Senior Systems Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior System Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior System Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 737 588
Rank change year-on-year +179 -149 +226
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Analyst 17 26 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.043% 0.036% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.038% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 12 20 43
10th Percentile £45,625 £47,375 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +9.09% +17.02%
75th Percentile £67,188 £67,500 £56,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £58,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +13.64% +9.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 36,142 67,932 52,599
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.86% 89.20%
Number of salaries quoted 18,697 47,996 30,020
10th Percentile £26,987 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -

Senior Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Senior Systems Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Systems Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior Systems Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Systems Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
South East +93 7 £48,750 -2.50% 6
Midlands +65 6 £62,500 -3.85% 1
East Midlands +19 5 £62,500 -3.85%
North of England +45 3 £52,500 -12.50%
North West -5 3 £52,500 -12.50%
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Senior Systems Analyst
UK

Senior Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Senior 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (35.29%) Requirements Gathering
1 6 (35.29%) SQL
1 6 (35.29%) Oracle
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Analytics
3 4 (23.53%) Workflow
3 4 (23.53%) Banking
4 3 (17.65%) Retail
4 3 (17.65%) Data Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) PACS
4 3 (17.65%) Law
4 3 (17.65%) Change Management
4 3 (17.65%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) IBM
4 3 (17.65%) Agile
4 3 (17.65%) Integration Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (17.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 3 (17.65%) SDLC
4 3 (17.65%) Issue Tracking
4 3 (17.65%) Workflow Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Concur
4 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
5 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing

Senior Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle SCM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Database
3 1 (5.88%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (5.88%) MS Access
3 1 (5.88%) RDBMS
3 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle APEX
General
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Banking
3 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (17.65%) Law
3 3 (17.65%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (17.65%) Retail
3 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
4 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Back Office
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) PACS
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) AIX
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (29.41%) Analytics
3 4 (23.53%) Workflow
4 3 (17.65%) Agile
4 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) Change Management
4 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
4 3 (17.65%) Data Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Integration Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Issue Tracking
4 3 (17.65%) SDLC
4 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) Workflow Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Systems Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
6 1 (5.88%) Data Analytics
6 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.88%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Oracle
2 3 (17.65%) Concur
2 3 (17.65%) IBM
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft