Business Systems Analyst Jobs

Business System Analyst
UK

The median Business System Analyst salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 618 772 844
Rank change year-on-year +154 +72 +111
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 93 138 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 73 119 102
10th Percentile £38,700 £29,550 £38,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,700 £44,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £43,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.18% -20.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,250 £62,188
90th Percentile £82,750 £77,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,750 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +24.12% -15.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Business Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Systems Analyst.

Salary trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Systems Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +115 89 £57,500 +27.78% 48
UK excluding London +134 56 £52,750 +24.12% 39
London +134 36 £60,000 -22.58% 12
Midlands +67 22 £55,000 +10.00% 8
Work from Home +92 20 £52,500 +10.53% 30
East Midlands +47 15 £55,000 -18.52% 4
South East +69 11 £45,000 +17.65% 11
East of England +19 10 £60,000 +41.18% 5
West Midlands +63 7 £55,000 +22.22% 4
North of England +24 7 £50,000 +5.26% 11
North West -13 4 £54,000 +13.68% 7
South West +114 2 £52,500 +31.25% 1
Yorkshire +58 2 £47,500 +18.75% 4
Wales - 2 £57,500 - 1
Scotland +120 1 £48,500 +28.31% 3
North East - 1 £50,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Business Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Business 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 featuring Business Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 46 (49.46%) SQL
2 29 (31.18%) Social Skills
3 26 (27.96%) Finance
4 21 (22.58%) Systems Analysis
5 20 (21.51%) Agile
6 19 (20.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (20.43%) Requirements Gathering
7 18 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (18.28%) User Stories
8 17 (18.28%) Degree
9 16 (17.20%) Law
10 15 (16.13%) Power Platform
11 14 (15.05%) Workflow
12 13 (13.98%) Telecoms
12 13 (13.98%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (13.98%) Microsoft
12 13 (13.98%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (12.90%) MS Visio
14 11 (11.83%) Data Modelling
14 11 (11.83%) Microsoft Excel
14 11 (11.83%) CRM
14 11 (11.83%) Change Management
14 11 (11.83%) Customer Service
14 11 (11.83%) SDLC
14 11 (11.83%) Power BI
15 10 (10.75%) Issue Tracking
15 10 (10.75%) Workflow Analysis
15 10 (10.75%) ITIL
15 10 (10.75%) ERP

Business Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (4.30%) Confluence
2 1 (1.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.08%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 12 (12.90%) MS Visio
2 11 (11.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (9.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.38%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.15%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.08%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (1.08%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (1.08%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (16.13%) Power Platform
2 6 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.15%) Azure
4 2 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.08%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.83%) Power BI
2 5 (5.38%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (3.23%) Big Data
3 3 (3.23%) Oracle Database
4 2 (2.15%) MySQL
4 2 (2.15%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.15%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.08%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (5.38%) Eclipse
2 4 (4.30%) JIRA
3 1 (1.08%) Oracle APEX
General
1 29 (31.18%) Social Skills
2 26 (27.96%) Finance
3 19 (20.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (17.20%) Law
6 13 (13.98%) Pharmaceutical
6 13 (13.98%) Telecoms
7 6 (6.45%) Marketing
8 5 (5.38%) Retail
9 4 (4.30%) Manufacturing
9 4 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (3.23%) Billing
11 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
12 1 (1.08%) Back Office
12 1 (1.08%) Banking
12 1 (1.08%) Front Office
12 1 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.38%) RESTful
2 4 (4.30%) JSON
2 4 (4.30%) XML
3 2 (2.15%) HTML
3 2 (2.15%) REST
3 2 (2.15%) SOAP
3 2 (2.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.75%) PACS
2 5 (5.38%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.23%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.23%) NHS
4 3 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.23%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.08%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.08%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.08%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.08%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.08%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.08%) AIX
1 1 (1.08%) Linux
1 1 (1.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.58%) Systems Analysis
2 20 (21.51%) Agile
3 19 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (20.43%) Requirements Gathering
4 17 (18.28%) User Stories
5 14 (15.05%) Workflow
6 13 (13.98%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (11.83%) Change Management
7 11 (11.83%) CRM
7 11 (11.83%) Customer Service
7 11 (11.83%) Data Modelling
7 11 (11.83%) SDLC
8 10 (10.75%) ERP
8 10 (10.75%) Integration Testing
8 10 (10.75%) Issue Tracking
8 10 (10.75%) ITIL
8 10 (10.75%) Workflow Analysis
9 9 (9.68%) Analytics
9 9 (9.68%) Process Improvement
10 8 (8.60%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 46 (49.46%) SQL
2 5 (5.38%) Python
3 2 (2.15%) T-SQL
3 2 (2.15%) X++
4 1 (1.08%) R
4 1 (1.08%) VB
4 1 (1.08%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (18.28%) Degree
2 3 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (2.15%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.15%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.38%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.15%) COBIT
2 2 (2.15%) GDPR
2 2 (2.15%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.60%) Oracle
3 5 (5.38%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.30%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.15%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.15%) Cognos
5 2 (2.15%) Guidewire
5 2 (2.15%) IBM
6 1 (1.08%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.08%) Duck Creek
6 1 (1.08%) Infor
6 1 (1.08%) Siebel