Freelance Systems Engineer Skills
The most common skills for freelance Systems Engineers are Linux, Active Directory, and EDR, based on how often they appear in 77 rate submissions.
To see the individual submissions behind these numbers, browse the Systems Engineer hourly rates list, where you can filter by any skill below.
Skill frequency does not measure hiring demand or prove a skill increases rates. Skills with fewer than 5 records are omitted. Methodology
Most common skills — share of submissions
All tracked skills
| Skill | Share of submissions | Submissions | Rates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | 23.4% | 18 | View → |
| Active Directory | 18.2% | 14 | View → |
| EDR | 15.6% | 12 | View → |
| Microsoft 365 | 15.6% | 12 | View → |
| Azure | 14.3% | 11 | View → |
| C++ | 14.3% | 11 | View → |
| Network Engineering | 14.3% | 11 | View → |
| Windows Server | 10.4% | 8 | View → |
| Information Security | 10.4% | 8 | View → |
| Python | 10.4% | 8 | View → |
| VMWare | 9.1% | 7 | View → |
| Microsoft Azure | 7.8% | 6 | View → |
| Robotics | 7.8% | 6 | View → |