Systems Analyst Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

System Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median System Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 309 420
Rank change year-on-year +34 +111 +96
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 26 35 51
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.23% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.25% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 28 41
10th Percentile £360 £391 £313
25th Percentile £400 £462 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £575
90th Percentile - £663 -
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £17.80 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £21.90 -
% change year-on-year +128.36% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,280 14,264 24,476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 93.50% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,354 9,548 17,287
10th Percentile £338 £325 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £774 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 576 563
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.34 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.13 £23.32 £25.98
Median hourly rate £35.13 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Systems Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Systems Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Systems Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Systems Analyst.

Systems Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Systems Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Systems Analyst.

Systems Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (53.85%) SQL
2 12 (46.15%) Oracle
3 10 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (34.62%) Management Information System
5 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (23.08%) Relational Database
6 6 (23.08%) Change Management
6 6 (23.08%) Finance
7 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (19.23%) Degree
7 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Excel
7 5 (19.23%) Process Improvement
8 4 (15.38%) DevOps
8 4 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (15.38%) GDPR
8 4 (15.38%) Oracle Database
8 4 (15.38%) Git
8 4 (15.38%) Azure
8 4 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
8 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
8 4 (15.38%) Data Design
8 4 (15.38%) Operational Technology
8 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (15.38%) Back Office
8 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
8 4 (15.38%) RDBMS
8 4 (15.38%) Supplier Management
8 4 (15.38%) Computer Science

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (7.69%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) iTrent
2 2 (7.69%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.85%) Lucidchart
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) Relational Database
2 4 (15.38%) Oracle Database
2 4 (15.38%) RDBMS
3 3 (11.54%) Power BI
4 1 (3.85%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (3.85%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Git
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 10 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Back Office
3 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Law
4 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) REST
1 2 (7.69%) Web Services
2 1 (3.85%) OAuth
2 1 (3.85%) OpenID
2 1 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Management Information System
2 4 (15.38%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Unix
2 1 (3.85%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (23.08%) Change Management
3 5 (19.23%) Process Improvement
3 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (15.38%) Agile
4 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
4 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
4 4 (15.38%) Data Design
4 4 (15.38%) DevOps
4 4 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
4 4 (15.38%) Supplier Management
5 3 (11.54%) Analytics
5 3 (11.54%) Business Continuity
5 3 (11.54%) Data Management
5 3 (11.54%) Migration
5 3 (11.54%) Systems Analysis
6 2 (7.69%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 14 (53.85%) SQL
2 4 (15.38%) PL/SQL
3 3 (11.54%) VBA
4 1 (3.85%) C
4 1 (3.85%) Java
4 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) GDPR
2 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.85%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) CEMLI
1 1 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Oracle
2 1 (3.85%) Liquidlogic
2 1 (3.85%) TOWER Software