Systems Analysis Contracts

Systems Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Systems Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Systems Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 477 523 590
Rank change year-on-year +46 +67 +45
Contract jobs citing Systems Analysis 41 60 106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.16% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 39 84
10th Percentile £308 £200 £363
25th Percentile £348 £402 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £472 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.94% -10.11% +10.53%
75th Percentile £541 £563 £596
90th Percentile £588 £609 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £430 £475
% change year-on-year -6.98% -9.47% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.32 £35.50 -
Median hourly rate £48.82 £36.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.60% - -
75th Percentile £52.31 £42.63 -
90th Percentile - £46.30 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.82 £36.00 -
% change year-on-year +35.60% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,410 36,868 52,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.96% 86.23% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,944 23,721 36,208
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.62% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.20% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,076 2,429 1,718
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £16.22
Median hourly rate £28.17 £36.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.84% +1.39% +40.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.23 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -33.83% +8.91% +75.00%

Systems Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analysis in the UK

Systems Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Analysis in the UK

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Analysis over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Analysis in the UK

Systems Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Analysis in the UK

Systems Analysis
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +54 30 £438 -7.29% 72
UK excluding London +39 24 £400 -6.98% 49
Work from Home +41 23 £423 -17.96% 58
London +52 16 £525 -4.55% 35
Scotland +2 9 £420 +34.40% 1
South East +43 6 £325 -29.34% 13
Midlands +12 4 £476 +12.00% 8
North of England +22 3 £325 +421.54% 9
West Midlands +14 3 £507 +19.24% 4
North West +14 2 £313 +401.48% 4
East of England +26 1 - - 10
East Midlands +2 1 £333 - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 8
Yorkshire - 1 £400 - 5

Systems Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (9.76%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.32%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (14.63%) iTrent
2 1 (2.44%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) Azure
1 5 (12.20%) IaaS
1 5 (12.20%) PaaS
2 3 (7.32%) SaaS
3 2 (4.88%) OCI
4 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) MongoDB
1 5 (12.20%) MySQL
1 5 (12.20%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.32%) Apache Cassandra
2 3 (7.32%) NoSQL
2 3 (7.32%) Redis
2 3 (7.32%) Relational Database
2 3 (7.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (4.88%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (2.44%) Big Data
4 1 (2.44%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.44%) OLAP
4 1 (2.44%) Power BI
4 1 (2.44%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Git
1 5 (12.20%) Subversion
2 4 (9.76%) JIRA
3 2 (4.88%) Codeception
4 1 (2.44%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (2.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 12 (29.27%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (26.83%) Finance
4 7 (17.07%) Public Sector
5 5 (12.20%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Banking
6 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.44%) Local Government
6 1 (2.44%) Military
6 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Police
6 1 (2.44%) Tech for Good
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (39.02%) Analyst
2 10 (24.39%) Business Analyst
3 8 (19.51%) Developer
4 6 (14.63%) Administrator
4 6 (14.63%) Systems Analyst
5 5 (12.20%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (7.32%) Data Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (7.32%) IT Manager
6 3 (7.32%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Pensions Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) PHP Developer
6 3 (7.32%) Project Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Senior
6 3 (7.32%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Database Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) IAM Developer
7 2 (4.88%) Product Owner
7 2 (4.88%) Resilience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) Laravel
1 5 (12.20%) Phalcon
1 5 (12.20%) Web Services
2 3 (7.32%) .NET
2 3 (7.32%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (7.32%) Kafka
2 3 (7.32%) RabbitMQ
2 3 (7.32%) RAML
2 3 (7.32%) React
2 3 (7.32%) RESTful
2 3 (7.32%) Symfony
2 3 (7.32%) Vue
3 2 (4.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.88%) Clustering
3 2 (4.88%) PMI
3 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.88%) Replication
4 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.44%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.44%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
2 3 (7.32%) Linux
2 3 (7.32%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.88%) AIX
3 2 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (4.88%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) SDLC
2 9 (21.95%) Agile
3 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (14.63%) Scrum
5 5 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (12.20%) ITIL
5 5 (12.20%) MVC
5 5 (12.20%) OO
5 5 (12.20%) OO PHP
5 5 (12.20%) Project Management
5 5 (12.20%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (9.76%) Analytics
6 4 (9.76%) Business Analysis
6 4 (9.76%) Decision-Making
6 4 (9.76%) Kanban
6 4 (9.76%) Performance Management
6 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (9.76%) Translating Business Requirements
7 3 (7.32%) Business Continuity
7 3 (7.32%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) SQL
2 5 (12.20%) PHP
3 4 (9.76%) VBA
4 3 (7.32%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (4.88%) Degree
1 2 (4.88%) HNC
1 2 (4.88%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.44%) CSPO
2 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) Disclosure Scotland
1 4 (9.76%) PMO
2 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.32%) QA
3 1 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.44%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.88%) Docker
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.88%) Data Guard
2 2 (4.88%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) Oracle
2 5 (12.20%) Zend
3 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.88%) Dell
4 2 (4.88%) Dynatrace
4 2 (4.88%) Red Hat
4 2 (4.88%) SAP
5 1 (2.44%) IBM
5 1 (2.44%) InterSystems