Systems Analyst Contracts in Manchester

System Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median System Analyst daily rate in Manchester is £383, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 93 109
Rank change year-on-year +31 +16 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 9 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.01% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 0.15% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile £343 - £356
25th Percentile £358 - £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £500 - £538
90th Percentile £505 - £560
North West median daily rate £383 - £406
% change year-on-year - - -14.47%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 831 1,367 1,728
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 95.53% 96.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 578 952 1,285
10th Percentile £300 £307 £313
25th Percentile £400 £394 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £491 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% -1.75% +2.56%
75th Percentile £545 £575 £588
90th Percentile £663 £688 £675
North West median daily rate £474 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.82% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 84 44
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.97
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £16.85
Median hourly rate £24.83 £28.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.89% +9.62% +40.54%
75th Percentile £66.25 £63.13 £42.19
90th Percentile £78.38 £73.75 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £31.50 £30.54
% change year-on-year -8.73% +3.14% +31.51%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in Manchester

Systems Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Analyst in Manchester

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Analyst in Manchester

Systems Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Analyst in Manchester

Systems Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 29 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
Rochdale - 1 £325 -
Systems Analyst
North West

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Manchester region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Banking
2 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 2 (22.22%) Splunk
3 2 (22.22%) Data Transformation
3 2 (22.22%) eggPlant
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Data Structures
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (22.22%) Data Extraction
3 2 (22.22%) Data Mapping
3 2 (22.22%) Data Integration
3 2 (22.22%) API Integration
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Sysdig
3 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 2 (22.22%) Data Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 2 (22.22%) UML
3 2 (22.22%) SAS
3 2 (22.22%) Sequence Diagram
3 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Workshops
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (22.22%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Boomi
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) eggPlant
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Structures
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
1 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 2 (22.22%) API Integration
2 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (22.22%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (22.22%) Data Extraction
2 2 (22.22%) Data Integration
2 2 (22.22%) Data Management
2 2 (22.22%) Data Mapping
2 2 (22.22%) Data Transformation
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (22.22%) Requirements Workshops
2 2 (22.22%) Sequence Diagram
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Debt
2 2 (22.22%) UML
3 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Glassbox
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Splunk
3 1 (11.11%) Intapp