Senior Systems Analyst Job Trends in London

Senior System Analyst
England > London

The median Senior System Analyst salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 397 437
Rank change year-on-year +34 +40 +219
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Analyst 2 23 11
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.014% 0.15% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.16% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 11
10th Percentile £57,500 £76,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £82,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% - +63.15%
75th Percentile £76,250 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £78,500 - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 12,673 14,335 17,136
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 92.71% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,412 8,295 13,802
10th Percentile £36,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,438 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,059
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.59% -3.97%

Senior Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Senior Systems Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Senior Systems Analyst
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Analyst job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Analyst job vacancies in London

Senior Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Analyst in London over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Analyst in London

Senior Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, Senior 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 London region featuring Senior Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow Development

Senior Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow