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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 411 494 612
Rank change year-on-year +83 +118 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 622 582 766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.58% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.63% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 521 363 627
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £33,300
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 £66,000 £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +2.41%

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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
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 10 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 10 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 +76 552 £47,500 -5.00% 82
UK excluding London -1 410 £40,000 -11.11% 64
Work from Home +74 218 £47,500 -5.00% 43
London +137 181 £70,000 +27.27% 27
North of England +63 144 £40,000 -20.00% 9
North West +61 94 £40,000 -11.11% 3
East of England +48 80 £42,500 -10.05% 11
South East -47 64 £44,250 +4.12% 16
Midlands -21 47 £45,000 +5.88% 15
Yorkshire +34 34 £40,000 -25.58% 3
Scotland -46 34 £33,750 -20.35% 8
South West -8 33 £38,750 +2.65% 5
West Midlands -6 26 £43,750 +2.94% 10
East Midlands -15 21 £56,500 +26.97% 5
North East +4 16 £40,000 -9.09% 3
Wales +11 6 £39,134 -31.94% 1
Northern Ireland +23 2 £35,000 -6.67% 3

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 271 (43.57%) Finance
2 188 (30.23%) Social Skills
3 171 (27.49%) SQL
4 142 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
5 141 (22.67%) Analytical Skills
6 107 (17.20%) Degree
7 99 (15.92%) ERP
8 98 (15.76%) Microsoft
9 88 (14.15%) Power Platform
10 80 (12.86%) Business Intelligence
11 78 (12.54%) Microsoft Excel
12 73 (11.74%) Power BI
13 72 (11.58%) Law
14 66 (10.61%) Legal
15 61 (9.81%) SQL Server
16 55 (8.84%) Business Analysis
17 54 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
17 54 (8.68%) Decision-Making
18 53 (8.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 50 (8.04%) Microsoft Office
19 50 (8.04%) Migration
20 49 (7.88%) ITIL
21 48 (7.72%) Agile
22 47 (7.56%) Roadmaps
23 46 (7.40%) Systems Analysis
24 44 (7.07%) Oracle
25 43 (6.91%) Retail
26 42 (6.75%) Project Management
26 42 (6.75%) Customer Service
27 41 (6.59%) 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 24 (3.86%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.32%) CMS
4 2 (0.32%) Confluence
5 1 (0.16%) Mule
5 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 78 (12.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (8.04%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (3.38%) Elite 3E
2 15 (2.41%) Aladdin
2 15 (2.41%) thinkFolio
3 14 (2.25%) iTrent
4 11 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (1.61%) Infor SunSystems
5 10 (1.61%) NetSuite
5 10 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (1.29%) Misys Midas
7 6 (0.96%) Oracle Applications
8 5 (0.80%) Epicor Tropos
8 5 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.80%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.32%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.32%) SAP FI-GL
10 2 (0.32%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 88 (14.15%) Power Platform
2 36 (5.79%) Dynamics 365
3 33 (5.31%) Azure
3 33 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (1.93%) WhatsApp
5 10 (1.61%) Power Automate
6 8 (1.29%) PowerApps
7 7 (1.13%) AWS
7 7 (1.13%) SaaS
8 6 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.64%) Mavenlink
9 4 (0.64%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.48%) GCP
11 2 (0.32%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.32%) Zapier
12 1 (0.16%) Boomi
12 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.61%) DHCP
1 10 (1.61%) DNS
2 9 (1.45%) Firewall
3 8 (1.29%) VSAN
4 5 (0.80%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.64%) Internet
5 4 (0.64%) Intranet
5 4 (0.64%) NAS
5 4 (0.64%) SAN
5 4 (0.64%) SSL
5 4 (0.64%) VLAN
5 4 (0.64%) VPN
5 4 (0.64%) Wireless
6 1 (0.16%) LAN
6 1 (0.16%) WAN
6 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (11.74%) Power BI
2 61 (9.81%) SQL Server
3 53 (8.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 18 (2.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (2.41%) 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 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.80%) Tableau
13 4 (0.64%) MySQL
14 3 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
14 3 (0.48%) SAP HANA
15 2 (0.32%) Big Data
16 1 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
16 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
16 1 (0.16%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 19 (3.05%) JIRA
2 14 (2.25%) 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%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 271 (43.57%) Finance
2 188 (30.23%) Social Skills
3 141 (22.67%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (11.58%) Law
5 66 (10.61%) Legal
6 43 (6.91%) Retail
7 27 (4.34%) Manufacturing
8 26 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.41%) Billing
9 15 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (2.25%) Back Office
10 14 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.09%) Banking
11 13 (2.09%) Public Sector
12 9 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.13%) Games
14 6 (0.96%) Police
15 5 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.64%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (2.25%) EDI
3 12 (1.93%) REST
3 12 (1.93%) XML
4 11 (1.77%) .NET
5 9 (1.45%) JSON
6 8 (1.29%) SOAP
7 7 (1.13%) Web Services
8 6 (0.96%) Middleware
9 5 (0.80%) HTML
10 4 (0.64%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.48%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 3 (0.48%) RESTful
12 2 (0.32%) CSS
13 1 (0.16%) ADO
13 1 (0.16%) Gherkin
13 1 (0.16%) jQuery
13 1 (0.16%) SailPoint
13 1 (0.16%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.11%) Management Information System
2 29 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (3.86%) Fixed Income
4 17 (2.73%) Product Ownership
5 16 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.09%) Operational Technology
7 11 (1.77%) 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 (0.96%) Client/Server
10 6 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (0.96%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.80%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (0.80%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.80%) Smart Energy
11 5 (0.80%) Smart Meter
12 4 (0.64%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.50%) Windows
2 18 (2.89%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.57%) Windows 10
4 9 (1.45%) Linux
5 5 (0.80%) Unix
6 2 (0.32%) Android
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (15.92%) ERP
3 80 (12.86%) Business Intelligence
4 55 (8.84%) Business Analysis
5 54 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 54 (8.68%) Decision-Making
6 50 (8.04%) Migration
7 49 (7.88%) ITIL
8 48 (7.72%) Agile
9 47 (7.56%) Roadmaps
10 46 (7.40%) Systems Analysis
11 42 (6.75%) Customer Service
11 42 (6.75%) Project Management
12 35 (5.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 35 (5.63%) User Acceptance Testing
13 34 (5.47%) Asset Management
13 34 (5.47%) Requirements Gathering
14 33 (5.31%) CRM
15 31 (4.98%) Change Management
16 29 (4.66%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 171 (27.49%) SQL
2 28 (4.50%) T-SQL
3 17 (2.73%) C#
4 15 (2.41%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.77%) Python
5 11 (1.77%) VBA
6 8 (1.29%) Java
6 8 (1.29%) VB
7 6 (0.96%) VB.NET
8 4 (0.64%) RPG
9 3 (0.48%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.16%) ABAP
10 1 (0.16%) PHP
10 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (17.20%) Degree
2 20 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (1.61%) ACCA
3 10 (1.61%) CIMA
3 10 (1.61%) DBS Check
4 8 (1.29%) A+ Certification
5 6 (0.96%) MCP
5 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (0.96%) Security Cleared
6 5 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (0.80%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.64%) CCNA
7 4 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.64%) MCSA
7 4 (0.64%) MCSE
8 3 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.16%) HNC
9 1 (0.16%) ISEB
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.38%) QA
2 11 (1.77%) Data Quality
2 11 (1.77%) SLA
3 8 (1.29%) PMO
4 7 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.13%) GDPR
5 5 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (5.31%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.96%) 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 (0.64%) WSUS
3 1 (0.16%) cPanel
3 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 98 (15.76%) Microsoft
2 44 (7.07%) Oracle
3 41 (6.59%) SAP
4 25 (4.02%) Charles River
5 17 (2.73%) VMware
6 15 (2.41%) Sun
7 14 (2.25%) Bloomberg
7 14 (2.25%) Concur
7 14 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.25%) Workday
8 13 (2.09%) Aderant
9 11 (1.77%) Infor
10 9 (1.45%) Epicor
10 9 (1.45%) IBM
11 7 (1.13%) iManage
11 7 (1.13%) Intapp
11 7 (1.13%) Sage
12 5 (0.80%) Citrix
12 5 (0.80%) Google
13 4 (0.64%) Cognos