) MagicDraw
1 1 (3.13%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
2 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Military
2 2 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (3.13%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (6.25%) Mainframe
2 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.13%) Clustering
3 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.13%) PKI
3 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Linux
1 5 (15.63%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) CentOS
2 2 (6.25%) MVS
2 2 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (6.25%) SUSE
2 2 (6.25%) Ubuntu
2 2 (6.25%) Unix
3 1 (3.13%) Android
3 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (12.50%) Configuration Management
3 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (9.38%) Containerisation
3 3 (9.38%) ITIL
3 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
3 3 (9.38%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (6.25%) Analytics
4 2 (6.25%) Budget Management
4 2 (6.25%) Change Management
4 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (6.25%) Data Analytics
4 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (6.25%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (6.25%) People Management
4 2 (6.25%) Roadmaps
4 2 (6.25%) Software Testing
4 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (6.25%) UML
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) Python
2 3 (9.38%) Bash
2 3 (9.38%) Perl
3 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.25%) REXX
3 2 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) Degree
4 2 (6.25%) CCNA
4 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (6.25%) MCP
5 1 (3.13%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.13%) VCAP
5 1 (3.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.25%) Def Stans
3 1 (3.13%) IEC 61508
3 1 (3.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.25%) Docker
3 1 (3.13%) BitLocker
3 1 (3.13%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.13%) VMware NSX
3 1 (3.13%) vSphere
3 1 (3.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Ansible
2 3 (9.38%) Progress Chef
2 3 (9.38%) Puppet
3 2 (6.25%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (6.25%) Kubernetes
3 2 (6.25%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (6.25%) SCCM
4 1 (3.13%) Backup Exec
4 1 (3.13%) Functional Safety
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (3.13%) NetBackup
4 1 (3.13%) PowerCLI
4 1 (3.13%) PTC Integrity
4 1 (3.13%) SCOrch
4 1 (3.13%) Terraform
4 1 (3.13%) vCenter Server
4 1 (3.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (25.00%) VMware
2 3 (9.38%) Cisco
2 3 (9.38%) Red Hat
3 2 (6.25%) Broadcom
3 2 (6.25%) Citrix
3 2 (6.25%) IBM
4 1 (3.13%) Apple
4 1 (3.13%) Bloomberg
4 1 (3.13%) Dell
4 1 (3.13%) HP
4 1 (3.13%) NetApp
4 1 (3.13%) Nexthink
4 1 (3.13%) PTC
4 1 (3.13%) Refinitiv
4 1 (3.13%) Remedy
4 1 (3.13%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) Sparx
4 1 (3.13%) Sybase
4 1 (3.13%) Tanium