Senior System Analyst
UK
The median Senior System Analyst salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 687 | 862 | 795 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +175 | -67 | +400 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Analyst | 43 | 37 | 175 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.077% | 0.037% | 0.18% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.085% | 0.039% | 0.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 31 | 30 | 69 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | - | £38,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £53,125 | £47,500 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £62,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.00% | +13.64% | +9.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £69,688 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £87,500 | £67,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £56,250 | £60,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.25% | +9.09% | +17.02% |
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 | 50,706 | 94,386 | 91,123 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.83% | 94.69% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,254 | 67,482 | 57,423 |
| 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 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 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 Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Systems Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Systems Analyst
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Systems Analyst.
Senior Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.
Senior Systems Analyst
Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 | +143 | 40 | £72,500 | +16.00% | 20 |
| London | +125 | 24 | £80,000 | -5.88% | 9 |
| UK excluding London | +171 | 17 | £56,250 | -6.25% | 17 |
| Work from Home | +140 | 17 | £72,500 | +26.09% | 10 |
| South East | +82 | 7 | £48,750 | -2.50% | 6 |
| Midlands | +56 | 6 | £62,500 | -3.85% | 1 |
| East Midlands | +14 | 5 | £62,500 | -3.85% | |
| North of England | +43 | 3 | £52,500 | -12.50% | |
| North West | 0 | 3 | £52,500 | -12.50% | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Senior Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Senior 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 Systems Analyst in the job title.
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Senior 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: