Systems Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

System Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median System Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 258 328 486
Rank change year-on-year +70 +158 -47
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer 83 128 133
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.56% 0.52% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.54% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 67 103
10th Percentile £290 £308 £328
25th Percentile £369 £419 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% +9.09%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £549
90th Percentile £625 £675 £574
UK median daily rate £467 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -8.88% +2.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 30 3
10th Percentile £39.96 £47.50 £20.00
25th Percentile £41.85 £53.44 £25.63
Median hourly rate £48.29 £65.85 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.66% +88.13% -12.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £70.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £72.50 - £45.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £61.50 £44.60
% change year-on-year -6.50% +37.91% -6.12%

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 13,766 23,608 42,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.27% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,304 16,691 30,789
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 541 595
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.71 £19.45
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +50.00% +45.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.19 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Systems Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Systems Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Systems 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 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 a work from home option citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

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 20 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (25.30%) Windows
1 21 (25.30%) Systems Engineering
2 18 (21.69%) Security Cleared
3 15 (18.07%) SC Cleared
4 12 (14.46%) Social Skills
5 11 (13.25%) Rational DOORS
5 11 (13.25%) Validation
6 10 (12.05%) Aerospace
6 10 (12.05%) Linux
6 10 (12.05%) Customer Requirements
7 9 (10.84%) Requirements Management
7 9 (10.84%) Risk Management
7 9 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (10.84%) Finance
8 8 (9.64%) Automotive
8 8 (9.64%) Unix
8 8 (9.64%) ITIL
8 8 (9.64%) Active Directory
8 8 (9.64%) Requirements Analysis
8 8 (9.64%) Degree
9 7 (8.43%) Verification and Validation
9 7 (8.43%) Master's Degree
9 7 (8.43%) Microsoft
9 7 (8.43%) UML
9 7 (8.43%) Electronics
10 6 (7.23%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (7.23%) Marketing
10 6 (7.23%) PCI DSS
10 6 (7.23%) Customer Engagement
10 6 (7.23%) Collaborative Working

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 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.20%) CICS
3 1 (1.20%) Confluence
3 1 (1.20%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (3.61%) InVision
1 3 (3.61%) Sketch
2 1 (1.20%) CATIA
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.02%) Azure
2 4 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.61%) IaaS
4 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.20%) Boomi
4 1 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.20%) Figma
4 1 (1.20%) GitHub
4 1 (1.20%) iPaaS
4 1 (1.20%) OCI
4 1 (1.20%) PaaS
4 1 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.82%) DNS
1 4 (4.82%) WAAS
2 3 (3.61%) 4G
2 3 (3.61%) 5G
2 3 (3.61%) DWDM
2 3 (3.61%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.41%) DHCP
3 2 (2.41%) Firewall
3 2 (2.41%) Network Security
3 2 (2.41%) VoIP
3 2 (2.41%) VPN
4 1 (1.20%) NaaS
4 1 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.20%) MySQL
2 1 (1.20%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.20%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 11 (13.25%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (2.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.20%) JIRA
3 1 (1.20%) TestRail
General
1 12 (14.46%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.05%) Aerospace
3 9 (10.84%) Finance
4 8 (9.64%) Automotive
5 7 (8.43%) Electronics
6 6 (7.23%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (7.23%) Marketing
6 6 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (6.02%) Military
8 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.41%) Banking
9 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.41%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.20%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) ISPF
2 2 (2.41%) .NET
2 2 (2.41%) .NET Core
2 2 (2.41%) Middleware
3 1 (1.20%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.82%) Mainframe
2 3 (3.61%) LPAR
3 2 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.41%) PKI
4 1 (1.20%) Digital Signage
4 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.20%) FMCG
4 1 (1.20%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (1.20%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (25.30%) Windows
2 10 (12.05%) Linux
3 8 (9.64%) Unix
4 4 (4.82%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.82%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.61%) zOS
6 1 (1.20%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.30%) Systems Engineering
2 11 (13.25%) Validation
3 10 (12.05%) Customer Requirements
4 9 (10.84%) Requirements Management
4 9 (10.84%) Risk Management
4 9 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (9.64%) ITIL
5 8 (9.64%) Requirements Analysis
6 7 (8.43%) UML
6 7 (8.43%) Verification and Validation
7 6 (7.23%) Budgeting
7 6 (7.23%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (7.23%) Customer Engagement
7 6 (7.23%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (7.23%) Process Improvement
7 6 (7.23%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (7.23%) Test Strategy
8 5 (6.02%) Agile
9 4 (4.82%) Change Control
9 4 (4.82%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.23%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.61%) CLIST
2 3 (3.61%) JCL
2 3 (3.61%) Python
2 3 (3.61%) REXX
3 2 (2.41%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.41%) SQL
4 1 (1.20%) MATLAB
4 1 (1.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 18 (21.69%) Security Cleared
2 15 (18.07%) SC Cleared
3 8 (9.64%) Degree
4 7 (8.43%) Master's Degree
5 6 (7.23%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (3.61%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.20%) HNC
7 1 (1.20%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.41%) Automotive SPICE
2 2 (2.41%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (2.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 2 (2.41%) GDPR
3 1 (1.20%) NCSC
3 1 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 8 (9.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.61%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 3 (3.61%) Microcode
2 3 (3.61%) Time Sharing Option
2 3 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.41%) Terminal Services
3 2 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.41%) vSphere
4 1 (1.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 1 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (6.02%) SCCM
2 3 (3.61%) Ansible
3 2 (2.41%) Terraform
4 1 (1.20%) Check_MK
4 1 (1.20%) Cilium
4 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 7 (8.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.02%) IBM
3 3 (3.61%) Siemens
3 3 (3.61%) VMware
4 2 (2.41%) Axway
4 2 (2.41%) EMC
4 2 (2.41%) Oracle
4 2 (2.41%) Sparx
5 1 (1.20%) Cisco
5 1 (1.20%) Citrix
5 1 (1.20%) Dell
5 1 (1.20%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.20%) HP
5 1 (1.20%) IBM Sterling
5 1 (1.20%) Juniper
5 1 (1.20%) Meraki
5 1 (1.20%) Remedy
5 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.20%) Splunk
5 1 (1.20%) Sybase