Systems Analyst Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

System Analyst
England > Midlands

The median System Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 126 135
Rank change year-on-year -11 +9 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 3 9 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.12% 0.34% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.36% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile £394 £383 £324
25th Percentile £422 £386 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £513 £431
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +18.84% -17.86%
75th Percentile £547 £628 £497
90th Percentile £571 £634 £588
England median daily rate £425 £485 £500
% change year-on-year -12.37% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £24.62 £65.00 £24.43
% change year-on-year -62.12% +166.09% -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,286 2,473 2,814
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.51% 92.69% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,493 1,621 1,962
10th Percentile £224 £250 £220
25th Percentile £358 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £484
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +3.41% +1.79%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 124 104
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.62 £13.16
25th Percentile £16.17 £14.27 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.66 £20.50 £20.99
Median % change year-on-year +20.29% -2.31% +16.58%
75th Percentile £32.44 £37.50 £31.91
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.86% +66.10%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in the Midlands

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Analyst in the Midlands

Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

Systems Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
West Midlands -15 3 £488 -18.75% 2
Systems Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 Midlands region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) SAP
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) DMZ
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DMZ
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Learning Management System
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Business Case
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP