Senior Business Systems Analyst Jobs

Senior Business System Analyst
UK

The median Senior Business System Analyst salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 685 886 957
Rank change year-on-year +201 +71 +245
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Systems Analyst 26 9 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.009% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.010% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 14
10th Percentile £56,500 £52,000 £34,900
25th Percentile £63,125 £62,500 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% +18.94% +8.10%
75th Percentile £75,625 £68,750 £62,188
90th Percentile £84,250 £69,250 £66,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +21.62% +18.09%

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 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Senior Business Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Systems Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Senior Business Systems Analyst
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Business Systems Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 +168 25 £72,500 +7.41% 3
London - 15 £73,750 - 2
UK excluding London +190 11 £62,500 -7.41% 1
South East +104 5 £61,250 +63.33% 1
Midlands +63 5 £62,500 -7.41%
East Midlands +31 5 £62,500 -7.41%
Work from Home +127 4 £70,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Business Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (42.31%) Workflow
1 11 (42.31%) SQL
2 10 (38.46%) Change Management
2 10 (38.46%) Pharmaceutical
2 10 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 10 (38.46%) PACS
2 10 (38.46%) Law
2 10 (38.46%) Integration Testing
2 10 (38.46%) Issue Tracking
2 10 (38.46%) Workflow Analysis
2 10 (38.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (38.46%) Customer Service
3 9 (34.62%) Systems Analysis
3 9 (34.62%) Agile
4 8 (30.77%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (15.38%) User Stories
6 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (15.38%) Scrum
6 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (15.38%) Use Case
6 4 (15.38%) RESTful
6 4 (15.38%) Finance
6 4 (15.38%) Python
6 4 (15.38%) Data Modelling
6 4 (15.38%) Eclipse
6 4 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
7 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (11.54%) Data Analytics

Senior 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 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
1 2 (7.69%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.85%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Eclipse
2 2 (7.69%) JIRA
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle APEX
General
1 10 (38.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 10 (38.46%) Law
1 10 (38.46%) Pharmaceutical
1 10 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.69%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.85%) Back Office
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
5 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (15.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (38.46%) PACS
2 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) AIX
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
1 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Workflow
2 10 (38.46%) Change Management
2 10 (38.46%) Customer Service
2 10 (38.46%) Integration Testing
2 10 (38.46%) Issue Tracking
2 10 (38.46%) Workflow Analysis
3 9 (34.62%) Agile
3 9 (34.62%) Systems Analysis
4 8 (30.77%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (15.38%) Data Modelling
5 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (15.38%) Scrum
5 4 (15.38%) Use Case
5 4 (15.38%) User Stories
6 3 (11.54%) Analytics
6 3 (11.54%) Business Analysis
6 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (11.54%) Data Analytics
6 3 (11.54%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 11 (42.31%) SQL
2 4 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Guidewire
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 2 (7.69%) Oracle