Business Systems Analyst Jobs

Business System Analyst
UK

The median Business System Analyst salary in the UK is £43,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary 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 770 832 982
Rank change year-on-year +62 +150 -185
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 137 115 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.12% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.13% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 116 97 244
10th Percentile £28,875 £38,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £55,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.36% +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £57,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £74,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% +11.11% +3.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Business Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Systems Analyst.

Salary trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +62 132 £43,500 -20.91% 23
UK excluding London +20 118 £42,000 -16.00% 19
Work from Home +45 49 £46,750 -15.00% 42
East of England +26 35 £42,500 -29.17% 3
South East +13 32 £37,000 -25.63% 2
North of England +39 23 £47,500 -5.00% 4
London +90 20 £76,250 +34.36% 8
North West +6 17 £47,500 -5.00% 3
Midlands -12 17 £50,000 +4.25% 5
East Midlands -22 9 £67,500 +22.73% 2
West Midlands -9 8 £45,000 -5.26% 3
Yorkshire +64 6 £40,000 -27.27% 1
South West -27 6 £40,000 -27.93% 1
Scotland -64 5 £37,800 -16.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Business Systems Analyst 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 permanent job ads featuring Business Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 52 (37.96%) SQL
2 38 (27.74%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (24.82%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (24.82%) Social Skills
4 32 (23.36%) Finance
5 29 (21.17%) ERP
6 28 (20.44%) Project Management
7 26 (18.98%) Agile
8 23 (16.79%) Business Analysis
9 21 (15.33%) Systems Analysis
9 21 (15.33%) Decision-Making
10 20 (14.60%) Requirements Gathering
11 19 (13.87%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (13.14%) Degree
13 17 (12.41%) Power Platform
13 17 (12.41%) Power BI
14 15 (10.95%) Microsoft Excel
15 13 (9.49%) Manufacturing
15 13 (9.49%) Migration
15 13 (9.49%) EDI
15 13 (9.49%) Order Management
15 13 (9.49%) Customer Service
16 12 (8.76%) Management Information System
16 12 (8.76%) Use Case
17 11 (8.03%) Retail
17 11 (8.03%) Waterfall
17 11 (8.03%) SQL Server
17 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
18 10 (7.30%) .NET
18 10 (7.30%) Business Case

Business 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 2 (1.46%) CMS
1 2 (1.46%) Confluence
2 1 (0.73%) Liferay
2 1 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (10.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.19%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (2.19%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (2.19%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.41%) Power Platform
2 8 (5.84%) Azure
3 5 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.92%) Mavenlink
4 4 (2.92%) SaaS
5 2 (1.46%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.46%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.41%) Power BI
2 11 (8.03%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.92%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.19%) Tableau
6 2 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (5.11%) JIRA
General
1 38 (27.74%) Analytical Skills
2 34 (24.82%) Social Skills
3 32 (23.36%) Finance
4 13 (9.49%) Manufacturing
5 11 (8.03%) Retail
6 9 (6.57%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.11%) Law
8 4 (2.92%) Games
9 2 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.73%) Advertising
10 1 (0.73%) Automotive
10 1 (0.73%) Banking
10 1 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.73%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.49%) EDI
2 10 (7.30%) .NET
3 6 (4.38%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.46%) JSON
4 2 (1.46%) REST
4 2 (1.46%) SOAP
4 2 (1.46%) XML
5 1 (0.73%) HTML
5 1 (0.73%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.76%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.84%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.19%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.19%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.73%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.73%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.73%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.92%) Linux
1 4 (2.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (24.82%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (21.17%) ERP
3 28 (20.44%) Project Management
4 26 (18.98%) Agile
5 23 (16.79%) Business Analysis
6 21 (15.33%) Decision-Making
6 21 (15.33%) Systems Analysis
7 20 (14.60%) Requirements Gathering
8 19 (13.87%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (9.49%) Customer Service
9 13 (9.49%) Migration
9 13 (9.49%) Order Management
10 12 (8.76%) Use Case
11 11 (8.03%) Waterfall
12 10 (7.30%) Business Case
12 10 (7.30%) SDLC
13 9 (6.57%) CRM
13 9 (6.57%) Data Management
13 9 (6.57%) Stakeholder Management
14 8 (5.84%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 52 (37.96%) SQL
2 9 (6.57%) C#
3 7 (5.11%) Python
4 3 (2.19%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.46%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.46%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.73%) Java
6 1 (0.73%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (13.14%) Degree
2 1 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (0.73%) DBS Check
2 1 (0.73%) HND
2 1 (0.73%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.11%) PMO
2 3 (2.19%) QA
3 2 (1.46%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (1.46%) vSphere
Vendors
1 8 (5.84%) Salesforce
2 7 (5.11%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.65%) SAP
4 3 (2.19%) Epicor
4 3 (2.19%) Oracle
5 1 (0.73%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (0.73%) mParticle
5 1 (0.73%) Nintex