Systems Analyst Jobs in Essex

System Analyst
East of England > Essex

The median System Analyst salary in Essex is £73,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 52 71
Rank change year-on-year +5 +19 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 12 25 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 2.52% 2.89% 2.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.92% 3.06% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12 20 11
10th Percentile £28,475 £29,000 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £30,000 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £35,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +110.71% -25.53% +2.73%
75th Percentile £87,500 £71,875 £67,500
90th Percentile - £77,500 £70,000
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £47,250
% change year-on-year +41.18% -10.05% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 411 817 667
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.34% 94.56% 79.50%
Number of salaries quoted 216 668 370
10th Percentile £24,995 £25,759 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,875 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% -4.26% -1.05%
75th Percentile £62,813 £60,988 £67,188
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in Essex

Systems Analyst
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Systems Analyst in Essex

Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst in Essex over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Analyst in Essex

Systems Analyst
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the Essex region over the 6 months to 16 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
Wickford +5 2 £85,000 +13.33%
Basildon +2 2 £85,000 +183.33%
Colchester - 2 £27,000 - 1
Chelmsford +13 1 £90,000 +33.33%
Billericay - 1 £80,000 -
Systems Analyst
East of England

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 16 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 Essex region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (16.67%) HTML
4 2 (16.67%) JSON
4 2 (16.67%) REST
4 2 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Power BI
4 2 (16.67%) MySQL
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 2 (16.67%) SOAP
4 2 (16.67%) Web Services
4 2 (16.67%) XML
4 2 (16.67%) FTP
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (8.33%) Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (8.33%) Billing
5 1 (8.33%) Degree
5 1 (8.33%) Guidewire
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Reinsurance
5 1 (8.33%) Duck Creek
5 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) MySQL
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) Crystal Reports
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) HTML
1 2 (16.67%) JSON
1 2 (16.67%) REST
1 2 (16.67%) SOAP
1 2 (16.67%) Web Services
1 2 (16.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (8.33%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Duck Creek
2 1 (8.33%) Guidewire