Systems Analyst Contract Job Trends in Essex

System Analyst
East of England > Essex

The median System Analyst daily rate in Essex is £682, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 September 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
7 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 21 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 0.83% 0.76% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 0.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £682 £180 -
Median % change year-on-year +278.89% - -
East of England median daily rate £682 £328 £550
% change year-on-year +108.24% -40.45% +37.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 105 127 230
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.78% 96.21% 93.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 57 132
10th Percentile £175 £182 £205
25th Percentile £229 £263 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £350 £519
Median % change year-on-year +15.36% -32.50% +15.22%
75th Percentile £502 £500 £576
90th Percentile £550 £585 £644
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 33 13
10th Percentile £13.25 £20.50 £20.42
25th Percentile £15.19 £29.17 £24.62
Median hourly rate £31.33 £70.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.57% +8.46% +202.33%
75th Percentile £66.13 £80.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £75.00 - £79.90
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -15.79% +43.94% +66.58%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in Essex

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Analyst job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Analyst job vacancies in Essex

Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Analyst job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Analyst job vacancies in Essex

Systems Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 7 September 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
Basildon - 1 £682 -
Systems Analyst
East of England

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 7 September 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 Essex region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Modelling

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (100.00%) SAS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) SQL