Business Systems Analyst Jobs

Business System Analyst
UK

The median Business System Analyst salary in the UK is £46,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 755 856 886
Rank change year-on-year +101 +30 -132
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 142 145 330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.14% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.15% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 113 108 289
10th Percentile £30,000 £38,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +4.76% +3.96%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,500 £73,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.00% +11.11% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,025 97,996 146,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,479 61,282 85,815
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Top 15 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 18 April 2024. 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 +132 138 £47,500 -13.64% 30
UK excluding London +47 117 £43,000 -14.00% 28
Work from Home +101 57 £47,500 -13.64% 9
North of England +70 34 £47,500 -5.00% 2
East of England +51 33 £40,000 -28.89% 7
South East +36 28 £40,000 -14.89% 8
London +134 25 £77,500 +24.00% 7
North West +22 22 £47,500 -5.00% 1
Midlands +4 13 £50,000 - 3
Yorkshire +82 10 £40,000 -23.81% 1
West Midlands +42 7 £45,000 -5.26% 1
East Midlands -20 6 £67,500 +22.73% 2
South West -18 5 £41,250 -23.61% 6
Scotland -56 4 £37,800 - 2
North East -5 2 - -

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, 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 47 (33.10%) SQL
2 44 (30.99%) Social Skills
3 43 (30.28%) Finance
4 35 (24.65%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (23.94%) ERP
6 31 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (21.13%) Business Intelligence
8 27 (19.01%) Project Management
9 26 (18.31%) Business Analysis
10 22 (15.49%) CRM
11 21 (14.79%) Use Case
11 21 (14.79%) Decision-Making
11 21 (14.79%) Requirements Gathering
12 19 (13.38%) Agile
13 18 (12.68%) Power Platform
13 18 (12.68%) Power BI
14 17 (11.97%) Degree
15 15 (10.56%) Retail
15 15 (10.56%) Microsoft Excel
15 15 (10.56%) User Stories
16 14 (9.86%) IT Strategy
16 14 (9.86%) User Acceptance Testing
17 13 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 13 (9.15%) Migration
17 13 (9.15%) SQL Server
18 12 (8.45%) QA
18 12 (8.45%) Customer Service
19 11 (7.75%) Influencing Skills
19 11 (7.75%) Analytics
19 11 (7.75%) Systems Analysis

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 2 (1.41%) CMS
2 1 (0.70%) Confluence
2 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (10.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.75%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.11%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (2.11%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (2.11%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (2.11%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.70%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.70%) Magento
2 1 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.70%) thinkFolio
2 1 (0.70%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.68%) Power Platform
2 10 (7.04%) Azure
2 10 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (2.82%) Mavenlink
3 4 (2.82%) SaaS
4 2 (1.41%) Power Automate
4 2 (1.41%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.68%) Power BI
2 13 (9.15%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (4.23%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.11%) Tableau
7 2 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.70%) Big Data
8 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (4.93%) JIRA
General
1 44 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 43 (30.28%) Finance
3 35 (24.65%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.56%) Retail
5 11 (7.75%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (7.75%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.23%) Banking
8 5 (3.52%) Law
9 4 (2.82%) Games
10 1 (0.70%) Advertising
10 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.34%) .NET
2 7 (4.93%) EDI
3 6 (4.23%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.41%) JSON
4 2 (1.41%) REST
4 2 (1.41%) SOAP
4 2 (1.41%) XML
5 1 (0.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.75%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.63%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.70%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.70%) FMCG
6 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.70%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.70%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.70%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.70%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.82%) Linux
1 4 (2.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (23.94%) ERP
2 31 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (21.13%) Business Intelligence
4 27 (19.01%) Project Management
5 26 (18.31%) Business Analysis
6 22 (15.49%) CRM
7 21 (14.79%) Decision-Making
7 21 (14.79%) Requirements Gathering
7 21 (14.79%) Use Case
8 19 (13.38%) Agile
9 15 (10.56%) User Stories
10 14 (9.86%) IT Strategy
10 14 (9.86%) User Acceptance Testing
11 13 (9.15%) Migration
11 13 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (8.45%) Customer Service
13 11 (7.75%) Analytics
13 11 (7.75%) Systems Analysis
14 10 (7.04%) ITSM
14 10 (7.04%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (33.10%) SQL
2 9 (6.34%) C#
3 7 (4.93%) Python
4 4 (2.82%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.41%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.41%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (11.97%) Degree
2 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
2 1 (0.70%) HND
2 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (0.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.45%) QA
2 7 (4.93%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (1.41%) vSphere
Vendors
1 9 (6.34%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.93%) Salesforce
3 6 (4.23%) SAP
4 4 (2.82%) Oracle
5 3 (2.11%) Epicor
6 1 (0.70%) Charles River
6 1 (0.70%) Infor
6 1 (0.70%) mParticle