Systems Support Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

System Support Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median System Support Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 338 472
Rank change year-on-year +36 +134 +147
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support Engineer 2 7 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.046% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.049% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £207 £453
25th Percentile - £250 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £329 £475
Median % change year-on-year +29.28% -30.79% +35.71%
75th Percentile - £412 £494
90th Percentile - £457 £498
UK median daily rate £414 £488 £493
% change year-on-year -15.08% -1.02% +40.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £46.39 -
UK median hourly rate - £50.70 £21.67
% change year-on-year - +133.94% +22.85%

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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
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 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Systems Support Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Systems Support 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 Support Engineer.

Systems Support Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Systems Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Kondor
2 1 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Sybase
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Cash Management
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) SCOrch
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) BitLocker

Systems Support 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
1 1 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cash Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Bloomberg
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Nexthink
1 1 (50.00%) Refinitiv
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy
1 1 (50.00%) Sybase