Systems Analyst Job Trends in the UK excluding London

System Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median System Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 364 363
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 137 209 180
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.56% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.60% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 101 116 144
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £28,100
25th Percentile £35,854 £34,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £41,203
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +9.22% -3.05%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +6.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 37,904 34,869 29,181
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 93.17% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 22,945 17,378 22,098
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Systems Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Systems Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Systems Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Systems Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Analyst in the UK excluding London

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 Systems Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 +39 34 £42,500 +28.79% 28
Midlands +25 33 £40,000 -19.19% 26
North of England -29 20 £42,500 -5.56% 15
East of England +5 17 £43,500 -8.42% 18
West Midlands +30 16 £40,000 -14.31% 22
East Midlands -10 16 £45,500 -17.27% 4
North West +3 14 £35,854 -16.62% 12
Scotland +6 12 £47,500 +35.71% 3
South West +2 10 £40,000 +21.21% 7
Northern Ireland +5 9 - - 5
North East -5 3 £50,000 - 2
Yorkshire -8 3 £47,500 - 1
Wales -2 2 £45,000 -5.26% 4
Systems Analyst
UK

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Systems Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 46 (33.58%) ERP
1 46 (33.58%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (32.85%) Microsoft
3 35 (25.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (23.36%) SQL
5 28 (20.44%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (16.79%) Customer Service
6 23 (16.79%) Microsoft Excel
6 23 (16.79%) Oracle
7 22 (16.06%) Power BI
7 22 (16.06%) Power Platform
8 20 (14.60%) Degree
9 19 (13.87%) ITIL
10 18 (13.14%) Process Improvement
11 17 (12.41%) User Acceptance Testing
12 16 (11.68%) Analytics
12 16 (11.68%) Logistics
13 15 (10.95%) Agile
14 14 (10.22%) Business Analysis
14 14 (10.22%) Data Quality
14 14 (10.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 13 (9.49%) Oracle Fusion
16 12 (8.76%) Azure
16 12 (8.76%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (8.76%) Disaster Recovery
16 12 (8.76%) Mentoring
16 12 (8.76%) Migration
16 12 (8.76%) Validation
17 11 (8.03%) Change Control
17 11 (8.03%) Data Analysis

Systems Analyst Skill Set
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 4 (2.92%) Confluence
2 2 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.73%) CMS
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (16.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.19%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.19%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.73%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.73%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.92%) iTrent
1 4 (2.92%) SAP Business One
2 3 (2.19%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.19%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 2 (1.46%) Elite 3E
3 2 (1.46%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.73%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.73%) Pegasus Opera
4 1 (0.73%) Shopify
4 1 (0.73%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 22 (16.06%) Power Platform
2 12 (8.76%) Azure
3 8 (5.84%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.92%) PowerApps
5 4 (2.92%) Snowflake
6 3 (2.19%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.73%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.73%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.73%) OCI
7 1 (0.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.38%) FTP
2 1 (0.73%) 4G
2 1 (0.73%) LAN
2 1 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.73%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.73%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (16.06%) Power BI
2 11 (8.03%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (5.84%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.38%) MySQL
5 5 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.92%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.92%) Tableau
7 2 (1.46%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.73%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.73%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.73%) Power Query
8 1 (0.73%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.38%) JIRA
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle APEX
General
1 51 (37.23%) Social Skills
2 46 (33.58%) Finance
3 30 (21.90%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.95%) Police
5 8 (5.84%) Manufacturing
5 8 (5.84%) Retail
6 7 (5.11%) Marketing
7 5 (3.65%) Legal
8 4 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.19%) Advertising
9 3 (2.19%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.46%) Electronics
10 2 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.46%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (6.57%) EDI
2 9 (6.57%) HTML
3 7 (5.11%) Web Services
4 6 (4.38%) JSON
4 6 (4.38%) REST
4 6 (4.38%) SOAP
4 6 (4.38%) XML
5 3 (2.19%) CSS
6 1 (0.73%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.60%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (5.84%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (5.11%) Data Structures
4 7 (5.11%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.65%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.65%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.46%) NHS
7 1 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.73%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.73%) Social Media
7 1 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.19%) Windows
2 1 (0.73%) Android
2 1 (0.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (33.58%) ERP
1 46 (33.58%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (25.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (20.44%) Business Intelligence
4 23 (16.79%) Customer Service
5 19 (13.87%) ITIL
6 18 (13.14%) Process Improvement
7 17 (12.41%) User Acceptance Testing
8 16 (11.68%) Analytics
8 16 (11.68%) Logistics
9 15 (10.95%) Agile
10 14 (10.22%) Business Analysis
11 12 (8.76%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (8.76%) Mentoring
11 12 (8.76%) Migration
11 12 (8.76%) Validation
12 11 (8.03%) Change Control
12 11 (8.03%) Data Security
12 11 (8.03%) Knowledge Management
12 11 (8.03%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 32 (23.36%) SQL
2 8 (5.84%) Python
3 3 (2.19%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.73%) C#
4 1 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.73%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.73%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.73%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.73%) VB
4 1 (0.73%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.73%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (14.60%) Degree
2 14 (10.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 12 (8.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (6.57%) HNC
4 9 (6.57%) HND
5 6 (4.38%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.73%) CBAP
7 1 (0.73%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.73%) PMP
7 1 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.73%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.22%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.65%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.46%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 45 (32.85%) Microsoft
2 23 (16.79%) Oracle
3 9 (6.57%) Adobe
4 6 (4.38%) SAP
5 5 (3.65%) Guidewire
5 5 (3.65%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.65%) Workday
6 4 (2.92%) Intapp
7 3 (2.19%) PeopleSoft
7 3 (2.19%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.73%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.73%) Apple
8 1 (0.73%) Google
8 1 (0.73%) IFS
8 1 (0.73%) Infor
8 1 (0.73%) Intel
8 1 (0.73%) Kronos
8 1 (0.73%) Magma
8 1 (0.73%) Pegasus
8 1 (0.73%) Wyse