Systems Analyst Contracts in Scotland

System Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median System Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 114 158
Rank change year-on-year +7 +44 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 9 15 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.55% 0.68% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.71% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £323 £200 £411
25th Percentile £356 £404 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £520 £571
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -8.97% +26.94%
75th Percentile £406 £535 £641
90th Percentile £418 £538 £646
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £450

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,529 2,099 2,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 94.68% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,281 1,953
10th Percentile £263 £205 £238
25th Percentile £370 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £553
90th Percentile £610 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 114 44
10th Percentile £15.98 £12.50 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £16.91
Median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.00 £59.41
90th Percentile £42.58 £66.00 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in Scotland

Systems Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Analyst in Scotland

Systems Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Analyst in Scotland

Systems Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Glasgow +3 4 £350 -33.33% 4
Edinburgh +1 2 - - 1
Stirling - 2 £400 - 1
Perthshire 0 1 - -
Systems Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Scotland region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
2 7 (77.78%) Back Office
2 7 (77.78%) Git
2 7 (77.78%) Relational Database
2 7 (77.78%) DevOps
2 7 (77.78%) CI/CD
2 7 (77.78%) Data Design
3 6 (66.67%) Oracle Database
3 6 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 6 (66.67%) Oracle
3 6 (66.67%) RDBMS
4 5 (55.56%) Azure
5 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
6 3 (33.33%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (33.33%) REST
6 3 (33.33%) API Development
7 2 (22.22%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
7 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
7 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (22.22%) User Stories
7 2 (22.22%) Confluence
7 2 (22.22%) Backlog Management
7 2 (22.22%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
7 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
7 2 (22.22%) Data Structures
7 2 (22.22%) Reverse Engineering

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) Relational Database
2 6 (66.67%) Oracle Database
2 6 (66.67%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Git
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (22.22%) JIRA
3 2 (22.22%) Toad
General
1 7 (77.78%) Back Office
2 6 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Structures
1 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
2 7 (77.78%) CI/CD
2 7 (77.78%) Data Design
2 7 (77.78%) DevOps
3 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
4 3 (33.33%) API Development
5 2 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (22.22%) Backlog Management
5 2 (22.22%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (22.22%) Reverse Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) User Stories
5 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle