Senior System Engineer
UK
The median Senior System Engineer daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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 2 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 526 | 616 | 809 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +90 | +193 | -98 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Systems Engineer | 53 | 68 | 32 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.036% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.038% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 34 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £400 | £285 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £500 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +22.22% | +7.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £619 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £693 | £675 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £380 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | +31.58% | -14.37% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 23 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £62.50 | £27.13 |
| 25th Percentile | £39.96 | £64.38 | £37.76 |
| Median hourly rate | £47.50 | £67.50 | £47.56 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.63% | +41.93% | +34.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.66 | £72.50 | £54.53 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | - | £60.06 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £47.50 | £66.69 | £47.56 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.77% | +40.22% | +66.88% |
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 | 40,001 | 53,325 | 83,708 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.83% | 94.58% | 95.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,880 | 37,256 | 59,003 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +7.69% |
| 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% | +9.45% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,851 | 1,473 | 1,957 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +80.00% | +14.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.60 | £65.75 | £49.41 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.45 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Senior Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer.
Senior Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer.
Senior Systems Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.
Senior Systems Engineer
Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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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| UK excluding London | +72 | 46 | £525 | +5.00% | 68 |
| England | +101 | 45 | £525 | -4.55% | 69 |
| Work from Home | +106 | 19 | £525 | -4.55% | 82 |
| South East | +12 | 16 | £525 | +5.00% | 14 |
| South West | +15 | 8 | - | - | 18 |
| London | +86 | 7 | £450 | -18.18% | 12 |
| North of England | +35 | 7 | - | - | 8 |
| North West | +22 | 7 | - | - | 4 |
| Wales | +20 | 5 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | - | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| Scotland | +42 | 3 | £450 | -10.00% | 10 |
| Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 12 |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 7 |
Senior Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Systems Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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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