Systems Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

System Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median System Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 222 233
Rank change year-on-year +39 +11 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 17 26 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.39% 0.35% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.37% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12 26 26
10th Percentile £27,975 £24,000 £30,782
25th Percentile £44,063 £30,425 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +2.94% -1.22%
75th Percentile £57,813 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £62,125 £60,000 £53,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,977 7,037 5,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.13% 94.34% 90.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,770 5,264 3,228
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,365 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.73% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in the West Midlands

Systems Analyst
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Analyst in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Systems Analyst 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 18 May 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 18 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
Birmingham +45 8 £45,000 +23.29% 4
Warwickshire -12 5 £58,750 +14.63% 8
Coventry - 2 £27,000 -
Solihull - 1 £42,500 - 2
Systems Analyst
England

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) Finance
2 11 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (58.82%) Process Improvement
4 9 (52.94%) Decision-Making
4 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
5 8 (47.06%) Roadmaps
5 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (47.06%) NetSuite
5 8 (47.06%) Change Management
5 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (47.06%) Project Management
6 7 (41.18%) Salesforce
6 7 (41.18%) CRM
6 7 (41.18%) Test Scripting
6 7 (41.18%) Taxonomies
6 7 (41.18%) Agile
6 7 (41.18%) Business Transformation
6 7 (41.18%) Order to Cash
6 7 (41.18%) User Stories
6 7 (41.18%) Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (41.18%) Analytical Thinking
6 7 (41.18%) Thought Leadership
6 7 (41.18%) Product Roadmap
6 7 (41.18%) Record to Report
6 7 (41.18%) Scenario Testing
6 7 (41.18%) Backlog Management
6 7 (41.18%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (41.18%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (11.76%) Mentoring

Systems Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (47.06%) NetSuite
2 1 (5.88%) iTrent
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) SaaS
3 1 (5.88%) Azure
3 1 (5.88%) Serverless
3 1 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (5.88%) MS Access
General
1 12 (70.59%) Finance
2 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
3 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (11.76%) Retail
5 1 (5.88%) Advertising
5 1 (5.88%) Billing
5 1 (5.88%) General Ledger
5 1 (5.88%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Legacy Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Taxonomies
2 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (58.82%) Process Improvement
3 9 (52.94%) Decision-Making
4 8 (47.06%) Change Management
4 8 (47.06%) Project Management
4 8 (47.06%) Roadmaps
4 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (41.18%) Agile
5 7 (41.18%) Analytical Thinking
5 7 (41.18%) Backlog Management
5 7 (41.18%) Business Transformation
5 7 (41.18%) CRM
5 7 (41.18%) Order to Cash
5 7 (41.18%) Procure-to-Pay
5 7 (41.18%) Product Roadmap
5 7 (41.18%) Record to Report
5 7 (41.18%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (41.18%) Test Scripting
5 7 (41.18%) Thought Leadership
5 7 (41.18%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) GISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) COBIT
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
1 1 (5.88%) QA
1 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.88%) Guidewire
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) SAP