Systems Analyst Contracts in the West Midlands

System Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median System Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 101 117
Rank change year-on-year -5 +16 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 3 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.18% 0.41% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.45% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 10
10th Percentile £394 £403 £324
25th Percentile £422 £425 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +5.88% -19.05%
75th Percentile £547 £625 £563
90th Percentile £571 £633 £589
England median daily rate £400 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £62.50 £22.50
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +160.00% -
75th Percentile - £67.50 £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.21 £65.00 £24.43
% change year-on-year -67.37% +166.09% -15.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,477 1,787 2,107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 91.64% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 933 1,230 1,467
10th Percentile £221 £250 £256
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £709
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 94 57
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.17 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.95 £14.16 £15.50
Median hourly rate £24.34 £19.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.11% -5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £34.81 £37.50 £28.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £56.25 £49.25
England median hourly rate £26.50 £42.91 £44.11
% change year-on-year -38.24% -2.72% +72.98%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in the West Midlands

Systems Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Systems Analyst in the West Midlands

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 24 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Analyst in the West Midlands

Systems Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Systems Analyst in the West Midlands

Systems Analyst
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 Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 July 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
Birmingham +9 2 £400 -5.88% 3
Warwickshire -6 1 £575 +27.78% 4
Systems Analyst
England

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 24 July 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) SAP
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) DMZ
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DMZ
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Learning Management System
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Business Case
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP