Systems Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

System Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median System Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 246 343
Rank change year-on-year +98 +97 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 298 202 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.47% 0.88% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.59% 0.93% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 89 93
10th Percentile £261 £313 £275
25th Percentile £386 £400 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +8.33% +11.80%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £550
90th Percentile £635 £640 £575
UK median daily rate £459 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -10.44% +2.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 63 34
10th Percentile £39.96 £47.08 £17.00
25th Percentile £48.71 £52.50 £18.24
Median hourly rate £59.00 £60.00 £46.88
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +27.99% +1.47%
75th Percentile £71.50 £65.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £70.00 £58.51
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £61.50 £44.60
% change year-on-year -6.50% +37.91% -6.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,731 21,611 29,386
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,452 15,051 20,618
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,272 1,106 1,459
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.36
25th Percentile £15.74 £18.04 £14.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%

Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Engineer in the UK excluding London

Systems Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 May 2024. 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 West +41 80 £650 +33.68% 98
South East +23 77 £525 +16.67% 159
East of England +40 49 £197 -51.57% 84
North of England +56 46 £430 -10.65% 89
North West +48 35 - - 57
Scotland +55 24 £450 +9.09% 39
Midlands +13 15 £543 +13.32% 101
West Midlands +13 14 £543 -16.54% 54
Wales +16 7 £425 -30.61% 23
Yorkshire +23 6 £430 +244.00% 26
North East - 5 - - 8
East Midlands +11 1 - - 47
Systems Engineer
UK

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, 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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 61 (20.47%) Systems Engineering
2 60 (20.13%) Security Cleared
3 50 (16.78%) SC Cleared
4 48 (16.11%) Aerospace
5 41 (13.76%) Validation
6 39 (13.09%) Degree
7 33 (11.07%) Verification and Validation
8 27 (9.06%) Military
9 25 (8.39%) Customer Requirements
10 24 (8.05%) Rational DOORS
11 23 (7.72%) Windows
12 22 (7.38%) Software Engineering
12 22 (7.38%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (7.05%) Social Skills
13 21 (7.05%) MATLAB
14 20 (6.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 19 (6.38%) Agile
16 18 (6.04%) Azure
16 18 (6.04%) Master's Degree
17 17 (5.70%) Microsoft
18 16 (5.37%) Simulink
19 15 (5.03%) Automotive
19 15 (5.03%) Python
19 15 (5.03%) Unix
19 15 (5.03%) UML
20 14 (4.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 14 (4.70%) SysML
20 14 (4.70%) DV Cleared
21 13 (4.36%) Requirements Management
21 13 (4.36%) Risk Management

Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.34%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.01%) Confluence
3 1 (0.34%) MTS
3 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (5.37%) Simulink
2 5 (1.68%) Stateflow
2 5 (1.68%) TargetLink
3 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (2.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 18 (6.04%) Azure
2 6 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (1.68%) Entra ID
4 2 (0.67%) AWS
4 2 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (0.67%) IaaS
5 1 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.34%) PaaS
5 1 (0.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.68%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.35%) Firewall
3 5 (1.68%) SAN
4 4 (1.34%) Network Security
4 4 (1.34%) VLAN
4 4 (1.34%) VoIP
4 4 (1.34%) WAAS
5 3 (1.01%) 4G
5 3 (1.01%) 5G
5 3 (1.01%) DHCP
5 3 (1.01%) DWDM
5 3 (1.01%) LAN
5 3 (1.01%) VPN
5 3 (1.01%) WAN
5 3 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.67%) DNS
6 2 (0.67%) Internet
6 2 (0.67%) RS-232
6 2 (0.67%) RS-485
6 2 (0.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.67%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 24 (8.05%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.01%) Git
3 5 (1.68%) Bitbucket
3 5 (1.68%) Subversion
4 4 (1.34%) JIRA
5 3 (1.01%) LabVIEW
5 3 (1.01%) TestRail
6 1 (0.34%) GitLab
6 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
General
1 48 (16.11%) Aerospace
2 27 (9.06%) Military
3 21 (7.05%) Social Skills
4 15 (5.03%) Automotive
5 12 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (3.02%) Electronics
6 9 (3.02%) Finance
6 9 (3.02%) Marketing
7 8 (2.68%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.35%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (2.35%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.01%) Aviation
11 2 (0.67%) Avionics
11 2 (0.67%) French Language
11 2 (0.67%) Law
11 2 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.67%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (0.67%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.68%) ISPF
2 2 (0.67%) Middleware
3 1 (0.34%) .NET
3 1 (0.34%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.34%) Keycloak
3 1 (0.34%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.34%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.69%) Algorithms
1 11 (3.69%) Data Centre
2 9 (3.02%) Management Information System
3 5 (1.68%) Digital Signage
3 5 (1.68%) Mainframe
3 5 (1.68%) SCADA
4 4 (1.34%) Clustering
4 4 (1.34%) LPAR
4 4 (1.34%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.67%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (0.67%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.67%) FPGA
5 2 (0.67%) Life Science
5 2 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (0.67%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.34%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.34%) FMCG
6 1 (0.34%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.72%) Windows
2 15 (5.03%) Unix
3 12 (4.03%) Linux
4 5 (1.68%) zOS
5 4 (1.34%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.67%) Android
6 2 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.67%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.34%) Debian
7 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (20.47%) Systems Engineering
2 41 (13.76%) Validation
3 33 (11.07%) Verification and Validation
4 25 (8.39%) Customer Requirements
5 22 (7.38%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (7.38%) Software Engineering
6 20 (6.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 19 (6.38%) Agile
8 15 (5.03%) UML
9 14 (4.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (4.70%) SysML
10 13 (4.36%) Requirements Management
10 13 (4.36%) Risk Management
11 12 (4.03%) Customer Engagement
12 11 (3.69%) ITIL
12 11 (3.69%) Requirements Analysis
13 10 (3.36%) Functional Testing
13 10 (3.36%) Project Management
13 10 (3.36%) Software Testing
13 10 (3.36%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.05%) MATLAB
2 15 (5.03%) Python
3 11 (3.69%) C
3 11 (3.69%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.68%) JCL
5 4 (1.34%) Java
5 4 (1.34%) REXX
6 3 (1.01%) C++
6 3 (1.01%) CLIST
6 3 (1.01%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.01%) SQL
7 2 (0.67%) C#
7 2 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.67%) Rust
8 1 (0.34%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.34%) Bash
8 1 (0.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 60 (20.13%) Security Cleared
2 50 (16.78%) SC Cleared
3 39 (13.09%) Degree
4 18 (6.04%) Master's Degree
5 14 (4.70%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.68%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.01%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.01%) HNC
9 3 (1.01%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.67%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.67%) CCNA
10 2 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.67%) CISSP
10 2 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.67%) MCSE
10 2 (0.67%) PhD
10 2 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.68%) PCI DSS
2 6 (2.01%) ISO 26262
3 5 (1.68%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (1.68%) MISRA
3 5 (1.68%) MISRA C
4 3 (1.01%) JSP 440
4 3 (1.01%) QA
5 2 (0.67%) SLA
6 1 (0.34%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.34%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.34%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (3.69%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.68%) Firmware
2 5 (1.68%) Time Sharing Option
2 5 (1.68%) vSphere
3 4 (1.34%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 4 (1.34%) Microcode
3 4 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) ACF2
6 1 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.34%) RACF
6 1 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.34%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.34%) SCCM
1 4 (1.34%) vCenter Server
2 2 (0.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.34%) Ansible
3 1 (0.34%) Check_MK
3 1 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (0.34%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.34%) Nagios
3 1 (0.34%) OMEGAMON
3 1 (0.34%) SCOM
3 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (5.70%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.69%) VMware
3 8 (2.68%) Sparx
4 6 (2.01%) IBM
5 4 (1.34%) Cisco
6 3 (1.01%) EMC
6 3 (1.01%) Siemens
6 3 (1.01%) Thales
7 2 (0.67%) Apple
7 2 (0.67%) BMC
7 2 (0.67%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.67%) SAP
7 2 (0.67%) Splunk
8 1 (0.34%) Broadcom
8 1 (0.34%) Citrix
8 1 (0.34%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.34%) Juniper
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle
8 1 (0.34%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.34%) SolarWinds