Systems Analyst Contracts in Scotland

System Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median System Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £520 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 158 151
Rank change year-on-year +44 -7 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 15 5 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.68% 0.17% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.18% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 14
10th Percentile £200 £411 £313
25th Percentile £404 £466 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £571 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.97% +26.94% +5.88%
75th Percentile £535 £641 £484
90th Percentile £538 £646 £488
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £450

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,099 2,722 3,383
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 95.11% 96.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,281 1,953 2,394
10th Percentile £205 £238 £213
25th Percentile £369 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £455
Median % change year-on-year - +4.40% +7.06%
75th Percentile £588 £553 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 44 52
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.86 £12.02
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.91 £17.50
Median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.91
Median % change year-on-year +43.44% -10.53% -33.14%
75th Percentile £60.00 £59.41 £48.19
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.22 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.07% +91.49% +3.14%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Systems Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in Scotland

Systems Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Analyst in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Systems Analyst in Scotland

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Analyst in Scotland

Systems Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Analyst in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Analyst in Scotland

Systems Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Edinburgh +45 6 £200 - 2
Glasgow +2 4 £525 -8.10% 4
Fife - 1 - - 2
Midlothian - 1 - -
Perthshire - 1 £500 -
Systems Analyst
UK

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Systems Analyst 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 across the Scotland region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) AWS
2 7 (46.67%) Agile
3 6 (40.00%) Systems Analysis
4 5 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (20.00%) Epics
5 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
5 3 (20.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (20.00%) ERP
5 3 (20.00%) User Stories
5 3 (20.00%) Scrum
6 2 (13.33%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (13.33%) CIMA
6 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
6 2 (13.33%) User Experience
6 2 (13.33%) Terraform
6 2 (13.33%) ACCA
6 2 (13.33%) Oracle
6 2 (13.33%) Finance
7 1 (6.67%) Business Process Modelling
7 1 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (6.67%) Acceptance Criteria
7 1 (6.67%) RBAC
7 1 (6.67%) BPMN
7 1 (6.67%) Python
7 1 (6.67%) C#
7 1 (6.67%) Java
7 1 (6.67%) IFS
7 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (6.67%) Translating Business Requirements

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) GIS
General
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Agile
2 6 (40.00%) Systems Analysis
3 5 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 3 (20.00%) Epics
4 3 (20.00%) ERP
4 3 (20.00%) Scrum
4 3 (20.00%) User Stories
5 2 (13.33%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) User Experience
6 1 (6.67%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (6.67%) BPMN
6 1 (6.67%) Business Process Modelling
6 1 (6.67%) Data Privacy
6 1 (6.67%) Data Security
6 1 (6.67%) DevOps
6 1 (6.67%) RBAC
6 1 (6.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) C#
1 1 (6.67%) Java
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) ACCA
1 2 (13.33%) CIMA
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle
2 1 (6.67%) IFS