Systems Support Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

System Support Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median System Support Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £329 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 467 610
Rank change year-on-year +128 +143 -140
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support Engineer 7 5 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.046% 0.019% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.020% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 12
10th Percentile £207 £453 £260
25th Percentile £250 £456 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £329 £475 £350
Median % change year-on-year -30.79% +35.71% -
75th Percentile £412 £494 -
90th Percentile £457 £498 -
UK median daily rate £488 £493 £350
% change year-on-year -1.02% +40.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £46.39 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.70 £21.67 £17.64
% change year-on-year +133.94% +22.85% -34.74%

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 14,287 24,650 42,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.33% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,551 17,415 30,835
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +2.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £748 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 564 611
10th Percentile £14.27 £18.50 £13.12
25th Percentile £22.84 £26.19 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%

Systems Support Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Systems Support Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Support 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 Systems Support Engineer.

Systems Support Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Systems Support Engineer over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Systems Support Engineer daily rate histogram 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 28 April 2024, 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 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) Customer Experience
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (57.14%) Data Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Workflow
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
4 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) MySQL
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix
4 1 (14.29%) VMware
4 1 (14.29%) Firewall
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making

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 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MySQL
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) Customer Experience
2 4 (57.14%) Data Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Workflow
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
1 1 (14.29%) VMware