Systems Analyst Jobs in the South East

System Analyst
England > South East

The median System Analyst salary in the South East is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 332 283
Rank change year-on-year +53 -49 +110
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 33 64 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.34% 0.38% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.40% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 18 54 39
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,438 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% +2.35% -19.05%
75th Percentile £49,688 £52,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £57,150
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,348 15,844 12,920
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.97% 94.01% 90.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,552 11,341 8,137
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in the South East

Systems Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Analyst in the South East.

Salary trend for Systems Analyst in the South East

Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Analyst in the South East

Systems Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Hampshire +60 8 £35,000 -4.11% 14
Surrey +41 8 £42,500 -15.00% 3
Thames Valley +34 6 £50,000 - 5
Middlesex - 6 - -
Kent +34 3 - - 1
Buckinghamshire +16 3 £47,500 -5.00% 1
Oxfordshire +41 2 £55,000 +46.67% 1
East Sussex - 2 - - 3
Berkshire +27 1 £39,000 -12.85% 3
Systems Analyst
England

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 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 South East region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (57.58%) Social Skills
2 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 8 (24.24%) Finance
4 7 (21.21%) Law
4 7 (21.21%) Workflow
4 7 (21.21%) Data Management
4 7 (21.21%) SQL
4 7 (21.21%) ERP
4 7 (21.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (21.21%) Customer Service
4 7 (21.21%) Power Platform
4 7 (21.21%) Power BI
5 6 (18.18%) Analytics
5 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (18.18%) Service Management
5 6 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (18.18%) Telecoms
5 6 (18.18%) Legal
6 5 (15.15%) Agile
6 5 (15.15%) Mentoring
6 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (15.15%) Intapp
6 5 (15.15%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (12.12%) Creative Thinking
7 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (12.12%) Windows 10
7 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
7 4 (12.12%) Workday
7 4 (12.12%) Coaching

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (12.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 1 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.03%) Eloqua
2 1 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.21%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.03%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.03%) OneDrive
2 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
2 1 (3.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Power BI
2 3 (9.09%) Big Data
2 3 (9.09%) Crystal Reports
General
1 19 (57.58%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Finance
3 7 (21.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (21.21%) Law
4 6 (18.18%) Legal
4 6 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (18.18%) Telecoms
5 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Back Office
6 1 (3.03%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Data Structures
1 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.09%) NHS
2 3 (9.09%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
1 4 (12.12%) Windows 10
1 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) Customer Service
1 7 (21.21%) Data Management
1 7 (21.21%) ERP
1 7 (21.21%) Workflow
2 6 (18.18%) Analytics
2 6 (18.18%) Service Management
3 5 (15.15%) Agile
3 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (15.15%) Mentoring
3 5 (15.15%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (12.12%) Business Transformation
4 4 (12.12%) Coaching
4 4 (12.12%) Creative Thinking
4 4 (12.12%) Data Analysis
4 4 (12.12%) Decision-Making
4 4 (12.12%) Service Delivery
5 3 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (9.09%) Change Management
5 3 (9.09%) Data Entry
5 3 (9.09%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) VB
2 1 (3.03%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) Intapp
3 4 (12.12%) PeopleSoft
3 4 (12.12%) Progress
3 4 (12.12%) ServiceNow
3 4 (12.12%) Workday
4 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.03%) SAP