Systems Thinking Contracts

Systems Thinking
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Systems Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Systems Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 637 726
Rank change year-on-year +83 +89 -41
Contract jobs citing Systems Thinking 40 60 139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.12% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 35 100
10th Percentile £328 £414 £430
25th Percentile £456 £455 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £609 £600 £652
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £434 £525
% change year-on-year +4.90% -17.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 13 2
10th Percentile £41.78 £58.36 £56.76
25th Percentile £47.06 £62.50 £58.13
Median hourly rate £53.25 £67.50 £60.42
Median % change year-on-year -21.12% +11.72% +11.89%
75th Percentile £56.49 £68.75 £62.71
90th Percentile - £70.00 £64.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.49 £70.00 £55.84
% change year-on-year -19.30% +25.36% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Systems Thinking 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,161 49,793 79,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.16% 89.64% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,765 34,463 55,606
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,583 1,678 1,849
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.90
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.02 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% +36.35% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £33.14 £21.00
% change year-on-year +15.02% +57.82% -

Systems Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Systems Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Thinking in the UK

Systems Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Thinking.

Daily rate trend for Systems Thinking in the UK

Systems Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Thinking over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Thinking in the UK

Systems Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Thinking.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Thinking in the UK

Systems Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Systems Thinking over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Systems Thinking in the UK

Systems Thinking
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Thinking within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 +94 35 £505 -12.17% 26
London +79 22 £505 -12.17% 5
UK excluding London +42 17 £455 +4.90% 22
Work from Home +88 7 £475 -13.64% 12
North of England +32 5 £413 -25.00% 2
North West +17 4 £413 -25.00% 2
South East +19 3 £663 +26.19% 11
Scotland +33 2 £455 +8.01% 3
Wales +24 2 - -
South West +3 2 - - 3
Midlands +12 1 £300 -
North East - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Systems Thinking
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 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.50%) CMS
2 1 (2.50%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) Figma
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.00%) AWS
3 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.50%) Azure
4 1 (2.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (2.50%) Azure Functions
4 1 (2.50%) Contentful
4 1 (2.50%) Contentstack
4 1 (2.50%) GitHub
4 1 (2.50%) prismic.io
4 1 (2.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) DynamoDB
1 2 (5.00%) Power BI
2 1 (2.50%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
1 2 (5.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.50%) Git
General
1 9 (22.50%) Finance
2 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.50%) Public Sector
4 6 (15.00%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (10.00%) Banking
5 4 (10.00%) Investment Banking
6 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Corporate Banking
6 3 (7.50%) Local Government
6 3 (7.50%) Military
6 3 (7.50%) Retail
6 3 (7.50%) Retail Banking
7 2 (5.00%) Marketing
7 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (5.00%) Police
7 2 (5.00%) Welsh Language
8 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.50%) Social Housing
8 1 (2.50%) Tech for Good
8 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (17.50%) Designer
2 5 (12.50%) Analyst
2 5 (12.50%) Architect
2 5 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 5 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 4 (10.00%) Content Designer
3 4 (10.00%) Senior
3 4 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (10.00%) Transformation Manager
3 4 (10.00%) Transformation Project Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Business Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Developer
4 3 (7.50%) Digital Product Owner
4 3 (7.50%) Product Owner
5 2 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Power BI Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Senior Product Owner
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) .NET
1 2 (5.00%) AWS CDK
1 2 (5.00%) Lambda Expressions
2 1 (2.50%) Node.js
2 1 (2.50%) OpenAPI
2 1 (2.50%) REST
2 1 (2.50%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.00%) Taxonomies
4 1 (2.50%) Acoustics
4 1 (2.50%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.50%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.50%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Android
1 2 (5.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.50%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Agile
2 8 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 8 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (15.00%) Customer Experience
3 6 (15.00%) Project Delivery
3 6 (15.00%) Project Management
3 6 (15.00%) Service Delivery
4 5 (12.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 5 (12.50%) Business Case
4 5 (12.50%) Innovative Thinking
4 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 5 (12.50%) Service Design
4 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (12.50%) User Experience
5 4 (10.00%) Lean Thinking
5 4 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 4 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
5 4 (10.00%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) C#
2 1 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (2.50%) Java
2 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.50%) Python
2 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) Degree
1 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.00%) HND
2 2 (5.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Ansible
1 1 (2.50%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.00%) Sparx
3 1 (2.50%) Citrix
3 1 (2.50%) Civica
3 1 (2.50%) Google