Systems Analyst Contracts

System Analyst
UK

The median System Analyst daily rate in the UK is £473 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 432 548 590
Rank change year-on-year +116 +42 -34
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 143 134 256
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.24% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.25% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 111 192
10th Percentile £275 £240 £325
25th Percentile £363 £350 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £475 £461
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% +2.98% +2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £581 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £611
UK excluding London median daily rate £408 £413 £450
% change year-on-year -1.21% -8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 8
10th Percentile £17.25 - £16.94
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £35.50 £25.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.00% +42.86% -30.00%
75th Percentile £62.13 £27.50 £20.38
90th Percentile £66.25 - £31.42
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -28.00% +42.86% -30.00%

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 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +87 119 £450 - 85
London +116 78 £478 -15.11% 28
UK excluding London +28 55 £408 -1.21% 70
Work from Home +105 39 £500 - 47
Scotland +46 15 £520 +0.48% 6
South East +5 13 £325 -5.11% 14
Midlands +18 12 £450 +21.62% 14
West Midlands +6 8 £450 +21.62% 6
East of England +7 6 £300 -42.17% 5
North of England +13 5 £531 +28.79% 19
East Midlands +15 4 - - 8
North West +18 2 - - 12
Yorkshire +12 2 £475 +13.43% 6
South West +4 2 - - 5
North East +11 1 £588 +62.07% 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 43 (30.07%) Finance
2 27 (18.88%) Migration
2 27 (18.88%) Social Skills
3 23 (16.08%) Agile
3 23 (16.08%) Windows
4 19 (13.29%) Business Analysis
5 18 (12.59%) Requirements Gathering
6 17 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (11.89%) Project Management
7 16 (11.19%) DevOps
8 15 (10.49%) Data Migration
8 15 (10.49%) Microsoft
8 15 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
8 15 (10.49%) SQL
9 14 (9.79%) PowerShell
9 14 (9.79%) User Stories
10 13 (9.09%) Degree
10 13 (9.09%) ERP
10 13 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (8.39%) Python
11 12 (8.39%) ACCA
11 12 (8.39%) CIMA
11 12 (8.39%) Systems Analysis
11 12 (8.39%) User Acceptance Testing
11 12 (8.39%) AWS
12 11 (7.69%) Oracle
12 11 (7.69%) Windows Server
13 10 (6.99%) SDLC
13 10 (6.99%) ITIL
14 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Office

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 (6.29%) Confluence
2 4 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.10%) OpenEdge
4 2 (1.40%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 15 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.80%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.70%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 4 (2.80%) Infor SunSystems
1 4 (2.80%) OPENHousing
2 2 (1.40%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.40%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.40%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.40%) Oracle FAH
2 2 (1.40%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.40%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.40%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.70%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.70%) Maximo
3 1 (0.70%) Relativity
3 1 (0.70%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.70%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.70%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.39%) AWS
2 9 (6.29%) Power Platform
3 5 (3.50%) Azure
3 5 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.80%) PowerApps
5 3 (2.10%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.40%) Google Docs
6 2 (1.40%) SaaS
6 2 (1.40%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.70%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.70%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.70%) Miro
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.10%) DHCP
1 3 (2.10%) DNS
1 3 (2.10%) Firewall
1 3 (2.10%) IPv4
2 2 (1.40%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.70%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.29%) Power BI
2 5 (3.50%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.40%) Big Data
4 2 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.40%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.70%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.70%) GIS
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.70%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.29%) JIRA
2 2 (1.40%) Artifactory
2 2 (1.40%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.40%) Subversion
2 2 (1.40%) Toad
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (30.07%) Finance
2 27 (18.88%) Social Skills
3 17 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.29%) Banking
5 5 (3.50%) Billing
6 4 (2.80%) Local Government
6 4 (2.80%) Retail
6 4 (2.80%) Social Housing
7 3 (2.10%) Back Office
7 3 (2.10%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.10%) Marketing
7 3 (2.10%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.40%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.70%) Law
9 1 (0.70%) Legal
9 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.90%) Middleware
2 6 (4.20%) SailPoint
3 3 (2.10%) .NET
4 1 (0.70%) JSON
4 1 (0.70%) Swagger
4 1 (0.70%) XML
4 1 (0.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.59%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.90%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.50%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.80%) EPoS
5 2 (1.40%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.40%) Life Science
5 2 (1.40%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.40%) Online Banking
5 2 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.40%) SCADA
5 2 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (1.40%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.70%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.70%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 23 (16.08%) Windows
2 11 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.50%) Unix
4 1 (0.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (18.88%) Migration
2 23 (16.08%) Agile
3 19 (13.29%) Business Analysis
4 18 (12.59%) Requirements Gathering
5 17 (11.89%) Project Management
6 16 (11.19%) DevOps
7 15 (10.49%) Data Migration
8 14 (9.79%) User Stories
9 13 (9.09%) ERP
9 13 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (8.39%) Systems Analysis
10 12 (8.39%) User Acceptance Testing
11 10 (6.99%) ITIL
11 10 (6.99%) SDLC
12 9 (6.29%) Change Management
13 8 (5.59%) Data Analysis
13 8 (5.59%) Data Management
14 7 (4.90%) CRM
14 7 (4.90%) Data Mapping
14 7 (4.90%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.49%) SQL
2 14 (9.79%) PowerShell
3 12 (8.39%) Python
4 4 (2.80%) Java
5 3 (2.10%) C#
5 3 (2.10%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.10%) VBScript
6 2 (1.40%) C++
7 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (9.09%) Degree
2 12 (8.39%) ACCA
2 12 (8.39%) CIMA
3 2 (1.40%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.70%) CEH
4 1 (0.70%) CISM
4 1 (0.70%) CISSP
4 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.90%) Data Quality
1 7 (4.90%) QA
2 4 (2.80%) PMO
3 3 (2.10%) GxP
4 2 (1.40%) SLA
5 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.70%) EMIR
5 1 (0.70%) ISO 15022
5 1 (0.70%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.70%) MiFID
5 1 (0.70%) NIST
5 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 4 (2.80%) SCCM
2 2 (1.40%) Ansible
2 2 (1.40%) BladeLogic
2 2 (1.40%) ITRS Geneos
2 2 (1.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (10.49%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.69%) Oracle
3 8 (5.59%) Citrix
3 8 (5.59%) Sun
4 7 (4.90%) SAP
5 5 (3.50%) Capita
5 5 (3.50%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.80%) Alteryx
6 4 (2.80%) Northgate
6 4 (2.80%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.10%) Bloomberg
7 3 (2.10%) Google
7 3 (2.10%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.10%) Refinitiv
8 2 (1.40%) Altiris
8 2 (1.40%) Ariba
8 2 (1.40%) BMC
8 2 (1.40%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.40%) Databricks
8 2 (1.40%) Dynatrace