Systems Analyst Jobs in England

System Analyst
UK > England

The median System Analyst salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 400 435
Rank change year-on-year -66 +35 +166
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 227 542 571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.61% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.64% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 164 453 342
10th Percentile £32,650 £30,000 £32,525
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £66,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,450 84,705 79,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.67% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 62,722 50,420
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,070 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,952 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in England

Systems Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Systems Analyst in England

Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Analyst in England

Systems Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
London +18 80 £60,000 -14.29% 40
North of England -35 44 £52,500 +31.25% 66
Midlands +73 41 £47,500 +5.56% 56
North West -48 35 £54,000 +35.00% 36
South East +57 32 £42,500 - 77
West Midlands +55 23 £45,000 +2.86% 34
East Midlands +36 18 £48,000 -4.00% 19
East of England -17 16 £41,750 -1.76% 41
South West +82 7 £52,500 +40.00% 24
Yorkshire +34 5 £47,500 +18.75% 26
North East +39 4 £43,562 +8.90% 5
Systems Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 England region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 104 (45.81%) Finance
2 77 (33.92%) SQL
2 77 (33.92%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (33.48%) Social Skills
4 65 (28.63%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (22.91%) Process Improvement
6 46 (20.26%) Decision-Making
7 45 (19.82%) Business Intelligence
8 41 (18.06%) Agile
9 40 (17.62%) Degree
10 39 (17.18%) Law
10 39 (17.18%) Power Platform
11 37 (16.30%) Power BI
12 36 (15.86%) ERP
13 35 (15.42%) Microsoft Excel
14 33 (14.54%) Change Management
15 32 (14.10%) Workflow
15 32 (14.10%) Requirements Gathering
16 31 (13.66%) SAP
17 30 (13.22%) Management Information System
17 30 (13.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 28 (12.33%) Stakeholder Management
18 28 (12.33%) Microsoft
19 27 (11.89%) Data Analysis
20 25 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
21 24 (10.57%) Project Management
22 23 (10.13%) Data Quality
22 23 (10.13%) Analytics
22 23 (10.13%) User Stories
23 22 (9.69%) Oracle

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 22 (9.69%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.76%) Confluence
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.44%) OpenEdge
4 1 (0.44%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 35 (15.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (7.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (5.73%) NetSuite
3 7 (3.08%) iTrent
4 5 (2.20%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 4 (1.76%) SAP BPC
6 3 (1.32%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.88%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.44%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.44%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.44%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.44%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.44%) MFGPRO
8 1 (0.44%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.44%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (17.18%) Power Platform
2 19 (8.37%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (7.49%) Azure
4 6 (2.64%) SuccessFactors
5 5 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.76%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 3 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (1.32%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.88%) OCI
8 2 (0.88%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.88%) SaaS
9 1 (0.44%) AWS
9 1 (0.44%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.44%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.44%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.44%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.64%) Internet
1 6 (2.64%) Intranet
2 2 (0.88%) FTP
3 1 (0.44%) 2G
3 1 (0.44%) Firewall
3 1 (0.44%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.44%) LAN
3 1 (0.44%) VPN
3 1 (0.44%) WAN
3 1 (0.44%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (16.30%) Power BI
2 15 (6.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (3.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (2.64%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (2.64%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.64%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.20%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.76%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (1.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (1.32%) Big Data
7 3 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.32%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.88%) MS Access
8 2 (0.88%) MySQL
9 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.52%) JIRA
2 6 (2.64%) Eclipse
3 3 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.44%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.44%) MSI
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.44%) WebSpeed
General
1 104 (45.81%) Finance
2 76 (33.48%) Social Skills
3 65 (28.63%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (17.18%) Law
5 30 (13.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (8.37%) Legal
7 18 (7.93%) Billing
8 12 (5.29%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (5.29%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.41%) Retail
10 9 (3.96%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.64%) Banking
11 6 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.20%) Marketing
13 4 (1.76%) Games
13 4 (1.76%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.76%) Local Government
14 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (2.20%) JSON
2 5 (2.20%) RESTful
2 5 (2.20%) XML
3 4 (1.76%) REST
3 4 (1.76%) SOAP
4 3 (1.32%) EDI
4 3 (1.32%) HTML
5 2 (0.88%) MDX
5 2 (0.88%) Node.js
5 2 (0.88%) Web Services
6 1 (0.44%) OAuth
6 1 (0.44%) OpenID
6 1 (0.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.22%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.73%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (5.29%) Taxonomies
4 9 (3.96%) PACS
5 8 (3.52%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.64%) Housing Association
7 5 (2.20%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.20%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.32%) NHS
9 3 (1.32%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.88%) IoT
10 2 (0.88%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.88%) Smart City
10 2 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.44%) Credit Risk
11 1 (0.44%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.85%) Windows
2 6 (2.64%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.88%) Linux
5 2 (0.88%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.44%) AIX
6 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (33.92%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (22.91%) Process Improvement
3 46 (20.26%) Decision-Making
4 45 (19.82%) Business Intelligence
5 41 (18.06%) Agile
6 36 (15.86%) ERP
7 33 (14.54%) Change Management
8 32 (14.10%) Requirements Gathering
8 32 (14.10%) Workflow
9 28 (12.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 27 (11.89%) Data Analysis
11 25 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (10.57%) Project Management
13 23 (10.13%) Analytics
13 23 (10.13%) User Stories
14 22 (9.69%) CRM
15 20 (8.81%) Customer Service
15 20 (8.81%) Roadmaps
16 19 (8.37%) Budgeting
16 19 (8.37%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 77 (33.92%) SQL
2 15 (6.61%) T-SQL
3 7 (3.08%) Python
4 2 (0.88%) TypeScript
4 2 (0.88%) X++
5 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.44%) R
5 1 (0.44%) VB
5 1 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (17.62%) Degree
2 21 (9.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 18 (7.93%) ACCA
3 18 (7.93%) CIMA
4 6 (2.64%) CCAB
4 6 (2.64%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (1.32%) GISP
7 1 (0.44%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.13%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.96%) GDPR
3 4 (1.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.32%) SLA
5 2 (0.88%) COBIT
6 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.44%) PMO
6 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 6 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) SCCM
1 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (13.66%) SAP
2 28 (12.33%) Microsoft
3 22 (9.69%) Oracle
4 16 (7.05%) Salesforce
5 13 (5.73%) Aderant
5 13 (5.73%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.08%) PeopleSoft
6 7 (3.08%) Workday
7 6 (2.64%) Concur
8 5 (2.20%) Adobe
8 5 (2.20%) IBM
8 5 (2.20%) Intapp
9 4 (1.76%) Hyperion
9 4 (1.76%) Progress
10 2 (0.88%) Cognos
10 2 (0.88%) dotdigital
10 2 (0.88%) Fiserv
10 2 (0.88%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.88%) Qualtrics
10 2 (0.88%) TSYS