Systems Analyst Job Trends in England

System Analyst
UK > England

The median System Analyst salary in England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 430 410
Rank change year-on-year +116 -20 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 515 233 512
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 0.54% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.59% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 402 181 406
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £62,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% -3.16%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 82,535 39,220 83,741
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 90.37% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 58,071 23,613 61,241
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,123
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.53% -11.46%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Systems Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Systems Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Systems Analyst
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Systems Analyst job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Analyst job vacancies in England

Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst in England over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

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 12 July 2026. 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 +42 129 £50,000 -16.67% 35
North of England +63 112 £45,000 -5.26% 16
Midlands +22 98 £40,000 -11.11% 12
North West +48 79 £45,000 -10.00% 8
East of England +34 71 £35,500 -11.25% 9
South West -13 53 £44,775 -22.13% 6
South East -27 52 £50,000 +11.11% 12
West Midlands +5 50 £45,000 - 5
East Midlands +3 47 £40,000 -18.37% 7
Yorkshire -6 32 £55,000 +15.79% 8
North East -57 1 £40,000 -5.04%
Systems Analyst
UK

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 July 2026, Systems Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 115 (22.33%) ERP
2 101 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 84 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (15.73%) SQL
5 72 (13.98%) Decision-Making
6 65 (12.62%) Microsoft
7 63 (12.23%) Business Intelligence
8 59 (11.46%) Power BI
8 59 (11.46%) Power Platform
9 52 (10.10%) Microsoft Excel
9 52 (10.10%) Oracle
10 51 (9.90%) Workday
11 47 (9.13%) Data Quality
12 45 (8.74%) SAP
13 44 (8.54%) Analytics
14 43 (8.35%) Dashboard Development
15 39 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
16 36 (6.99%) Workflow
17 35 (6.80%) Process Improvement
17 35 (6.80%) System Testing
18 34 (6.60%) Data Management
19 33 (6.41%) DBS Check
20 32 (6.21%) Dynamics 365
21 31 (6.02%) Data Analysis
21 31 (6.02%) Data Governance
21 31 (6.02%) SuccessFactors
22 30 (5.83%) Migration
23 29 (5.63%) Azure
24 28 (5.44%) ACCA
25 27 (5.24%) CIMA

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 52 (10.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.33%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 9 (1.75%) Workday HCM
3 8 (1.55%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.55%) Unit4 Business World
4 7 (1.36%) Oracle Retail
5 5 (0.97%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.78%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.58%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.39%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.39%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 2 (0.39%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.39%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.19%) Loan IQ
9 1 (0.19%) Magento
9 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 59 (11.46%) Power Platform
2 32 (6.21%) Dynamics 365
3 31 (6.02%) SuccessFactors
4 29 (5.63%) Azure
5 20 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (3.11%) SaaS
7 12 (2.33%) Power Automate
8 11 (2.14%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.75%) Intacct
10 8 (1.55%) dbt
11 3 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.58%) Boomi
11 3 (0.58%) iPaaS
11 3 (0.58%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.58%) Workato
12 1 (0.19%) AWS
12 1 (0.19%) Figma
12 1 (0.19%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.36%) DHCP
1 7 (1.36%) DNS
2 5 (0.97%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.78%) VPN
4 2 (0.39%) Intranet
5 1 (0.19%) Broadband
5 1 (0.19%) Firewall
5 1 (0.19%) LAN
5 1 (0.19%) SSH
5 1 (0.19%) SSL
5 1 (0.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (11.46%) Power BI
2 17 (3.30%) Relational Database
3 13 (2.52%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.33%) Power Query
5 11 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.94%) Metabase
6 10 (1.94%) Tableau
7 9 (1.75%) Crystal Reports
8 7 (1.36%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.19%) GIS
10 1 (0.19%) MySQL
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 10 (1.94%) Visual Studio
2 5 (0.97%) JIRA
General
1 181 (35.15%) Finance
2 104 (20.19%) Social Skills
3 101 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (5.05%) Legal
4 26 (5.05%) Retail
5 23 (4.47%) Manufacturing
6 22 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (4.08%) Law
8 14 (2.72%) General Ledger
9 13 (2.52%) Marketing
10 11 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (2.14%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.55%) Social Housing
12 7 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.97%) Advertising
14 5 (0.97%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.78%) Banking
15 4 (0.78%) Games
15 4 (0.78%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (1.94%) EDI
3 8 (1.55%) XML
4 5 (0.97%) CSS
4 5 (0.97%) HTML
4 5 (0.97%) HTML5
4 5 (0.97%) jQuery
5 3 (0.58%) Web Services
6 2 (0.39%) RESTful
7 1 (0.19%) .NET
7 1 (0.19%) JSON
7 1 (0.19%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.18%) Management Information System
2 20 (3.88%) Onboarding
3 19 (3.69%) Data Structures
4 11 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.94%) Driving Licence
5 10 (1.94%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (0.78%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.58%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.39%) FMCG
10 2 (0.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 1 (0.19%) CCTV
11 1 (0.19%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.19%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.19%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.19%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.19%) PKI
11 1 (0.19%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.11%) Windows
2 6 (1.17%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.58%) Android
3 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (22.33%) ERP
2 101 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 84 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (13.98%) Decision-Making
5 63 (12.23%) Business Intelligence
6 44 (8.54%) Analytics
7 43 (8.35%) Dashboard Development
8 39 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 36 (6.99%) Workflow
10 35 (6.80%) Process Improvement
10 35 (6.80%) System Testing
11 34 (6.60%) Data Management
12 31 (6.02%) Data Analysis
12 31 (6.02%) Data Governance
13 30 (5.83%) Migration
14 25 (4.85%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 25 (4.85%) User Acceptance Testing
15 24 (4.66%) Business Analysis
16 23 (4.47%) Data Migration
17 22 (4.27%) Financial Analysis
Programming Languages
1 81 (15.73%) SQL
2 5 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 5 (0.97%) JavaScript
2 5 (0.97%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.78%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.19%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (6.41%) DBS Check
2 28 (5.44%) ACCA
3 27 (5.24%) CIMA
4 23 (4.47%) Degree
5 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.19%) AAT
6 1 (0.19%) CCAB
6 1 (0.19%) CIPFA
6 1 (0.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.19%) HNC
6 1 (0.19%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (9.13%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.33%) GDPR
3 6 (1.17%) QA
4 4 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.58%) SLA
6 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.19%) GRC
7 1 (0.19%) IFRS
7 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.19%) NIST
7 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.58%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.19%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 65 (12.62%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.10%) Oracle
3 51 (9.90%) Workday
4 45 (8.74%) SAP
5 23 (4.47%) Sage
6 19 (3.69%) IBM
7 12 (2.33%) Cognos
8 10 (1.94%) Epicor
9 8 (1.55%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.36%) IBM Sterling
11 6 (1.17%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.78%) Charles River
12 4 (0.78%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.78%) NEC
12 4 (0.78%) VMware
13 3 (0.58%) Intapp
13 3 (0.58%) SolarWinds
13 3 (0.58%) Yardi
14 2 (0.39%) Aderant
14 2 (0.39%) IFS