Systems Analysis Contract Job Trends in the North West

Systems Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Systems Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 119 137
Rank change year-on-year -12 +18 +47
Contract jobs citing Systems Analysis 2 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.091% 0.21% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.25% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £302 - £455
25th Percentile £304 £58 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 £62 £575
Median % change year-on-year +393.46% -89.16% +40.24%
75th Percentile £311 £67 -
90th Percentile £314 - -
England median daily rate £575 £458 £548
% change year-on-year +25.68% -16.44% +7.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £70.90 -
England median hourly rate - £70.90 £22.00
% change year-on-year - +222.27% -60.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Systems Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,955 2,023 2,512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.66% 83.53% 88.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,294 1,106 1,713
10th Percentile £257 £294 £270
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £680 £652 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 111 174
10th Percentile £13.91 £16.50 £15.83
25th Percentile £17.30 £29.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.64% +15.21% +50.80%
75th Percentile £45.95 £62.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £71.50 £65.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +38.46%

Systems Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Systems Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Systems Analysis job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Systems Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Systems Analysis

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Systems Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Systems Analysis

Systems Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analysis within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Cheshire - 2 £308 -
Systems Analysis
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) RAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) BPR
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL