Systems Analyst Jobs in the City of London

System Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median System Analyst salary in the City of London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 136 189
Rank change year-on-year +11 +53 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 19 45 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.94% 1.35% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 1.41% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 19 42 37
10th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +36.36% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £107,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,750 - £66,250
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £71,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.77% +29.55% -1.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,891 3,202 4,453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.11% 96.01% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,442 2,539 3,732
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,200 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,441 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -2.08% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
% change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Systems Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in the City of London

Systems Analyst
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Analyst in the City of London.

Salary trend for Systems Analyst in the City of London

Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Analyst in the City of London

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 across the City of London region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (52.63%) Finance
1 10 (52.63%) Systems Analysis
2 8 (42.11%) SQL
3 7 (36.84%) Agile
4 6 (31.58%) Process Improvement
4 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (31.58%) Business Analysis
5 5 (26.32%) ITIL
5 5 (26.32%) Eclipse
5 5 (26.32%) ServiceNow
6 4 (21.05%) IT Strategy
6 4 (21.05%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (21.05%) Data Analytics
6 4 (21.05%) Analytics
6 4 (21.05%) User Stories
6 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (21.05%) RESTful
6 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
6 4 (21.05%) Python
6 4 (21.05%) Law
6 4 (21.05%) Service Management
6 4 (21.05%) Scrum
6 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (21.05%) Use Case
7 3 (15.79%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (15.79%) Windows
7 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (10.53%) User Experience
8 2 (10.53%) Guidewire

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
1 1 (5.26%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.26%) Power BI
3 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Eclipse
2 2 (10.53%) JIRA
3 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Law
4 2 (10.53%) General Ledger
4 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Billing
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (10.53%) Data Structures
2 2 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Systems Analysis
2 7 (36.84%) Agile
3 6 (31.58%) Business Analysis
3 6 (31.58%) Process Improvement
4 5 (26.32%) ITIL
5 4 (21.05%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (21.05%) Analytics
5 4 (21.05%) Data Analytics
5 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
5 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (21.05%) IT Strategy
5 4 (21.05%) Scrum
5 4 (21.05%) Service Management
5 4 (21.05%) Use Case
5 4 (21.05%) User Stories
6 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis
7 2 (10.53%) Data Management
7 2 (10.53%) Project Management
7 2 (10.53%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) SQL
2 4 (21.05%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.26%) GDPR
1 1 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.26%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.53%) Guidewire
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) Aderant
3 1 (5.26%) Apple
3 1 (5.26%) Polycom
3 1 (5.26%) SAP
3 1 (5.26%) VMware
3 1 (5.26%) Yealink