Systems Analysis Contract Job Trends in Central London

Systems Analysis
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Systems Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 123 138
Rank change year-on-year +2 +15 +56
Contract jobs citing Systems Analysis 7 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.35% 0.26% 0.074%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.28% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile £523 £550 £651
25th Percentile £613 £663 £691
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £788
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -11.11% +35.48%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £891
90th Percentile £705 - £934
London median daily rate £650 £535 £575
% change year-on-year +21.50% -6.96% +8.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Systems Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,818 2,145 2,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.54% 92.18% 89.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,270 1,342 1,727
10th Percentile £343 £363 £358
25th Percentile £425 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £674 £676 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
London median daily rate £526 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -4.45% -2.57% -4.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 27 16
10th Percentile £19.90 £18.34 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.31 £28.32 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.84% +37.25% -37.04%
75th Percentile £37.44 £52.50 £51.31
90th Percentile £51.88 £112.00 £69.38
London median hourly rate £30.00 £36.50 £32.69
% change year-on-year -17.81% +11.65% -15.64%

Systems Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Systems Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Systems Analysis job vacancy trend in Central London

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Systems Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Systems Analysis

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Analysis in Central London over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Analysis in Central London

Systems Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Systems Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Systems Analysis

Systems Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analysis within the Central London region over the 6 months to 22 December 2025. 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
City of London -6 7 £650 -7.14% 1
Systems Analysis
London

Systems Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (14.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (14.29%) PaaS
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
2 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Front Office
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior IT Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) Web Services
3 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (14.29%) LDAP
3 1 (14.29%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (14.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
1 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
1 4 (57.14%) SDLC
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Backlog Management
3 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
3 2 (28.57%) Impact Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Kanban
3 2 (28.57%) Product Backlog
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) C++
3 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CBAP
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) COBIT
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Salesforce
2 1 (14.29%) Databricks
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Workday