Systems Thinking Contracts in the UK excluding London

Systems Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Systems Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Systems Thinking over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 430 468
Rank change year-on-year +55 +38 -47
Contract jobs citing Systems Thinking 16 27 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.11% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.092% 0.13% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 41
10th Percentile £325 £409 £463
25th Percentile £380 £413 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £434 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.51% -17.38% +11.70%
75th Percentile £533 £550 £611
90th Percentile £569 £616 £725
UK median daily rate £505 £575 £530
% change year-on-year -12.26% +8.49% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £51.30 - -
25th Percentile £53.25 - -
Median hourly rate £56.49 £70.00 £55.84
Median % change year-on-year -19.30% +25.36% +43.18%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £53.25 £67.50 £60.42
% change year-on-year -21.12% +11.72% +29.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Systems Thinking 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,415 21,396 27,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.71% 89.54% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,404 14,848 19,199
10th Percentile £250 £256 £233
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £689 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,049 1,314 1,359
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.17
25th Percentile £15.23 £15.63 £14.04
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.21
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.74 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Systems Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Systems Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Thinking in the UK excluding London

Systems Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Systems Thinking in the UK excluding London

Systems Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Thinking in the UK excluding London

Systems Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Thinking in the UK excluding London

Systems Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Thinking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
North of England +31 7 £488 -20.41% 7
North West +23 5 £475 -22.45% 7
South East +24 3 £663 +26.19% 11
South West +22 3 £504 -8.36% 9
Scotland +35 2 £455 +8.98% 2
Yorkshire +21 1 £563 -
Midlands +18 1 £300 - 1
North East - 1 - -
Systems Thinking
UK

Systems Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Figma
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Functions
2 1 (6.25%) GitHub
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) MongoDB
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (6.25%) Git
2 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Marketing
2 2 (12.50%) Military
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Local Government
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
3 1 (6.25%) Social Housing
3 1 (6.25%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Content Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Designer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Business Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Business Change Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Business Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Change Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Digital Architect
4 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Power BI Developer
4 1 (6.25%) QA Automation Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) QA Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Node.js
1 1 (6.25%) OpenAPI
1 1 (6.25%) REST
1 1 (6.25%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Taxonomies
3 1 (6.25%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Business Analysis
1 5 (31.25%) Decision-Making
2 4 (25.00%) Agile
2 4 (25.00%) User Experience
3 3 (18.75%) ArchiMate
3 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
3 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (18.75%) UX Design
4 2 (12.50%) DevOps
4 2 (12.50%) Information Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) MODAF
4 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) Six Sigma
4 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) SysML
4 2 (12.50%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) C#
1 1 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (6.25%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Sparx
2 1 (6.25%) Civica
2 1 (6.25%) Google
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft