Systems Analyst Contracts in Glasgow

System Analyst
Scotland > Glasgow

The median System Analyst daily rate in Glasgow is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 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
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 64 79
Rank change year-on-year -13 +15 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 6 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.74% 0.42% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.44% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £323 £503 £379
25th Percentile £356 £506 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +31.25% -8.57%
75th Percentile £438 £538 £422
90th Percentile - - £431
Scotland median daily rate £400 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -3.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 768 676 867
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 93.89% 95.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 491 587
10th Percentile £300 £230 £325
25th Percentile £368 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -7.69% +4.95%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £602 £650 £653
Scotland median daily rate £458 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.67% -5.26% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 23 29
10th Percentile - £15.13 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.84 £21.46 £13.13
Median hourly rate £19.83 £40.94 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -51.56% +131.04% -52.66%
75th Percentile £26.21 £48.27 £47.73
90th Percentile £57.50 £61.50 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £19.71 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +8.71% +2.31% -52.66%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in Glasgow

Systems Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Analyst in Glasgow

Systems Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Analyst in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 27 July 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 Glasgow region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Toad
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Back Office
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Git
2 2 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Confluence
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Relational Database
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Backlog Management
2 2 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) User Stories
2 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 2 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database
2 1 (16.67%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
1 2 (33.33%) Toad
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Back Office
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (33.33%) Backlog Management
2 2 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Data Design
2 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) User Stories
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Workday