System Analyst
UK

The median System Analyst salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 414 492 638
Rank change year-on-year +78 +146 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 620 584 773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.59% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.64% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 522 361 628
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £33,350
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +2.11% +11.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £66,250 £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,551
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.33% +3.69%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Systems Analyst in the UK

Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Analyst in the UK

Systems Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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 +75 547 £47,500 -5.00% 75
UK excluding London -11 406 £40,000 -11.11% 61
Work from Home +68 215 £47,500 -5.00% 49
London +134 183 £70,000 +27.27% 22
North of England +58 139 £40,000 -18.78% 14
North West +61 92 £40,000 -11.11% 7
East of England +38 81 £42,500 -10.05% 8
South East -49 62 £43,500 +2.35% 18
Midlands -14 48 £45,000 +5.88% 12
Scotland -50 35 £33,750 -20.59% 6
Yorkshire +25 32 £40,000 -27.27% 4
South West -20 32 £37,500 +8.70% 5
West Midlands +7 26 £43,750 +2.94% 8
East Midlands -8 22 £62,500 +38.89% 4
North East +2 15 £40,000 -9.09% 3
Wales +11 6 £39,134 -31.94% 1
Northern Ireland +23 3 £35,000 -6.67%

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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 Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 269 (43.39%) Finance
2 183 (29.52%) Social Skills
3 174 (28.06%) SQL
4 142 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
5 141 (22.74%) Analytical Skills
6 103 (16.61%) Degree
7 98 (15.81%) Microsoft
8 97 (15.65%) ERP
9 87 (14.03%) Power Platform
10 77 (12.42%) Microsoft Excel
11 73 (11.77%) Business Intelligence
11 73 (11.77%) Law
12 72 (11.61%) Power BI
13 65 (10.48%) Legal
14 59 (9.52%) SQL Server
15 55 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
16 54 (8.71%) Decision-Making
17 52 (8.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 51 (8.23%) Migration
19 50 (8.06%) Agile
20 49 (7.90%) Business Analysis
20 49 (7.90%) ITIL
21 48 (7.74%) Microsoft Office
22 47 (7.58%) Roadmaps
23 46 (7.42%) Systems Analysis
24 43 (6.94%) Retail
24 43 (6.94%) Oracle
24 43 (6.94%) Customer Service
25 42 (6.77%) Project Management
26 39 (6.29%) SAP

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 23 (3.71%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.48%) Confluence
5 2 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Liferay
6 1 (0.16%) Mule
6 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 77 (12.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (7.74%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (3.71%) Elite 3E
2 15 (2.42%) Aladdin
2 15 (2.42%) thinkFolio
3 12 (1.94%) iTrent
4 11 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (1.61%) Infor SunSystems
5 10 (1.61%) NetSuite
6 9 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
7 8 (1.29%) Misys Midas
8 6 (0.97%) Oracle Applications
9 5 (0.81%) Epicor Tropos
9 5 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
10 4 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
10 4 (0.65%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
11 2 (0.32%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.32%) SAP FI-GL
11 2 (0.32%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 87 (14.03%) Power Platform
2 35 (5.65%) Dynamics 365
3 34 (5.48%) Azure
4 33 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (1.77%) WhatsApp
6 10 (1.61%) Power Automate
7 8 (1.29%) AWS
7 8 (1.29%) PowerApps
7 8 (1.29%) SaaS
8 7 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.65%) GCP
9 4 (0.65%) Mavenlink
9 4 (0.65%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.32%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.32%) PaaS
10 2 (0.32%) Zapier
11 1 (0.16%) Boomi
11 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.61%) DHCP
1 10 (1.61%) DNS
2 9 (1.45%) Firewall
3 8 (1.29%) VSAN
4 5 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.65%) Internet
5 4 (0.65%) Intranet
5 4 (0.65%) NAS
5 4 (0.65%) SAN
5 4 (0.65%) SSL
5 4 (0.65%) VLAN
5 4 (0.65%) VPN
5 4 (0.65%) Wireless
6 1 (0.16%) LAN
6 1 (0.16%) WAN
6 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (11.61%) Power BI
2 59 (9.52%) SQL Server
3 52 (8.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (2.42%) Oracle Reports
6 11 (1.77%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.61%) BusinessObjects
8 9 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (1.13%) MS Access
10 7 (1.13%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.81%) Tableau
13 3 (0.48%) MySQL
13 3 (0.48%) SAP HANA
14 2 (0.32%) Big Data
14 2 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
15 1 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
15 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
15 1 (0.16%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 19 (3.06%) JIRA
2 14 (2.26%) Visual Studio
3 8 (1.29%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.48%) Selenium
5 2 (0.32%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.32%) Git
5 2 (0.32%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 269 (43.39%) Finance
2 183 (29.52%) Social Skills
3 141 (22.74%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (11.77%) Law
5 65 (10.48%) Legal
6 43 (6.94%) Retail
7 28 (4.52%) Manufacturing
8 26 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.42%) Billing
9 15 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.26%) Banking
11 13 (2.10%) Back Office
12 12 (1.94%) Public Sector
13 10 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.13%) Games
15 6 (0.97%) Police
16 5 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.65%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.74%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (2.42%) EDI
3 12 (1.94%) .NET
3 12 (1.94%) REST
3 12 (1.94%) XML
4 9 (1.45%) JSON
5 8 (1.29%) SOAP
6 7 (1.13%) Middleware
6 7 (1.13%) Web Services
7 5 (0.81%) HTML
8 4 (0.65%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.48%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 2 (0.32%) ADO
10 2 (0.32%) CSS
10 2 (0.32%) RESTful
11 1 (0.16%) Gherkin
11 1 (0.16%) jQuery
11 1 (0.16%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.16%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.65%) Management Information System
2 29 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (3.71%) Fixed Income
4 17 (2.74%) Product Ownership
5 16 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.10%) Operational Technology
7 10 (1.61%) Hedge funds
8 8 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.29%) Clustering
8 8 (1.29%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.13%) Pricing Data
10 6 (0.97%) Client/Server
10 6 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (0.97%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.81%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (0.81%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.81%) Smart Energy
11 5 (0.81%) Smart Meter
12 4 (0.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.52%) Windows
2 18 (2.90%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.58%) Windows 10
4 9 (1.45%) Linux
5 5 (0.81%) Unix
6 2 (0.32%) Android
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (15.65%) ERP
3 73 (11.77%) Business Intelligence
4 55 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 54 (8.71%) Decision-Making
6 51 (8.23%) Migration
7 50 (8.06%) Agile
8 49 (7.90%) Business Analysis
8 49 (7.90%) ITIL
9 47 (7.58%) Roadmaps
10 46 (7.42%) Systems Analysis
11 43 (6.94%) Customer Service
12 42 (6.77%) Project Management
13 35 (5.65%) Stakeholder Management
14 33 (5.32%) Asset Management
14 33 (5.32%) Requirements Gathering
15 30 (4.84%) Change Management
16 28 (4.52%) CRM
16 28 (4.52%) User Acceptance Testing
17 25 (4.03%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 174 (28.06%) SQL
2 27 (4.35%) T-SQL
3 17 (2.74%) C#
4 15 (2.42%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.77%) Python
5 11 (1.77%) VBA
6 9 (1.45%) Java
7 8 (1.29%) VB
8 6 (0.97%) VB.NET
9 4 (0.65%) RPG
10 3 (0.48%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.16%) ABAP
11 1 (0.16%) PHP
11 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (16.61%) Degree
2 19 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (1.61%) DBS Check
4 9 (1.45%) ACCA
4 9 (1.45%) CIMA
5 8 (1.29%) A+ Certification
6 6 (0.97%) MCP
6 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (0.81%) Security Cleared
8 4 (0.65%) CCNA
8 4 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.65%) MCSA
8 4 (0.65%) MCSE
8 4 (0.65%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.16%) HNC
10 1 (0.16%) ISEB
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.90%) QA
2 11 (1.77%) SLA
3 10 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.29%) PMO
5 7 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.13%) GDPR
6 5 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (5.16%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.97%) vSphere
6 2 (0.32%) Docker
6 2 (0.32%) Firmware
6 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (1.29%) Failover Clustering
1 8 (1.29%) SCCM
2 4 (0.65%) WSUS
3 2 (0.32%) Terraform
4 1 (0.16%) cPanel
Vendors
1 98 (15.81%) Microsoft
2 43 (6.94%) Oracle
3 39 (6.29%) SAP
4 24 (3.87%) Charles River
5 17 (2.74%) VMware
6 14 (2.26%) Aderant
6 14 (2.26%) Bloomberg
6 14 (2.26%) Concur
6 14 (2.26%) Sun
7 13 (2.10%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.94%) Workday
9 11 (1.77%) Infor
10 9 (1.45%) Epicor
10 9 (1.45%) IBM
11 8 (1.29%) Intapp
12 7 (1.13%) iManage
13 6 (0.97%) Sage
14 5 (0.81%) Citrix
14 5 (0.81%) Google
15 4 (0.65%) Varonis