Systems Analyst Job Trends in the West Midlands

System Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median System Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 186 164
Rank change year-on-year +30 -22 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 16 16 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.30% 0.37% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.39% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 11
10th Percentile £31,750 £35,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,402 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,678 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.31% +16.70% +17.65%
75th Percentile £42,250 £49,313 £48,750
90th Percentile £44,750 £54,125 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -7.77% +8.42%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 4,702 4,062 3,120
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.49% 93.36% 93.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,700 1,970 2,649
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £75,772
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Systems Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Systems Analyst job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Systems Analyst
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Systems Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands

Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Analyst in the West Midlands

Systems Analyst
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Warwickshire - 8 £34,750 - 2
Birmingham +30 7 £41,250 -8.33% 4
Systems Analyst
England

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Systems Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) SQL
2 7 (43.75%) ERP
3 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) Analytics
4 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (18.75%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (18.75%) ITIL
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (18.75%) Migration
5 3 (18.75%) Power BI
5 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
5 3 (18.75%) Relational Database
5 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Validation
6 2 (12.50%) Agile
6 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Business Case
6 2 (12.50%) Business Process Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
6 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
6 2 (12.50%) Degree

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) iTrent
2 1 (6.25%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (6.25%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.25%) Power Automate
2 1 (6.25%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Power BI
1 3 (18.75%) Relational Database
2 2 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (6.25%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle Database
3 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
1 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) ERP
2 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
2 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) Analytics
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (18.75%) ITIL
4 3 (18.75%) Migration
4 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Validation
5 2 (12.50%) Agile
5 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Business Process Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
5 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Time Management
5 2 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) C#
2 1 (6.25%) PL/SQL
2 1 (6.25%) VB.NET
2 1 (6.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) IFS
2 1 (6.25%) Infor
2 1 (6.25%) Kronos
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) Pegasus
2 1 (6.25%) Workday