Systems Analysis Contracts in Scotland

Systems Analysis
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Systems Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Systems Analysis over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 158 162
Rank change year-on-year +41 +4 -15
Contract jobs citing Systems Analysis 13 5 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.58% 0.17% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.19% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 12
10th Percentile - £369 £314
25th Percentile £200 £375 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £380 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -15.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £530 £401 £488
90th Percentile £535 £422 -
UK median daily rate £490 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -6.67% +10.53% +10.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Systems Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,976 2,647 3,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.57% 92.62% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,908 2,318
10th Percentile £233 £260 £243
25th Percentile £400 £406 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 56 49
10th Percentile £12.38 £10.63 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.00 £12.04 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.50 £17.72 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.05% -46.30% -21.43%
75th Percentile £44.47 £53.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.03 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

Systems Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Systems Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analysis in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Analysis in Scotland

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Analysis in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Analysis in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Analysis in Scotland

Systems Analysis
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 Analysis within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Edinburgh +43 5 £325 -14.47%
Glasgow +5 2 - -
Argyll and Bute - 1 £200 - 1
Renfrewshire - 1 - -
Systems Analysis
UK

Systems Analysis
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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) BusinessObjects
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Local Government
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Systems Analyst
3 5 (38.46%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Business Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Senior
5 2 (15.38%) Administrator
5 2 (15.38%) Designer
5 2 (15.38%) Senior Designer
5 2 (15.38%) Solutions Designer
5 2 (15.38%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (7.69%) Junior
6 1 (7.69%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Junior Systems Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
1 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (23.08%) Epics
3 3 (23.08%) Scrum
3 3 (23.08%) User Stories
4 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Business Case
4 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (15.38%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Document Management
4 2 (15.38%) Innovative Thinking
4 2 (15.38%) Line Management
4 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
4 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
4 2 (15.38%) UML
5 1 (7.69%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (7.69%) Data Collection
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Earned Value Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) OO
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) HNC
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft