System Engineer
UK
The median System Engineer daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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 3 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 243 | 377 | 512 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +134 | +135 | +9 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Engineer | 428 | 334 | 371 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.00% | 0.59% | 0.42% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.08% | 0.63% | 0.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 98 | 165 | 240 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £343 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £445 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £513 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.20% | +2.50% | +17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £650 | £569 |
| 90th Percentile | £641 | £745 | £625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +11.11% | +11.80% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 192 | 85 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.59 | £47.50 | £17.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £47.47 | £52.50 | £26.77 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.50 | £61.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.50% | +36.67% | -5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.25 | £68.75 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.15 | £71.50 | £60.44 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £59.72 | £59.90 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.30% | +33.11% | -3.43% |
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 | 39,794 | 53,311 | 84,183 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.84% | 94.58% | 95.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,730 | 37,248 | 59,348 |
| 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% | +7.64% |
| 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% | +9.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,844 | 1,473 | 1,970 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.83 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £24.46 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +83.97% | +12.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.60 | £65.75 | £49.37 |
| 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% | +6.20% |
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 3 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 3 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 3 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 | +151 | 379 | £450 | -12.20% | 554 |
| UK excluding London | +124 | 344 | £450 | -10.00% | 522 |
| South East | +29 | 88 | £500 | +5.26% | 144 |
| South West | +47 | 87 | £650 | +48.57% | 101 |
| Work from Home | +83 | 82 | £450 | -7.69% | 179 |
| London | +72 | 63 | £450 | -25.00% | 67 |
| North of England | +69 | 60 | £430 | -10.65% | 92 |
| East of England | +42 | 59 | £197 | -57.46% | 69 |
| North West | +42 | 45 | - | - | 50 |
| Scotland | +61 | 24 | £450 | +9.09% | 40 |
| Midlands | +23 | 19 | £450 | -12.20% | 94 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 16 | £450 | -30.77% | 48 |
| North East | - | 9 | - | - | 15 |
| Wales | +17 | 7 | £425 | -29.17% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +17 | 6 | £430 | +244.00% | 30 |
| East Midlands | +6 | 3 | - | - | 46 |
Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 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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