Senior System Analyst
UK

The median Senior System Analyst salary in the UK is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 861 801 1155
Rank change year-on-year -60 +354 -247
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Analyst 37 179 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.18% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.19% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 30 72 42
10th Percentile - £38,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,156 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £50,150
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +9.67% -8.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,125 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +17.02% +10.59%

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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Analyst in the UK

Senior Systems Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Analyst in the UK

Senior Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Analyst in the UK

Senior Systems Analyst
Top 10 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 10 May 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 -39 36 £62,500 +13.64% 6
UK excluding London -134 25 £60,000 +9.09% 3
London +104 11 £85,000 +107.32% 3
East Midlands -8 10 £66,250 +50.57% 1
Midlands -9 10 £66,250 +50.57% 1
South East -38 9 £50,000 -11.11%
Work from Home -4 7 £57,500 +2.68% 1
North of England -22 3 £60,000 +9.09%
South West -25 3 £47,500 -12.04% 1
North West - 3 £60,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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.

1 23 (62.16%) Degree
2 18 (48.65%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (43.24%) Finance
5 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
6 12 (32.43%) Management Information System
7 9 (24.32%) ERP
7 9 (24.32%) SQL
8 8 (21.62%) Oracle
8 8 (21.62%) Legal
9 7 (18.92%) Computer Science
9 7 (18.92%) Pricing Data
9 7 (18.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (18.92%) Agile
9 7 (18.92%) Data Analysis
9 7 (18.92%) Migration
9 7 (18.92%) SQL Server
10 6 (16.22%) Oracle Forms
10 6 (16.22%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
10 6 (16.22%) MS Access
10 6 (16.22%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (16.22%) Workflow
10 6 (16.22%) Oracle Workflow
10 6 (16.22%) Systems Analysis
10 6 (16.22%) Asset Management
10 6 (16.22%) Decision-Making
10 6 (16.22%) Requirements Gathering
10 6 (16.22%) Waterfall
10 6 (16.22%) Spreadsheet

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (16.22%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.70%) Mule
2 1 (2.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (16.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (2.70%) NEC Housing
2 1 (2.70%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.70%) SAP HCM
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (8.11%) WhatsApp
3 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.92%) SQL Server
2 6 (16.22%) MS Access
2 6 (16.22%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (13.51%) Relational Database
3 5 (13.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (13.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.70%) Big Data
4 1 (2.70%) MySQL
4 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.70%) Eclipse
General
1 18 (48.65%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (43.24%) Finance
3 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
4 8 (21.62%) Legal
5 5 (13.51%) Back Office
5 5 (13.51%) Billing
6 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) .NET
1 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET
1 1 (2.70%) CSS
1 1 (2.70%) HTML
1 1 (2.70%) JSON
1 1 (2.70%) REST
1 1 (2.70%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 12 (32.43%) Management Information System
2 7 (18.92%) Pricing Data
3 5 (13.51%) Fixed Income
3 5 (13.51%) Hedge funds
3 5 (13.51%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.70%) Housing Association
4 1 (2.70%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.70%) LIMS
4 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.51%) Linux
1 5 (13.51%) Unix
2 2 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (24.32%) ERP
3 7 (18.92%) Agile
3 7 (18.92%) Computer Science
3 7 (18.92%) Data Analysis
3 7 (18.92%) Migration
4 6 (16.22%) Asset Management
4 6 (16.22%) Decision-Making
4 6 (16.22%) Order Management
4 6 (16.22%) Portfolio Management
4 6 (16.22%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (16.22%) Systems Analysis
4 6 (16.22%) Waterfall
4 6 (16.22%) Workflow
5 5 (13.51%) Business Process Mapping
5 5 (13.51%) Economics
5 5 (13.51%) Integration Testing
5 5 (13.51%) Software Testing
5 5 (13.51%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (13.51%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (24.32%) SQL
2 4 (10.81%) Java
3 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.70%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (62.16%) Degree
2 7 (18.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) cPanel
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Oracle
2 5 (13.51%) Charles River
3 3 (8.11%) SAP
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.70%) NEC
5 1 (2.70%) Northgate
5 1 (2.70%) Salesforce