Systems Analysis Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Systems Analysis
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Systems Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 114 128
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 +48
Contract jobs citing Systems Analysis 6 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.33% 0.31% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.34% 0.092%
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
Central London median daily rate £650 £700 £788
% change year-on-year -7.14% -11.11% +35.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,612 1,759 2,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.51% 92.00% 89.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,131 1,071 1,563
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% - -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £765 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -6.09% +0.88% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 10
10th Percentile £19.94 £15.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +61.90% -30.46%
75th Percentile £42.30 £112.00 £44.56
90th Percentile £45.56 £132.40 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +27.27% -21.43%

Systems Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Systems Analysis job vacancy trend in the City of London

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Systems Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Systems Analysis

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Analysis in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Analysis in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Systems Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Systems Analysis

Systems Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior IT Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) LDAP
2 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) SDLC
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 2 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Kanban
3 2 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
4 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) CBAP
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) ISEB
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
1 1 (16.67%) SAP