Systems Analyst Contracts in England

System Analyst
UK > England

The median System Analyst daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 416 410 508
Rank change year-on-year -6 +98 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 62 121 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.33% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.36% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 85 108
10th Percentile £343 £290 £240
25th Percentile £391 £363 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -4.26%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £578
90th Percentile £593 £670 £638
UK median daily rate £460 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.11% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 1
10th Percentile £29.68 £17.25 -
25th Percentile £47.50 £17.50 £22.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £35.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.85% +42.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £52.50 £62.13 £27.50
90th Percentile £69.45 £66.25 -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £35.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +40.85% +42.00% +42.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,468 33,792 45,579
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.77% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,943 22,421 32,381
10th Percentile £300 £284 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.40% +3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,440 1,334
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.28
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -18.73% -17.54% +94.63%
75th Percentile £63.38 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.29% -18.89% +88.21%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in England

Systems Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Analyst in England

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Analyst in England

Systems Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Analyst in England

Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Analyst in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Analyst in England

Systems Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
London -1 26 £475 -0.52% 67
North of England +26 15 £396 -24.67% 26
South East +34 13 £550 +69.23% 45
North West +19 8 £372 -7.13% 19
East of England +21 5 £550 +83.33% 27
Yorkshire +16 5 £435 -17.24% 7
South West +41 3 £675 - 9
North East -4 2 £575 -2.13%
Systems Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 England region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (30.65%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (29.03%) Finance
3 17 (27.42%) SQL
4 15 (24.19%) Management Information System
4 15 (24.19%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (22.58%) Oracle
6 12 (19.35%) Process Improvement
6 12 (19.35%) Social Skills
7 11 (17.74%) Migration
7 11 (17.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (14.52%) Change Management
8 9 (14.52%) Microsoft Excel
8 9 (14.52%) Information Management
8 9 (14.52%) Degree
9 8 (12.90%) Data Analysis
9 8 (12.90%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (11.29%) Business Continuity
10 7 (11.29%) Agile
10 7 (11.29%) JIRA
11 6 (9.68%) Validation
11 6 (9.68%) Systems Analysis
11 6 (9.68%) Microsoft
11 6 (9.68%) Project Management
11 6 (9.68%) ERP
11 6 (9.68%) MS Visio
11 6 (9.68%) Windows
11 6 (9.68%) Confluence
11 6 (9.68%) Analytics
12 5 (8.06%) Lucidchart
12 5 (8.06%) Change Control

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

Application Platforms
1 6 (9.68%) Confluence
2 3 (4.84%) SAS
3 2 (3.23%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (14.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.68%) MS Visio
3 5 (8.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) iTrent
1 2 (3.23%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (1.61%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.61%) ContrOCC
2 1 (1.61%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.61%) Endur
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.61%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.06%) Lucidchart
2 4 (6.45%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.61%) Azure
4 1 (1.61%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.45%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.61%) LAN
2 1 (1.61%) VPN
2 1 (1.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.45%) Power BI
1 4 (6.45%) SQL Server
1 4 (6.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (3.23%) DB2
2 2 (3.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (11.29%) JIRA
2 2 (3.23%) eggPlant
General
1 18 (29.03%) Finance
2 15 (24.19%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (19.35%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.45%) Banking
4 4 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.84%) Law
5 3 (4.84%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.23%) Back Office
6 2 (3.23%) Local Government
6 2 (3.23%) Marketing
6 2 (3.23%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.61%) Electronics
7 1 (1.61%) Front Office
7 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.61%) Legal
7 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Retail
7 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.45%) OAuth
1 4 (6.45%) OpenID
1 4 (6.45%) SAML
2 3 (4.84%) .NET
3 2 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.19%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.06%) Operational Technology
3 3 (4.84%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.61%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.68%) Windows
2 5 (8.06%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (30.65%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (19.35%) Process Improvement
3 11 (17.74%) Migration
3 11 (17.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (14.52%) Change Management
4 9 (14.52%) Information Management
5 8 (12.90%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (12.90%) Data Analysis
6 7 (11.29%) Agile
6 7 (11.29%) Business Continuity
7 6 (9.68%) Analytics
7 6 (9.68%) ERP
7 6 (9.68%) Project Management
7 6 (9.68%) Systems Analysis
7 6 (9.68%) Validation
8 5 (8.06%) Change Control
8 5 (8.06%) Regulatory Compliance
8 5 (8.06%) Risk Management
8 5 (8.06%) Service Delivery
8 5 (8.06%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (27.42%) SQL
2 3 (4.84%) VBA
3 2 (3.23%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.61%) C
4 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (14.52%) Degree
2 4 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.84%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) ACCA
4 1 (1.61%) CIMA
4 1 (1.61%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.45%) QA
3 3 (4.84%) GDPR
4 2 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.61%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (6.45%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (3.23%) Sysdig
3 1 (1.61%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 14 (22.58%) Oracle
2 6 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.06%) Liquidlogic
4 4 (6.45%) SAP
5 3 (4.84%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.23%) Glassbox
6 2 (3.23%) Orchard
6 2 (3.23%) Splunk
6 2 (3.23%) Workday
7 1 (1.61%) Bloomberg
7 1 (1.61%) Intapp
7 1 (1.61%) OpenLink
7 1 (1.61%) TOWER Software
7 1 (1.61%) Zoho