Systems Analyst Contracts in the West Midlands

System Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median System Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 122 154
Rank change year-on-year +19 +32 -40
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 10 16 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.52% 0.68% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.71% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 13
10th Percentile £388 £318 £315
25th Percentile £425 £325 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £370 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% -17.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £475 £444 £600
90th Percentile £481 £600 £675
England median daily rate £450 £450 £465
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.90 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - -64.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,765 2,240 3,426
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 95.08% 96.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,538 2,505
10th Percentile £259 £250 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £706 £694 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 66 81
10th Percentile £12.01 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.02 £14.32
Median hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +12.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £41.44 £26.82 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.88 £55.63 £22.25
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in the West Midlands

Systems Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Analyst in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Systems Analyst in the West Midlands

Systems Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Analyst in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Analyst in the West Midlands

Systems Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Warwickshire +7 3 £450 +28.57% 3
Shropshire - 2 - - 1
Staffordshire +7 1 - -
Birmingham +6 1 - - 1
Systems Analyst
England

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 West Midlands region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) ERP
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
3 2 (20.00%) BMC
3 2 (20.00%) Middleware
3 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Unix
3 2 (20.00%) Release Management
3 2 (20.00%) SCADA
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (20.00%) Data Centre Operations
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Virtual Team
3 2 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (10.00%) WhatsApp
4 1 (10.00%) NIST
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) WhatsApp
General
1 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Electronics
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (20.00%) SCADA
1 2 (20.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ERP
2 3 (30.00%) Change Management
2 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) Data Centre Operations
3 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Release Management
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) BMC
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Progress