Systems Analyst Jobs in the North West

System Analyst
England > North West

The median System Analyst salary in the North West is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 199 258
Rank change year-on-year -55 +59 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 35 92 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.45% 0.88% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.93% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24 69 34
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,950 £31,988
25th Percentile £50,938 £34,750 £36,577
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -11.11% +3.45%
75th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,375 £52,500 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 7,220 9,862 6,724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.79% 89.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,851 7,544 3,993
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,138
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £40,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in the North West

Systems Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Analyst in the North West.

Salary trend for Systems Analyst in the North West

Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Analyst in the North West

Systems Analyst
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Cumbria - 18 £55,000 -
Manchester +14 10 £52,750 +24.12% 19
Lancashire -65 7 £35,000 -41.67% 6
Systems Analyst
England

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 31 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 North West region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (77.14%) Finance
2 21 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 20 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (57.14%) SAP
4 19 (54.29%) Degree
5 18 (51.43%) SharePoint
5 18 (51.43%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (48.57%) Data Quality
6 17 (48.57%) ERP
7 16 (45.71%) ACCA
7 16 (45.71%) CIMA
7 16 (45.71%) Management Information System
7 16 (45.71%) Process Improvement
7 16 (45.71%) Financial Analysis
7 16 (45.71%) SAP S/4HANA
7 16 (45.71%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 16 (45.71%) Decision-Making
7 16 (45.71%) Budgeting
8 11 (31.43%) Oracle
9 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
10 8 (22.86%) Data Analysis
11 7 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Excel
13 5 (14.29%) SQL
13 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
13 5 (14.29%) Intranet
13 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 5 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
14 4 (11.43%) SAP BPC
14 4 (11.43%) Concur

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 18 (51.43%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (45.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (11.43%) SAP BPC
3 1 (2.86%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 4 (11.43%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (5.71%) Relational Database
2 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 27 (77.14%) Finance
2 18 (51.43%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Banking
5 3 (8.57%) Law
5 3 (8.57%) Retail
6 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.86%) JSON
2 1 (2.86%) REST
2 1 (2.86%) SOAP
2 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (45.71%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.86%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.86%) FMCG
3 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.86%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (48.57%) ERP
3 16 (45.71%) Budgeting
3 16 (45.71%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 16 (45.71%) Decision-Making
3 16 (45.71%) Financial Analysis
3 16 (45.71%) Process Improvement
4 8 (22.86%) Data Analysis
5 7 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (11.43%) Business Development
7 4 (11.43%) Change Management
7 4 (11.43%) Project Management
7 4 (11.43%) System Testing
8 3 (8.57%) Agile
8 3 (8.57%) Analytics
9 2 (5.71%) Change Control
9 2 (5.71%) Requirements Gathering
9 2 (5.71%) SDLC
9 2 (5.71%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) R
2 1 (2.86%) VB
2 1 (2.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 19 (54.29%) Degree
3 16 (45.71%) ACCA
3 16 (45.71%) CIMA
4 2 (5.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (48.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) PMO
Vendors
1 20 (57.14%) SAP
2 11 (31.43%) Oracle
3 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 4 (11.43%) Concur
4 4 (11.43%) Hyperion
5 3 (8.57%) IBM
6 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.86%) Siebel