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 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 442 545 607
Rank change year-on-year +103 +62 -72
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 144 153 267
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.26% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.28% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 127 199
10th Percentile £275 £240 £325
25th Percentile £375 £325 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £547
90th Percentile £661 £638 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £400 £450
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 10
10th Percentile £17.25 - £17.31
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £35.50 £25.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.00% +42.86% -63.16%
75th Percentile £62.13 £27.50 -
90th Percentile £66.25 - £29.81
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -28.00% +42.86% -63.16%

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 39,893 55,060 83,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,957 38,445 58,715
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 2,673 1,534 2,047
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%

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 12 May 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 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Analyst in the UK

Systems Analyst
Top 15 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 12 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 +94 122 £450 - 75
London +97 74 £478 -13.18% 24
UK excluding London +56 62 £400 - 57
Work from Home +99 35 £525 +5.00% 43
South East +12 18 £325 -5.11% 16
Scotland +53 15 £520 -8.97% 6
Midlands +27 14 £450 +21.62% 13
West Midlands +11 10 £450 +21.62% 9
East of England +10 6 £300 -42.17% 11
North of England +15 5 £525 +40.00% 7
East Midlands +25 4 - - 4
North West +20 3 £400 +17.65% 3
South West +9 2 - - 5
North East +15 1 £588 +80.77% 2
Yorkshire +14 1 £525 +25.37% 2

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 50 (34.72%) Finance
2 30 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 25 (17.36%) Migration
3 25 (17.36%) Agile
4 21 (14.58%) Windows
4 21 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (12.50%) ERP
6 17 (11.81%) Data Migration
6 17 (11.81%) Requirements Gathering
7 16 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (11.11%) PowerShell
7 16 (11.11%) Business Analysis
7 16 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
8 15 (10.42%) Project Management
8 15 (10.42%) DevOps
9 14 (9.72%) ACCA
9 14 (9.72%) CIMA
10 13 (9.03%) Microsoft
10 13 (9.03%) SQL
10 13 (9.03%) Degree
10 13 (9.03%) User Acceptance Testing
11 12 (8.33%) AWS
11 12 (8.33%) Python
11 12 (8.33%) Systems Analysis
12 11 (7.64%) Windows Server
12 11 (7.64%) CRM
12 11 (7.64%) User Stories
13 10 (6.94%) Oracle
13 10 (6.94%) Sun
13 10 (6.94%) 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 (6.25%) Confluence
2 4 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.08%) OpenEdge
4 2 (1.39%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 16 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.78%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.69%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 4 (2.78%) Infor SunSystems
1 4 (2.78%) OPENHousing
2 3 (2.08%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.39%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.39%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (1.39%) Oracle FAH
3 2 (1.39%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.39%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.39%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.39%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.69%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (0.69%) Maximo
4 1 (0.69%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.69%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.69%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.33%) AWS
2 7 (4.86%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.78%) Azure
3 4 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.08%) Power Automate
4 3 (2.08%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.39%) Google Docs
5 2 (1.39%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.69%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.69%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.69%) Miro
6 1 (0.69%) Oracle CX
6 1 (0.69%) SaaS
6 1 (0.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.78%) DHCP
1 4 (2.78%) DNS
1 4 (2.78%) Firewall
1 4 (2.78%) IPv4
2 2 (1.39%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.69%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.86%) Power BI
2 4 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.39%) Big Data
3 2 (1.39%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.39%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.69%) GIS
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.69%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.25%) JIRA
2 2 (1.39%) Artifactory
2 2 (1.39%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.39%) Subversion
2 2 (1.39%) Toad
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
General
1 50 (34.72%) Finance
2 30 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 21 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (6.94%) Banking
5 5 (3.47%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.78%) Billing
6 4 (2.78%) Social Housing
7 3 (2.08%) Back Office
7 3 (2.08%) Local Government
7 3 (2.08%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.39%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.39%) Marketing
8 2 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.39%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.69%) Electronics
9 1 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.69%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.69%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.86%) Middleware
2 6 (4.17%) SailPoint
3 5 (3.47%) .NET
4 4 (2.78%) JSON
4 4 (2.78%) XML
5 3 (2.08%) REST
5 3 (2.08%) SOAP
5 3 (2.08%) Swagger
6 2 (1.39%) YAML
7 1 (0.69%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.86%) Data Centre
1 7 (4.86%) Management Information System
1 7 (4.86%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.08%) Online Banking
3 2 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.39%) Credit Risk
3 2 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.39%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.39%) Mainframe
3 2 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (1.39%) SCADA
3 2 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 2 (1.39%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.69%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.69%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.58%) Windows
2 11 (7.64%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.47%) Unix
4 1 (0.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.36%) Agile
1 25 (17.36%) Migration
2 18 (12.50%) ERP
3 17 (11.81%) Data Migration
3 17 (11.81%) Requirements Gathering
4 16 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 16 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (10.42%) DevOps
5 15 (10.42%) Project Management
6 13 (9.03%) User Acceptance Testing
7 12 (8.33%) Systems Analysis
8 11 (7.64%) CRM
8 11 (7.64%) User Stories
9 10 (6.94%) Change Management
10 9 (6.25%) Data Analysis
10 9 (6.25%) Data Management
10 9 (6.25%) ITIL
10 9 (6.25%) SDLC
11 8 (5.56%) Waterfall
12 7 (4.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 13 (9.03%) SQL
3 12 (8.33%) Python
4 5 (3.47%) C#
4 5 (3.47%) Java
4 5 (3.47%) VBScript
5 3 (2.08%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.39%) C++
7 1 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (9.72%) ACCA
1 14 (9.72%) CIMA
2 13 (9.03%) Degree
3 2 (1.39%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.69%) CEH
4 1 (0.69%) CISM
4 1 (0.69%) CISSP
4 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.56%) QA
2 6 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.78%) PMO
4 2 (1.39%) SLA
5 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.69%) EMIR
5 1 (0.69%) IFRS
5 1 (0.69%) ISO 15022
5 1 (0.69%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.69%) MiFID
5 1 (0.69%) NIST
5 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (1.39%) Ansible
1 2 (1.39%) BladeLogic
1 2 (1.39%) ITRS Geneos
1 2 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (9.03%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.94%) Citrix
2 10 (6.94%) Oracle
2 10 (6.94%) Sun
3 8 (5.56%) SAP
4 5 (3.47%) Bloomberg
4 5 (3.47%) Capita
4 5 (3.47%) Red Hat
4 5 (3.47%) Refinitiv
4 5 (3.47%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.78%) Alteryx
5 4 (2.78%) Northgate
5 4 (2.78%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.08%) Google
7 2 (1.39%) Altiris
7 2 (1.39%) Ariba
7 2 (1.39%) BMC
7 2 (1.39%) Cisco
7 2 (1.39%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.39%) Microgen