Systems Analysis Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Systems Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Systems Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 480 507 490
Rank change year-on-year +27 -17 +121
Permanent jobs citing Systems Analysis 37 73 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.088% 0.20% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.22% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 24 29 45
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,125 £49,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £63,788 £72,500 £76,000
90th Percentile £71,750 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £71,250 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.79% +7.69% +8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Systems Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,380 32,892 27,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.58% 88.28% 90.59%
Number of salaries quoted 19,063 15,104 20,736
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,755 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -4.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,070
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Systems Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Systems Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Systems Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Systems Analysis
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Systems Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Systems Analysis

Systems Analysis
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Systems Analysis in the UK excluding London

Systems Analysis
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 Systems Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
North of England +39 18 £40,000 -66.67% 10
Yorkshire +8 14 £40,000 -54.35% 7
Midlands +20 12 £57,500 +9.52% 2
West Midlands +13 7 £58,750 +12.98% 2
East Midlands -3 5 £57,500 -36.11%
North West +28 4 £63,900 -57.40% 3
South East -6 3 £67,500 +35.00% 9
East of England +21 2 £61,250 - 1
Wales - 2 £95,000 - 1
Systems Analysis
UK

Systems Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.41%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (5.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (18.92%) Shopify
2 2 (5.41%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (5.41%) Sage X3
2 2 (5.41%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.70%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 12 (32.43%) Power Platform
2 9 (24.32%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (32.43%) Power BI
2 2 (5.41%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 17 (45.95%) Finance
2 13 (35.14%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
3 11 (29.73%) Manufacturing
4 7 (18.92%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (13.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (13.51%) Retail
6 3 (8.11%) Electronics
7 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
7 2 (5.41%) Back Office
7 2 (5.41%) Law
7 2 (5.41%) Legal
8 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.70%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 19 (51.35%) Analyst
2 8 (21.62%) Project Manager
3 7 (18.92%) IT Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) IT Support
3 7 (18.92%) IT Support Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Support Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Systems Analyst
4 5 (13.51%) Business Analyst
5 3 (8.11%) Business Systems Analyst
5 3 (8.11%) Finance Systems Analyst
5 3 (8.11%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Designer
6 2 (5.41%) Solutions Designer
6 2 (5.41%) System Design Authority
6 2 (5.41%) UML Designer
6 2 (5.41%) UX Designer
7 1 (2.70%) Product Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Project Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Support Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) .NET
2 1 (2.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (29.73%) Management Information System
2 6 (16.22%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.70%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.70%) FMCG
3 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.70%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Project Management
2 16 (43.24%) Process Improvement
3 14 (37.84%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (32.43%) Logistics
5 11 (29.73%) ERP
6 10 (27.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (21.62%) ITIL
8 7 (18.92%) Agile
8 7 (18.92%) Budget Management
8 7 (18.92%) CRM
8 7 (18.92%) Dashboard Development
8 7 (18.92%) Project Delivery
8 7 (18.92%) Resource Allocation
9 6 (16.22%) Business Analysis
9 6 (16.22%) Data Analysis
9 6 (16.22%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (16.22%) Resource Management
10 5 (13.51%) SDLC
11 4 (10.81%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) SQL
2 3 (8.11%) C#
3 2 (5.41%) VB.NET
4 1 (2.70%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (40.54%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (5.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (5.41%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.62%) QA
2 7 (18.92%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 23 (62.16%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) Oracle
2 5 (13.51%) SAP
3 3 (8.11%) Sage
4 2 (5.41%) Infor
5 1 (2.70%) EMC
5 1 (2.70%) Epicor
5 1 (2.70%) IFS
5 1 (2.70%) Salesforce