Systems Analyst Jobs in England

System Analyst
UK > England

The median System Analyst salary in England is £52,500 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 476 394 471
Rank change year-on-year -82 +77 +105
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 221 551 542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.64% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.68% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 164 459 341
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,688 £37,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £47,963
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -0.97% +0.97%
75th Percentile £67,653 £68,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £66,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -

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 44,402 81,024 81,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.51% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,215 60,436 51,956
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -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 15 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 15 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 +10 82 £60,000 -14.29% 73
North of England -36 48 £52,500 +31.25% 26
North West -58 37 £52,500 +31.25% 14
Midlands +53 34 £47,500 +5.56% 33
South East +63 32 £42,500 -2.30% 51
East Midlands +36 19 £52,500 -7.08% 7
West Midlands +45 15 £45,000 +2.86% 24
East of England -22 15 £72,500 +70.59% 40
North East +32 6 £47,500 +18.75%
Yorkshire +37 5 £47,500 +18.75% 12
South West +88 3 £66,367 +71.27% 10
Systems Analyst
UK

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

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 England region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 99 (44.80%) Finance
2 83 (37.56%) SQL
3 73 (33.03%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (31.67%) Social Skills
5 61 (27.60%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (21.27%) Process Improvement
7 41 (18.55%) Decision-Making
8 39 (17.65%) Agile
8 39 (17.65%) Law
8 39 (17.65%) Degree
9 38 (17.19%) Business Intelligence
10 37 (16.74%) Requirements Gathering
11 35 (15.84%) ERP
11 35 (15.84%) Workflow
12 34 (15.38%) Change Management
13 33 (14.93%) Power Platform
14 30 (13.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 30 (13.57%) Microsoft Excel
15 29 (13.12%) Management Information System
16 28 (12.67%) User Stories
16 28 (12.67%) Power BI
17 26 (11.76%) SharePoint
17 26 (11.76%) SAP
18 25 (11.31%) Stakeholder Management
18 25 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
19 22 (9.95%) Project Management
19 22 (9.95%) Data Quality
20 21 (9.50%) Test Scripting
20 21 (9.50%) Microsoft
21 20 (9.05%) 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 26 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (13.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (8.14%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (8.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (5.88%) NetSuite
3 6 (2.71%) iTrent
4 3 (1.36%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.90%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.90%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.45%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.45%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.45%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.45%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.45%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.45%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.45%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (14.93%) Power Platform
2 25 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (5.88%) Azure
4 5 (2.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 4 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.81%) SaaS
6 3 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (0.90%) OCI
7 2 (0.90%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.45%) AWS
8 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.45%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.45%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.45%) Serverless
8 1 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.71%) Internet
2 4 (1.81%) Intranet
3 2 (0.90%) FTP
3 2 (0.90%) VoIP
4 1 (0.45%) Firewall
4 1 (0.45%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.45%) LAN
4 1 (0.45%) VPN
4 1 (0.45%) WAN
4 1 (0.45%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.67%) Power BI
2 15 (6.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (3.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (2.71%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 5 (2.26%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.26%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.36%) Big Data
7 3 (1.36%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.90%) MySQL
9 1 (0.45%) MS Access
9 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (4.98%) JIRA
2 6 (2.71%) Eclipse
3 3 (1.36%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.90%) Postman
4 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.45%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.45%) MSI
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
General
1 99 (44.80%) Finance
2 70 (31.67%) Social Skills
3 61 (27.60%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (17.65%) Law
5 30 (13.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (8.60%) Legal
7 17 (7.69%) Billing
8 13 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
8 13 (5.88%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.52%) Retail
10 8 (3.62%) Banking
11 6 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.71%) General Ledger
12 5 (2.26%) Local Government
12 5 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.81%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.81%) Marketing
14 3 (1.36%) Games
14 3 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (3.17%) XML
3 6 (2.71%) JSON
3 6 (2.71%) REST
3 6 (2.71%) SOAP
4 5 (2.26%) RESTful
5 2 (0.90%) EDI
5 2 (0.90%) HTML
5 2 (0.90%) MDX
5 2 (0.90%) Node.js
5 2 (0.90%) Web Services
6 1 (0.45%) OAuth
6 1 (0.45%) OpenID
6 1 (0.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.12%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.33%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (5.43%) Taxonomies
4 10 (4.52%) PACS
5 6 (2.71%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.71%) Housing Association
5 6 (2.71%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.26%) Reinsurance
7 4 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.81%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.36%) NHS
9 2 (0.90%) FMCG
9 2 (0.90%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.45%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.45%) IoT
10 1 (0.45%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.88%) Windows
2 6 (2.71%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (1.36%) Linux
4 3 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.90%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.45%) AIX
6 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (33.03%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (21.27%) Process Improvement
3 41 (18.55%) Decision-Making
4 39 (17.65%) Agile
5 38 (17.19%) Business Intelligence
6 37 (16.74%) Requirements Gathering
7 35 (15.84%) ERP
7 35 (15.84%) Workflow
8 34 (15.38%) Change Management
9 28 (12.67%) User Stories
10 25 (11.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (9.95%) Project Management
12 21 (9.50%) Test Scripting
13 20 (9.05%) CRM
13 20 (9.05%) Data Analysis
13 20 (9.05%) Roadmaps
14 19 (8.60%) Analytics
14 19 (8.60%) Budgeting
14 19 (8.60%) Systems Analysis
15 18 (8.14%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 83 (37.56%) SQL
2 13 (5.88%) T-SQL
3 7 (3.17%) Python
4 2 (0.90%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
4 2 (0.90%) VB
5 1 (0.45%) R
5 1 (0.45%) VBA
5 1 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (17.65%) Degree
2 19 (8.60%) BPSS Clearance
3 18 (8.14%) ACCA
3 18 (8.14%) CIMA
4 6 (2.71%) CCAB
4 6 (2.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.45%) CIPD
6 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.95%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.36%) GDPR
2 3 (1.36%) PMO
3 2 (0.90%) QA
4 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (2.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) SCCM
1 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (11.76%) SAP
2 21 (9.50%) Microsoft
3 20 (9.05%) Oracle
4 15 (6.79%) Salesforce
5 13 (5.88%) Aderant
6 11 (4.98%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.71%) Adobe
7 6 (2.71%) Concur
8 5 (2.26%) PeopleSoft
8 5 (2.26%) Workday
9 4 (1.81%) Guidewire
9 4 (1.81%) IBM
9 4 (1.81%) Intapp
9 4 (1.81%) Progress
9 4 (1.81%) VMware
10 2 (0.90%) Fiserv
10 2 (0.90%) Hyperion
10 2 (0.90%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.90%) TSYS
11 1 (0.45%) Infor