Systems Engineer Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

System Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median System Engineer daily rate in Yorkshire is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 81 98
Rank change year-on-year -52 +17 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 8 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.37% 0.33% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.36% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £505 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - £430
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.50%
75th Percentile £515 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £490 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £46.50 - £55.00
75th Percentile £47.25 - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £59.20 £55.65 £57.50
% change year-on-year +6.39% -3.23% -6.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,974 833 1,635
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 92.97% 91.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,286 534 1,010
10th Percentile £302 £220 £213
25th Percentile £400 £350 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £472 £458
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +3.11% -12.81%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £564
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 29 58
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.04 £11.16
25th Percentile £16.57 £17.08 £12.32
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.14 £13.98
Median % change year-on-year +24.21% +58.37% -39.87%
75th Percentile £56.63 £24.18 £23.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £52.53 £53.75
England median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% -22.27%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Systems Engineer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire

Systems Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 March 2026. 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
South Yorkshire -52 4 £510 - 2
West Yorkshire -26 2 - - 8
North Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
Systems Engineer
England

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 9 March 2026, Systems Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (50.00%) NetApp
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) Alibaba
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) CCNA
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) IaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 1 (12.50%) Meraki
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) PaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
3 1 (12.50%) SCCM
3 1 (12.50%) SharePoint

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) IaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
General
1 4 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (12.50%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CCNA
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 4 (50.00%) NetApp
1 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Alibaba
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) Meraki
3 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
3 1 (12.50%) Veeam
3 1 (12.50%) VMware