Systems Analyst Contracts

System Analyst
UK

The median System Analyst daily rate in the UK is £461 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 443 555 566
Rank change year-on-year +112 +11 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 143 167 272
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.28% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.29% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 136 205
10th Percentile £253 £240 £315
25th Percentile £363 £344 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -
75th Percentile £547 £575 £525
90th Percentile £661 £625 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £388 £400 £425
% change year-on-year -3.13% -5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 12
10th Percentile £17.25 - £15.81
25th Percentile £17.50 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £21.90 £62.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.97% +257.14% -63.16%
75th Percentile £46.57 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £60.50 - £27.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - -64.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in the UK

Systems Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Analyst in the UK

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Analyst in the UK

Systems Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Analyst in the UK

Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Analyst in the UK

Systems Analyst
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 Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +91 121 £450 - 102
London +99 72 £520 -5.45% 34
UK excluding London +60 64 £388 -3.13% 79
Work from Home +106 35 £525 +5.00% 40
South East +5 20 £325 -23.53% 16
Scotland +35 15 £520 -8.97% 8
Midlands +23 15 £450 +21.62% 12
West Midlands +22 11 £450 +21.62% 8
East of England +13 6 £300 -42.17% 20
North of England +23 4 £463 +23.33% 13
East Midlands +21 4 - - 4
North West +14 3 £400 +17.65% 5
South West +18 2 - - 9
Yorkshire +20 1 £525 +25.37% 4

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 49 (34.27%) Finance
2 29 (20.28%) Social Skills
3 23 (16.08%) Migration
4 22 (15.38%) Agile
4 22 (15.38%) Windows
5 20 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (11.89%) Microsoft Excel
7 16 (11.19%) ACCA
7 16 (11.19%) Project Management
7 16 (11.19%) CIMA
7 16 (11.19%) PowerShell
7 16 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (11.19%) Requirements Gathering
8 15 (10.49%) Data Migration
8 15 (10.49%) ERP
8 15 (10.49%) SQL
9 14 (9.79%) Microsoft
9 14 (9.79%) Business Analysis
10 13 (9.09%) Degree
10 13 (9.09%) DevOps
11 12 (8.39%) Sun
11 12 (8.39%) Python
11 12 (8.39%) Systems Analysis
11 12 (8.39%) AWS
12 11 (7.69%) Windows Server
12 11 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
12 11 (7.69%) User Stories
12 11 (7.69%) CRM
13 10 (6.99%) Oracle
13 10 (6.99%) Citrix

Systems Analyst Skill Set
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 9 (6.29%) Confluence
2 4 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.10%) OpenEdge
4 2 (1.40%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (11.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.80%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.70%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 4 (2.80%) Infor SunSystems
1 4 (2.80%) OPENHousing
2 3 (2.10%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle FAH
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.70%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.70%) Maximo
4 1 (0.70%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.70%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.70%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.39%) AWS
2 7 (4.90%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.10%) Azure
4 3 (2.10%) Power Automate
4 3 (2.10%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.40%) Google Docs
5 2 (1.40%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.70%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.70%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle CX
6 1 (0.70%) SaaS
6 1 (0.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.80%) DHCP
1 4 (2.80%) DNS
1 4 (2.80%) Firewall
1 4 (2.80%) IPv4
2 2 (1.40%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.70%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.90%) Power BI
2 4 (2.80%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.40%) Big Data
3 2 (1.40%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.40%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.70%) GIS
4 1 (0.70%) MS Access
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.70%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.29%) JIRA
2 2 (1.40%) Artifactory
2 2 (1.40%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.40%) Subversion
2 2 (1.40%) Toad
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
General
1 49 (34.27%) Finance
2 29 (20.28%) Social Skills
3 20 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (6.99%) Banking
5 5 (3.50%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.50%) Social Housing
6 4 (2.80%) Billing
6 4 (2.80%) Local Government
7 3 (2.10%) Back Office
7 3 (2.10%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.40%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.40%) Law
8 2 (1.40%) Marketing
8 2 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.40%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.70%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.90%) Middleware
2 6 (4.20%) SailPoint
3 5 (3.50%) .NET
4 4 (2.80%) JSON
4 4 (2.80%) XML
5 3 (2.10%) REST
5 3 (2.10%) SOAP
5 3 (2.10%) Swagger
6 2 (1.40%) YAML
7 1 (0.70%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.59%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.90%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.10%) Online Banking
5 2 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.40%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.40%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.40%) SCADA
5 2 (1.40%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.70%) VLE
6 1 (0.70%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 22 (15.38%) Windows
2 11 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.50%) Unix
4 1 (0.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (16.08%) Migration
2 22 (15.38%) Agile
3 16 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (11.19%) Project Management
3 16 (11.19%) Requirements Gathering
4 15 (10.49%) Data Migration
4 15 (10.49%) ERP
5 14 (9.79%) Business Analysis
6 13 (9.09%) DevOps
7 12 (8.39%) Systems Analysis
8 11 (7.69%) CRM
8 11 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
8 11 (7.69%) User Stories
9 10 (6.99%) Change Management
9 10 (6.99%) Data Management
9 10 (6.99%) SDLC
10 9 (6.29%) Data Analysis
10 9 (6.29%) ITIL
11 8 (5.59%) Waterfall
12 7 (4.90%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.19%) PowerShell
2 15 (10.49%) SQL
3 12 (8.39%) Python
4 5 (3.50%) C#
4 5 (3.50%) Java
4 5 (3.50%) VBScript
5 3 (2.10%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.40%) C++
7 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (11.19%) ACCA
1 16 (11.19%) CIMA
2 13 (9.09%) Degree
3 2 (1.40%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.70%) CEH
4 1 (0.70%) CISM
4 1 (0.70%) CISSP
4 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.59%) QA
2 6 (4.20%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.80%) PMO
4 2 (1.40%) SLA
5 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.70%) EMIR
5 1 (0.70%) IFRS
5 1 (0.70%) ISO 15022
5 1 (0.70%) MiFID
5 1 (0.70%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (1.40%) Ansible
1 2 (1.40%) BladeLogic
1 2 (1.40%) ITRS Geneos
1 2 (1.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (9.79%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.39%) Sun
3 10 (6.99%) Citrix
3 10 (6.99%) Oracle
4 6 (4.20%) SAP
5 5 (3.50%) Bloomberg
5 5 (3.50%) Capita
5 5 (3.50%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.50%) Refinitiv
5 5 (3.50%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.80%) Alteryx
6 4 (2.80%) Northgate
6 4 (2.80%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.10%) Google
8 2 (1.40%) Altiris
8 2 (1.40%) BMC
8 2 (1.40%) Cisco
8 2 (1.40%) Databricks
8 2 (1.40%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.40%) Microgen