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 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 403 494 609
Rank change year-on-year +91 +115 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 615 596 779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.57% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.62% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 515 360 643
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,725 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,313 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,250 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% +4.79% +10.59%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +4.94%

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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Analyst in the UK

Systems Analyst
Top 16 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 27 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 +96 545 £47,500 -5.00% 93
UK excluding London +10 404 £40,000 -11.11% 70
Work from Home +93 212 £47,500 -5.00% 34
London +160 180 £70,000 +27.27% 33
North of England +68 143 £40,000 -20.00% 12
North West +74 93 £40,000 -11.11% 5
East of England +42 79 £42,186 -11.19% 15
South East -42 62 £45,000 +5.88% 14
Midlands -1 45 £46,250 +8.82% 10
Scotland -52 35 £33,750 -20.12% 9
Yorkshire +38 34 £40,000 -27.27% 4
South West +10 33 £38,750 +2.65% 10
West Midlands +17 24 £45,000 +5.88% 7
East Midlands -14 21 £56,500 +26.97% 3
North East +9 16 £40,000 -9.09% 3
Wales +18 7 £39,134 -31.94% 1

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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.

1 273 (44.39%) Finance
2 190 (30.89%) Social Skills
3 171 (27.80%) SQL
4 147 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
5 141 (22.93%) Analytical Skills
6 112 (18.21%) Degree
7 100 (16.26%) ERP
8 99 (16.10%) Microsoft
9 85 (13.82%) Power Platform
10 78 (12.68%) Microsoft Excel
11 77 (12.52%) Business Intelligence
12 70 (11.38%) Power BI
13 67 (10.89%) Law
14 66 (10.73%) Legal
15 63 (10.24%) SQL Server
16 55 (8.94%) Decision-Making
17 54 (8.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 52 (8.46%) Business Analysis
18 52 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
19 50 (8.13%) Migration
20 49 (7.97%) Microsoft Office
20 49 (7.97%) ITIL
21 48 (7.80%) Roadmaps
22 47 (7.64%) Oracle
23 45 (7.32%) Agile
23 45 (7.32%) Retail
23 45 (7.32%) Systems Analysis
24 42 (6.83%) Project Management
24 42 (6.83%) Customer Service
25 40 (6.50%) Management Information System

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 24 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.98%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.33%) CMS
4 2 (0.33%) Confluence
5 1 (0.16%) Mule
5 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 78 (12.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (7.97%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (3.41%) Elite 3E
2 15 (2.44%) Aladdin
2 15 (2.44%) thinkFolio
3 14 (2.28%) iTrent
4 11 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (1.63%) Infor SunSystems
5 10 (1.63%) NetSuite
6 9 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
7 8 (1.30%) Misys Midas
8 6 (0.98%) Oracle Applications
8 6 (0.98%) Oracle Financials
9 5 (0.81%) Epicor Tropos
9 5 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
10 4 (0.65%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
11 2 (0.33%) Oracle AGIS
11 2 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
11 2 (0.33%) Oracle E-Business Tax
Cloud Services
1 85 (13.82%) Power Platform
2 34 (5.53%) Dynamics 365
3 33 (5.37%) Azure
3 33 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (1.95%) WhatsApp
5 10 (1.63%) Power Automate
6 8 (1.30%) PowerApps
7 7 (1.14%) SaaS
8 6 (0.98%) AWS
9 4 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.65%) Mavenlink
9 4 (0.65%) Snowflake
9 4 (0.65%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.33%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.33%) GCP
10 2 (0.33%) Zapier
11 1 (0.16%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.16%) Boomi
11 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.63%) DHCP
1 10 (1.63%) DNS
2 9 (1.46%) Firewall
3 8 (1.30%) 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 70 (11.38%) Power BI
2 63 (10.24%) SQL Server
3 54 (8.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (3.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 16 (2.60%) Oracle Reports
6 12 (1.95%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.63%) BusinessObjects
8 9 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.30%) Oracle Database
10 7 (1.14%) MS Access
11 6 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.81%) Tableau
13 4 (0.65%) MySQL
14 3 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
14 3 (0.49%) SAP HANA
15 2 (0.33%) Big Data
16 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
16 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database 11g
16 1 (0.16%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 19 (3.09%) JIRA
2 14 (2.28%) Visual Studio
3 8 (1.30%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.49%) Selenium
5 2 (0.33%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.33%) Git
5 2 (0.33%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (0.33%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 273 (44.39%) Finance
2 190 (30.89%) Social Skills
3 141 (22.93%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (10.89%) Law
5 66 (10.73%) Legal
6 45 (7.32%) Retail
7 28 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (2.93%) Billing
10 16 (2.60%) Back Office
11 15 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (2.11%) Banking
13 13 (2.11%) Public Sector
14 9 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.14%) Games
16 6 (0.98%) Police
17 5 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
18 4 (0.65%) General Ledger
18 4 (0.65%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (1.95%) .NET
2 12 (1.95%) REST
3 11 (1.79%) EDI
4 10 (1.63%) XML
5 9 (1.46%) JSON
6 8 (1.30%) SOAP
7 7 (1.14%) Web Services
8 6 (0.98%) Middleware
9 4 (0.65%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.49%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 3 (0.49%) HTML
10 3 (0.49%) RESTful
11 2 (0.33%) CSS
12 1 (0.16%) Gherkin
12 1 (0.16%) jQuery
12 1 (0.16%) SailPoint
12 1 (0.16%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.50%) Management Information System
2 30 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (4.23%) Fixed Income
4 17 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (2.76%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.11%) Hedge funds
5 13 (2.11%) Operational Technology
6 8 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.30%) Clustering
6 8 (1.30%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.14%) Pricing Data
8 6 (0.98%) Client/Server
8 6 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (0.98%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.81%) Data Centre
9 5 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (0.81%) Low-Code
9 5 (0.81%) Smart Energy
9 5 (0.81%) Smart Meter
10 4 (0.65%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.55%) Windows
2 18 (2.93%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.60%) Windows 10
4 9 (1.46%) Linux
5 6 (0.98%) Unix
6 2 (0.33%) Android
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (16.26%) ERP
3 77 (12.52%) Business Intelligence
4 55 (8.94%) Decision-Making
5 52 (8.46%) Business Analysis
5 52 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (8.13%) Migration
7 49 (7.97%) ITIL
8 48 (7.80%) Roadmaps
9 45 (7.32%) Agile
9 45 (7.32%) Systems Analysis
10 42 (6.83%) Customer Service
10 42 (6.83%) Project Management
11 38 (6.18%) User Acceptance Testing
12 36 (5.85%) Asset Management
13 35 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
14 33 (5.37%) CRM
14 33 (5.37%) Requirements Gathering
15 31 (5.04%) Change Management
16 29 (4.72%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 171 (27.80%) SQL
2 26 (4.23%) T-SQL
3 18 (2.93%) C#
4 15 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.79%) Python
5 11 (1.79%) VBA
6 8 (1.30%) Java
6 8 (1.30%) VB
7 6 (0.98%) VB.NET
8 4 (0.65%) RPG
9 3 (0.49%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.16%) ABAP
10 1 (0.16%) PHP
10 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 112 (18.21%) Degree
2 23 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (1.79%) ACCA
3 11 (1.79%) CIMA
4 10 (1.63%) DBS Check
5 8 (1.30%) A+ Certification
6 6 (0.98%) MCP
6 6 (0.98%) 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 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.16%) HNC
10 1 (0.16%) ISEB
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.25%) QA
2 11 (1.79%) Data Quality
2 11 (1.79%) SLA
3 8 (1.30%) PMO
4 7 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.14%) GDPR
5 5 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (5.37%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.46%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.98%) vSphere
6 2 (0.33%) Docker
6 2 (0.33%) Firmware
6 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (1.30%) Failover Clustering
1 8 (1.30%) SCCM
2 4 (0.65%) WSUS
3 1 (0.16%) cPanel
Vendors
1 99 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 47 (7.64%) Oracle
3 40 (6.50%) SAP
4 27 (4.39%) Charles River
5 17 (2.76%) VMware
6 16 (2.60%) Sun
7 14 (2.28%) Bloomberg
7 14 (2.28%) Concur
7 14 (2.28%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.28%) Workday
8 11 (1.79%) Aderant
8 11 (1.79%) Infor
9 9 (1.46%) Epicor
9 9 (1.46%) IBM
10 8 (1.30%) Sage
11 7 (1.14%) iManage
11 7 (1.14%) Intapp
12 5 (0.81%) Citrix
12 5 (0.81%) Google
13 4 (0.65%) Cognos