Systems Analyst Jobs

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 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 415 446 660
Rank change year-on-year +31 +214 -40
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 633 602 781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.64% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.71% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 522 364 628
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,575 £32,350
25th Percentile £35,750 £38,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year - +1.60% +7.47%
75th Percentile £64,688 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £66,250 £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% +2.35%

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 102,593 85,161 165,180
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 91.21% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 72,456 55,290 85,908
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,518 £45,000 £42,750
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 £50,500
% change year-on-year -6.54% +5.94% +6.32%

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 8 June 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 8 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 +18 555 £47,500 - 84
UK excluding London -14 423 £40,000 -11.11% 65
Work from Home +22 211 £46,750 -6.50% 48
London +83 176 £65,000 +18.18% 30
North of England +11 140 £40,000 -15.79% 21
North West +52 94 £40,000 -11.11% 12
East of England +30 82 £42,186 -15.21% 4
South East -47 65 £41,500 -7.78% 14
Midlands -31 59 £45,000 +5.88% 12
Scotland -45 35 £33,750 -20.12% 3
Yorkshire +4 34 £40,000 -23.81% 7
East Midlands -21 32 £50,000 +11.11% 6
South West -45 32 £37,500 +5.79% 3
West Midlands -10 27 £42,500 - 6
North East -11 12 £40,000 -9.09% 2
Wales +10 7 £39,134 +3.37% 3
Northern Ireland +23 3 £35,000 -6.67% 5

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 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.

1 253 (39.97%) Finance
2 175 (27.65%) SQL
3 170 (26.86%) Social Skills
4 137 (21.64%) Analytical Skills
5 134 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
6 101 (15.96%) Degree
7 97 (15.32%) Microsoft
8 94 (14.85%) ERP
9 88 (13.90%) Power Platform
10 77 (12.16%) Microsoft Excel
11 76 (12.01%) Law
12 73 (11.53%) Power BI
13 70 (11.06%) Business Intelligence
14 67 (10.58%) Legal
15 56 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
16 53 (8.37%) SQL Server
17 52 (8.21%) Migration
18 51 (8.06%) Decision-Making
19 49 (7.74%) ITIL
20 48 (7.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
21 47 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
22 46 (7.27%) Business Analysis
22 46 (7.27%) Agile
23 45 (7.11%) Roadmaps
24 43 (6.79%) Customer Service
25 42 (6.64%) Systems Analysis
26 41 (6.48%) Oracle
26 41 (6.48%) SAP
27 40 (6.32%) Project Management
27 40 (6.32%) Retail

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 25 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.95%) Confluence
3 6 (0.95%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.32%) CMS
5 1 (0.16%) Liferay
5 1 (0.16%) Mule
5 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 77 (12.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (3.79%) Elite 3E
2 15 (2.37%) iTrent
3 13 (2.05%) Aladdin
3 13 (2.05%) thinkFolio
4 12 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (1.58%) Infor SunSystems
5 10 (1.58%) NetSuite
6 8 (1.26%) Misys Midas
6 8 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
7 6 (0.95%) Oracle Applications
8 5 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.63%) Epicor Tropos
9 4 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.63%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.47%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
11 2 (0.32%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 2 (0.32%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 88 (13.90%) Power Platform
2 37 (5.85%) Dynamics 365
3 34 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (5.21%) Azure
5 11 (1.74%) WhatsApp
6 10 (1.58%) Power Automate
7 9 (1.42%) SaaS
8 8 (1.26%) AWS
8 8 (1.26%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.11%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.63%) Mavenlink
10 4 (0.63%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.47%) GCP
11 3 (0.47%) PaaS
12 2 (0.32%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.32%) Zapier
13 1 (0.16%) Boomi
13 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.42%) DHCP
1 9 (1.42%) DNS
1 9 (1.42%) Firewall
2 8 (1.26%) VSAN
3 4 (0.63%) Internet
3 4 (0.63%) Intranet
3 4 (0.63%) NAS
3 4 (0.63%) SAN
3 4 (0.63%) SSL
3 4 (0.63%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.63%) VLAN
3 4 (0.63%) VPN
3 4 (0.63%) Wireless
4 2 (0.32%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (11.53%) Power BI
2 53 (8.37%) SQL Server
3 48 (7.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 16 (2.53%) Oracle Reports
5 13 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (1.58%) BusinessObjects
6 10 (1.58%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.11%) MS Access
9 6 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.79%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.79%) SAP HANA
10 5 (0.79%) Tableau
11 4 (0.63%) MySQL
12 3 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.16%) Big Data
13 1 (0.16%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.16%) Power Query
13 1 (0.16%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 24 (3.79%) JIRA
2 14 (2.21%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.95%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.47%) Selenium
5 2 (0.32%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 253 (39.97%) Finance
2 170 (26.86%) Social Skills
3 137 (21.64%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (12.01%) Law
5 67 (10.58%) Legal
6 40 (6.32%) Retail
7 28 (4.42%) Manufacturing
8 27 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.05%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.74%) Billing
12 10 (1.58%) Back Office
13 9 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.11%) Banking
14 7 (1.11%) Games
15 6 (0.95%) Police
16 5 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.63%) International Banking
17 4 (0.63%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 16 (2.53%) EDI
3 13 (2.05%) XML
4 12 (1.90%) .NET
4 12 (1.90%) REST
5 9 (1.42%) JSON
6 8 (1.26%) SOAP
7 7 (1.11%) HTML
7 7 (1.11%) Middleware
7 7 (1.11%) Web Services
8 4 (0.63%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.47%) ADO
9 3 (0.47%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 3 (0.47%) RESTful
10 2 (0.32%) CSS
11 1 (0.16%) Gherkin
11 1 (0.16%) jQuery
11 1 (0.16%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.16%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.90%) Management Information System
2 27 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (3.00%) Fixed Income
4 17 (2.69%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.05%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.26%) Clustering
8 7 (1.11%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.11%) Pricing Data
9 6 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (0.95%) Client/Server
9 6 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (0.95%) Hedge funds
9 6 (0.95%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.79%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (0.79%) Smart Energy
10 5 (0.79%) Smart Meter
11 4 (0.63%) Housing Association
11 4 (0.63%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.11%) Windows
2 16 (2.53%) Windows 10
2 16 (2.53%) Windows Server
3 9 (1.42%) Linux
4 5 (0.79%) Unix
5 2 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (14.85%) ERP
3 70 (11.06%) Business Intelligence
4 56 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (8.21%) Migration
6 51 (8.06%) Decision-Making
7 49 (7.74%) ITIL
8 46 (7.27%) Agile
8 46 (7.27%) Business Analysis
9 45 (7.11%) Roadmaps
10 43 (6.79%) Customer Service
11 42 (6.64%) Systems Analysis
12 40 (6.32%) Project Management
13 34 (5.37%) Requirements Gathering
14 33 (5.21%) Stakeholder Management
15 31 (4.90%) Change Management
16 28 (4.42%) Asset Management
16 28 (4.42%) Order Management
17 26 (4.11%) SDLC
18 25 (3.95%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 175 (27.65%) SQL
2 27 (4.27%) T-SQL
3 16 (2.53%) C#
4 15 (2.37%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.21%) VBA
6 11 (1.74%) Python
7 9 (1.42%) Java
8 8 (1.26%) VB
9 6 (0.95%) VB.NET
10 4 (0.63%) RPG
11 3 (0.47%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.16%) ABAP
12 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.16%) PHP
12 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (15.96%) Degree
2 16 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (1.74%) DBS Check
4 9 (1.42%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.26%) A+ Certification
5 8 (1.26%) SC Cleared
6 6 (0.95%) ACCA
6 6 (0.95%) CIMA
6 6 (0.95%) MCP
6 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.63%) CCNA
8 4 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (0.63%) MCSA
8 4 (0.63%) MCSE
9 2 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.16%) HNC
10 1 (0.16%) ISEB
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.37%) QA
2 11 (1.74%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.58%) GDPR
3 10 (1.58%) SLA
4 9 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.26%) PMO
6 7 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (4.74%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.26%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (0.95%) vSphere
5 2 (0.32%) Firmware
5 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (1.26%) Failover Clustering
2 7 (1.11%) SCCM
3 4 (0.63%) WSUS
4 3 (0.47%) Terraform
5 1 (0.16%) cPanel
Vendors
1 97 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.48%) Oracle
2 41 (6.48%) SAP
3 19 (3.00%) Charles River
4 16 (2.53%) VMware
5 14 (2.21%) Concur
5 14 (2.21%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.21%) Workday
6 13 (2.05%) Aderant
6 13 (2.05%) Bloomberg
7 11 (1.74%) Sun
8 10 (1.58%) Infor
9 9 (1.42%) IBM
10 8 (1.26%) Epicor
10 8 (1.26%) Intapp
10 8 (1.26%) Sage
11 6 (0.95%) Cognos
11 6 (0.95%) iManage
12 5 (0.79%) Citrix
13 4 (0.63%) PeopleSoft