Systems Engineering Contracts with Work from Home Options

Systems Engineering
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Systems Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Systems Engineering over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 364 516
Rank change year-on-year +95 +152 -44
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 71 87 108
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.48% 0.36% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.41% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 36 81
10th Percentile £413 £453 £420
25th Percentile £488 £550 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +0.70% +10.58%
75th Percentile £603 £642 £638
90th Percentile £661 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% +4.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 21 3
10th Percentile £63.00 £47.50 £75.20
25th Percentile £67.50 £53.35 £83.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £96.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -31.25% +82.86%
75th Percentile £75.06 £70.00 £96.12
90th Percentile £75.25 £84.80 £96.18
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £61.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +13.82% -1.60% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Systems Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,810 21,394 40,150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.31% 89.63% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,622 15,186 29,240
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 497 521
10th Percentile £14.90 £18.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +68.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.30 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Systems Engineering
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Systems Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Systems Engineering trend for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Engineering
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 Engineering.

Systems Engineering daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Systems Engineering over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Systems Engineering daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Engineering
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 Engineering.

Systems Engineering hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Systems Engineering over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Systems Engineering hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Engineering
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 1 (1.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.41%) CATIA
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.82%) AWS
1 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.41%) Azure
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.04%) WAN
2 4 (5.63%) Network Security
3 3 (4.23%) 4G
3 3 (4.23%) 5G
3 3 (4.23%) VoIP
4 1 (1.41%) LAN
4 1 (1.41%) SCCP
4 1 (1.41%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (15.49%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (14.08%) JIRA
3 5 (7.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.41%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 22 (30.99%) Telecoms
2 13 (18.31%) Social Skills
3 11 (15.49%) Finance
4 8 (11.27%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.45%) Aerospace
6 5 (7.04%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (7.04%) Marketing
6 5 (7.04%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (5.63%) Military
8 3 (4.23%) Legal
9 2 (2.82%) Electronics
10 1 (1.41%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 32 (45.07%) Lead
2 28 (39.44%) Architect
3 25 (35.21%) Network Architect
4 22 (30.99%) Systems Architect
5 21 (29.58%) Lead Architect
6 19 (26.76%) Systems Engineer
7 14 (19.72%) Integration Engineer
8 9 (12.68%) Senior
9 8 (11.27%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 7 (9.86%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 7 (9.86%) Validation Engineer
11 5 (7.04%) DOORS Engineer
11 5 (7.04%) Principal Engineer
11 5 (7.04%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 5 (7.04%) Senior Integration Engineer
11 5 (7.04%) Site Engineer
11 5 (7.04%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 5 (7.04%) Software Integration Engineer
12 4 (5.63%) Lead Systems Engineer
13 3 (4.23%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 21 (29.58%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.23%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.23%) Robotics
3 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 13 (18.31%) Windows
2 5 (7.04%) Unix
3 3 (4.23%) Linux
3 3 (4.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (35.21%) Network Management
2 21 (29.58%) Strategic Thinking
3 15 (21.13%) Validation
4 12 (16.90%) Customer Requirements
4 12 (16.90%) UML
5 9 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (11.27%) ITIL
6 8 (11.27%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 8 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (11.27%) Project Management
6 8 (11.27%) Requirements Management
6 8 (11.27%) Risk Management
6 8 (11.27%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (9.86%) ArchiMate
7 7 (9.86%) DevOps
7 7 (9.86%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (9.86%) Information Assurance
7 7 (9.86%) OO
7 7 (9.86%) Requirements Analysis
7 7 (9.86%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.86%) SQL
2 5 (7.04%) C#
2 5 (7.04%) F#
3 2 (2.82%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 38 (53.52%) Security Cleared
2 37 (52.11%) SC Cleared
3 33 (46.48%) Degree
4 8 (11.27%) Master's Degree
5 5 (7.04%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.82%) CISSP
6 2 (2.82%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (2.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (1.41%) CLAS
7 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.41%) PMP
7 1 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.86%) QA
2 5 (7.04%) NCSC
2 5 (7.04%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.41%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 3 (4.23%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.82%) Avaloq
2 2 (2.82%) EMC
2 2 (2.82%) Sparx
3 1 (1.41%) IBM