Systems Analyst Jobs in the South West

System Analyst
England > South West

The median System Analyst salary in the South West is £52,500 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 172 261 225
Rank change year-on-year +89 -36 +72
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 7 30 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.20% 0.31% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.32% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6 25 16
10th Percentile £41,875 - £31,125
25th Percentile £43,438 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £37,500 £35,446
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +5.79% -5.48%
75th Percentile £65,773 £40,000 £51,500
90th Percentile £68,114 £53,750 £58,125
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,318 9,419 5,898
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 96.16% 88.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,948 6,904 3,661
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,808 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,187 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,000
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in the South West

Systems Analyst
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Systems Analyst in the South West

Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Systems Analyst in the South West

Systems Analyst
Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Bristol +62 2 £66,367 +65.92% 2
Dorset +38 2 £52,500 +10.53%
Gloucestershire - 2 £42,500 - 3
Wiltshire +42 1 £45,000 +28.57%
Systems Analyst
England

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 South West region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 3 (42.86%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Banking
4 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
4 2 (28.57%) Marketing
4 2 (28.57%) X++
4 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
4 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Data Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 2 (28.57%) TSYS
4 2 (28.57%) Node.js
4 2 (28.57%) Fiserv
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
4 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
4 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 1 (14.29%) OpenEdge
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2013
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (14.29%) iTrent
2 1 (14.29%) MFGPRO
2 1 (14.29%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) 2G
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) WebSpeed
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
4 2 (28.57%) Banking
4 2 (28.57%) Marketing
5 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Node.js
2 1 (14.29%) EDI
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
1 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) People Management
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
2 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
2 2 (28.57%) X++
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Fiserv
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) TSYS
2 1 (14.29%) DocuSign
2 1 (14.29%) QAD
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat