Systems Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Systems Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Systems Analysis over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 778 782 816
Rank change year-on-year +4 +34 -170
Permanent jobs citing Systems Analysis 127 191 422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.18% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.19% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 103 150 342
10th Percentile £33,600 £42,500 £35,134
25th Percentile £42,250 £51,250 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,250 £82,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -29.17% +26.32% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Systems Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,360 99,485 147,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.62% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 59,619 58,411 83,272
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Systems Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analysis in the UK

Systems Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Systems Analysis in the UK

Systems Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Analysis over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Analysis in the UK

Systems Analysis
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +68 124 £72,500 +11.54% 41
UK excluding London -29 70 £42,500 -29.17% 28
London +107 56 £85,000 +21.43% 15
Work from Home +60 52 £45,000 -25.00% 17
South East +27 28 £38,500 -35.83% 10
West Midlands +19 12 £55,000 -12.00%
Midlands -8 12 £55,000 -12.00% 1
North of England +35 11 £60,000 +42.53% 2
East of England +10 10 £42,500 -29.17% 9
North West +13 8 £60,000 +42.53% 2
South West -30 7 £83,577 +26.15% 4
Yorkshire +95 3 £47,263 +13.89%
Northern Ireland +21 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 1

Systems Analysis
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 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.79%) Apache
2 1 (0.79%) IIS
2 1 (0.79%) nginx
2 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (11.02%) Aladdin
1 14 (11.02%) thinkFolio
2 3 (2.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.57%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (0.79%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.79%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.79%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (11.02%) SaaS
2 11 (8.66%) Azure
3 6 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.94%) AWS
4 5 (3.94%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon S3
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon SQS
5 4 (3.15%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (3.15%) AWS Step Functions
5 4 (3.15%) GCP
5 4 (3.15%) Serverless
6 2 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.57%) Boomi
6 2 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.57%) dbt
6 2 (1.57%) iPaaS
6 2 (1.57%) PaaS
6 2 (1.57%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.51%) Firewall
2 6 (4.72%) WAN
3 5 (3.94%) BGP
4 4 (3.15%) DHCP
4 4 (3.15%) DNS
4 4 (3.15%) LAN
4 4 (3.15%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (3.15%) Wireless
5 2 (1.57%) Internet
5 2 (1.57%) Network Security
5 2 (1.57%) VoIP
6 1 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.79%) MPLS
6 1 (0.79%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.79%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (22.83%) SQL Server
2 16 (12.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 16 (12.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (3.15%) MySQL
3 4 (3.15%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.15%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.57%) Power BI
4 2 (1.57%) Tableau
5 1 (0.79%) Metadata
5 1 (0.79%) Redis
5 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (7.87%) Eclipse
1 10 (7.87%) Git
2 6 (4.72%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.94%) Visual Studio
4 4 (3.15%) IBM UrbanCode
4 4 (3.15%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.57%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (1.57%) TeamCity
General
1 42 (33.07%) Finance
2 23 (18.11%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (15.75%) Social Skills
4 12 (9.45%) Back Office
4 12 (9.45%) Billing
5 6 (4.72%) Advertising
6 5 (3.94%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.15%) Banking
7 4 (3.15%) Front Office
7 4 (3.15%) Local Government
7 4 (3.15%) Retail
8 3 (2.36%) Legal
9 2 (1.57%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.57%) Marketing
9 2 (1.57%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.79%) Automotive
10 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.79%) Law
Job Titles
1 76 (59.84%) Analyst
2 45 (35.43%) Systems Analyst
3 26 (20.47%) Lead
4 20 (15.75%) Business Analyst
5 15 (11.81%) Senior
6 13 (10.24%) Business Systems Analyst
7 12 (9.45%) Charles River Analyst
7 12 (9.45%) Developer
8 10 (7.87%) Analyst Programmer
8 10 (7.87%) Programmer
9 9 (7.09%) Project Manager
10 8 (6.30%) Insurance Business Analyst
10 8 (6.30%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (6.30%) Senior Systems Analyst
11 7 (5.51%) Technical Analyst
12 5 (3.94%) Consultant
12 5 (3.94%) Digital Project Manager
12 5 (3.94%) HR Manager
12 5 (3.94%) Payroll Manager
12 5 (3.94%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (15.75%) EDI
2 11 (8.66%) Web Services
3 10 (7.87%) JSON
3 10 (7.87%) REST
3 10 (7.87%) XML
3 10 (7.87%) XSL
4 9 (7.09%) .NET
5 4 (3.15%) .NET Core
5 4 (3.15%) .NET Framework
5 4 (3.15%) ASP.NET
5 4 (3.15%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (3.15%) React
5 4 (3.15%) Unity DI Container
6 2 (1.57%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.57%) Middleware
6 2 (1.57%) RESTful
7 1 (0.79%) HTML
7 1 (0.79%) HTML5
7 1 (0.79%) SAP ALE
7 1 (0.79%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 26 (20.47%) Fixed Income
2 18 (14.17%) Management Information System
3 16 (12.60%) Hedge funds
4 12 (9.45%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.15%) Blog
5 4 (3.15%) Fat Client
5 4 (3.15%) Private Cloud
5 4 (3.15%) Thin Client
6 3 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.79%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.79%) FMCG
7 1 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) IoT
7 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.79%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.79%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.79%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.79%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.09%) Windows
2 6 (4.72%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.15%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.36%) Linux
5 1 (0.79%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (25.20%) Asset Management
2 25 (19.69%) Business Analysis
3 22 (17.32%) Agile
4 20 (15.75%) Requirements Gathering
5 19 (14.96%) Business Process Mapping
5 19 (14.96%) SDLC
6 18 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (12.60%) Computer Science
8 15 (11.81%) Software Testing
9 14 (11.02%) Scrum
10 13 (10.24%) Translating Business Requirements
10 13 (10.24%) User Acceptance Testing
11 12 (9.45%) Economics
11 12 (9.45%) Integration Testing
11 12 (9.45%) Investment Management
11 12 (9.45%) ITIL
11 12 (9.45%) Portfolio Management
11 12 (9.45%) Wealth Management
12 11 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (8.66%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (39.37%) SQL
2 10 (7.87%) Python
2 10 (7.87%) RPG
3 9 (7.09%) C#
4 6 (4.72%) PowerShell
5 5 (3.94%) Java
5 5 (3.94%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.15%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.57%) C++
8 1 (0.79%) ABAP
8 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.79%) VB
8 1 (0.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (25.20%) Degree
2 12 (9.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.15%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.36%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.36%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.57%) HND
5 2 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.57%) PhD
6 1 (0.79%) CBAP
6 1 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.72%) QA
2 3 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.57%) ECSS
3 2 (1.57%) GDPR
4 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (5.51%) Docker
2 6 (4.72%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.57%) vSphere
5 1 (0.79%) Shibboleth
5 1 (0.79%) Varnish
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (3.15%) Ansible
2 3 (2.36%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 26 (20.47%) Charles River
2 14 (11.02%) Bloomberg
3 8 (6.30%) Microsoft
4 7 (5.51%) VMware
5 5 (3.94%) Cisco
5 5 (3.94%) Citrix
6 4 (3.15%) Google
6 4 (3.15%) NetApp
6 4 (3.15%) Oracle
7 3 (2.36%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.36%) SAP
8 2 (1.57%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.57%) IBM
8 2 (1.57%) Jitterbit
8 2 (1.57%) Talend
8 2 (1.57%) Zoho
9 1 (0.79%) HP
9 1 (0.79%) iManage
9 1 (0.79%) QAD
9 1 (0.79%) Red Hat