System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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 9 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 234 | 385 | 510 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +151 | +125 | +11 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 452 | 329 | 377 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.04% | 0.59% | 0.43% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.12% | 0.63% | 0.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 102 | 163 | 245 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £352 | £318 |
| 25th Percentile | £370 | £448 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £520 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.46% | +4.00% | +19.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £656 | £570 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £750 | £625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +5.26% | +18.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 201 | 85 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.96 | £47.05 | £17.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £47.83 | £52.50 | £33.09 |
| Median hourly rate | £59.44 | £61.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.35% | +36.67% | -5.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.50 | £68.75 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.75 | £70.00 | £60.44 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £60.00 | £57.42 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.50% | +27.59% | -2.39% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 40,232 | 52,519 | 83,570 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.87% | 94.52% | 95.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,887 | 36,654 | 58,907 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +6.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +8.68% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,899 | 1,488 | 1,954 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.39 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +80.00% | +16.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.88 | £65.75 | £49.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.33 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +7.17% |
Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer.
Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.
Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Engineer.
Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.
Systems Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 9 June 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 |
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| England | +166 | 403 | £450 | -13.46% | 540 |
| UK excluding London | +128 | 366 | £450 | -10.00% | 503 |
| South East | +33 | 90 | £450 | -7.69% | 136 |
| South West | +46 | 87 | £650 | +48.57% | 101 |
| Work from Home | +78 | 82 | £475 | -5.00% | 188 |
| East of England | +47 | 68 | £197 | -57.46% | 59 |
| North of England | +73 | 65 | £430 | -10.65% | 86 |
| London | +59 | 65 | £455 | -24.25% | 72 |
| North West | +50 | 50 | - | - | 49 |
| Midlands | +29 | 25 | £450 | -19.10% | 90 |
| Scotland | +55 | 24 | £450 | +9.09% | 42 |
| West Midlands | +18 | 17 | £450 | -30.77% | 47 |
| North East | - | 10 | - | - | 16 |
| East Midlands | +14 | 8 | £488 | +9.55% | 43 |
| Wales | +13 | 7 | £425 | -29.17% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +13 | 5 | £430 | +244.00% | 23 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 June 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 featuring Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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