Systems Support Analyst Contracts

System Support Analyst
UK

The median System Support Analyst daily rate in the UK is £438 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 704 849
Rank change year-on-year +133 +145 -163
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Support Analyst 7 12 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.020% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.021% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 16
10th Percentile £404 £237 £191
25th Percentile £409 - £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £240 £350
Median % change year-on-year +82.29% -31.43% +34.62%
75th Percentile £489 £290 £400
90th Percentile £514 £361 £500
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £285 £350
% change year-on-year +57.89% -18.57% +34.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.63
Median hourly rate £17.00 - £16.25
75th Percentile - - £16.88
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.00 - £16.25
% change year-on-year - - -18.75%

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 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

Systems Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support Analyst in the UK

Systems Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Support Analyst in the UK

Systems Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Support Analyst in the UK

Systems Support Analyst
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England +103 7 £438 +82.29% 17
London +109 5 £425 +77.08% 9
UK excluding London +57 2 £450 +57.89% 7
Work from Home +129 1 - - 5
North of England +27 1 £450 +38.46% 1
South East +20 1 - - 3
North West - 1 £450 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Systems Support 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 Support Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Front Office
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (14.29%) GDPR
4 1 (14.29%) Concur
4 1 (14.29%) ISO 15022
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (14.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) System Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
4 1 (14.29%) JSON

Systems Support 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
2 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Front Office
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Back Office
3 1 (14.29%) Law
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (14.29%) JSON
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Unix
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Agile
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
1 2 (28.57%) SDLC
1 2 (28.57%) Service Management
1 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 15022
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Concur
2 1 (14.29%) JD Edwards
2 1 (14.29%) SAP