Systems Analysis Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Systems Analysis
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Systems Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 94 112
Rank change year-on-year -52 +18 +27
Contract jobs citing Systems Analysis 4 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.36% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.40% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £493 £493 -
25th Percentile £496 £517 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £644 £425
Median % change year-on-year -22.49% +51.47% -20.93%
75th Percentile £503 £750 £438
90th Percentile £505 - -
England median daily rate £525 £544 £575
% change year-on-year -3.45% -5.43% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.51 - -
Median hourly rate £21.52 - -
75th Percentile £21.53 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.52 - £36.00
% change year-on-year - - -31.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,309 1,240 1,615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.95% 89.99% 84.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,524 798 1,067
10th Percentile £300 £210 £275
25th Percentile £402 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.57% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 53 112
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.62 £12.10
25th Percentile £16.10 £14.70 £16.54
Median hourly rate £21.49 £18.74 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.67% -18.52% +29.94%
75th Percentile £27.21 £30.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £48.70 £35.00 £66.63
England median hourly rate £28.91 £35.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year -17.40% +2.31% -3.42%

Systems Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Systems Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Systems Analysis job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Systems Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Systems Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Systems Analysis

Systems Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Systems Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Systems Analysis

Systems Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 March 2026. 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
Shropshire - 3 £499 - 3
Birmingham -25 1 - -
Systems Analysis
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (75.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) German Language
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (25.00%) IT Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (25.00%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Conflict Management
1 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) RUP
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared