Business Systems Analyst Jobs

Business System Analyst
UK

The median Business System Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 745 848 950
Rank change year-on-year +103 +102 -179
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 145 129 296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 120 105 258
10th Percentile £29,775 £37,150 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,925 £43,000 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £60,625 £60,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £73,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +5.88%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Business Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Systems Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +109 140 £45,000 -18.18% 26
UK excluding London +13 120 £42,500 -15.00% 26
Work from Home +79 56 £47,500 -13.64% 16
East of England +28 34 £42,500 -29.17% 7
South East +18 32 £38,250 -27.14% 8
North of England +61 28 £47,500 -5.00% 5
London +90 25 £77,500 +34.78% 3
North West +16 19 £47,500 -5.00% 5
Midlands -13 15 £50,000 - 5
Yorkshire +85 8 £40,000 -23.81%
West Midlands +16 8 £45,000 -5.26% 4
East Midlands -15 7 £67,500 +22.73% 1
South West -28 6 £40,000 -27.27%
Scotland -61 5 £37,800 -16.00% 2
North East -10 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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 Business Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 51 (35.17%) SQL
2 43 (29.66%) Finance
3 39 (26.90%) Social Skills
4 37 (25.52%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (22.76%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (22.07%) ERP
7 28 (19.31%) Project Management
8 25 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
8 25 (17.24%) Agile
8 25 (17.24%) Business Analysis
9 21 (14.48%) Decision-Making
10 20 (13.79%) Requirements Gathering
11 18 (12.41%) Power Platform
11 18 (12.41%) Power BI
11 18 (12.41%) Systems Analysis
11 18 (12.41%) Use Case
12 17 (11.72%) Degree
13 16 (11.03%) CRM
14 15 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
15 14 (9.66%) Retail
16 13 (8.97%) Management Information System
16 13 (8.97%) Manufacturing
16 13 (8.97%) Migration
16 13 (8.97%) Customer Service
17 12 (8.28%) User Stories
17 12 (8.28%) EDI
17 12 (8.28%) SQL Server
18 11 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
19 10 (6.90%) .NET
19 10 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management

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 2 (1.38%) CMS
1 2 (1.38%) Confluence
2 1 (0.69%) Liferay
2 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.07%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (2.07%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (2.07%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.38%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.69%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.69%) Magento
3 1 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.69%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.41%) Power Platform
2 9 (6.21%) Azure
3 8 (5.52%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.76%) Mavenlink
4 4 (2.76%) SaaS
5 2 (1.38%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.38%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.41%) Power BI
2 12 (8.28%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (3.45%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.07%) Tableau
7 2 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.69%) Big Data
8 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (4.83%) JIRA
General
1 43 (29.66%) Finance
2 39 (26.90%) Social Skills
3 37 (25.52%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.66%) Retail
5 13 (8.97%) Manufacturing
6 9 (6.21%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.83%) Law
8 6 (4.14%) Banking
9 4 (2.76%) Games
10 1 (0.69%) Advertising
10 1 (0.69%) Automotive
10 1 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.28%) EDI
2 10 (6.90%) .NET
3 6 (4.14%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.38%) JSON
4 2 (1.38%) REST
4 2 (1.38%) SOAP
4 2 (1.38%) XML
5 1 (0.69%) HTML
5 1 (0.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.97%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.52%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.14%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.07%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.38%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.69%) FMCG
7 1 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.69%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.69%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.69%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.69%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.76%) Linux
1 4 (2.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (22.76%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (22.07%) ERP
3 28 (19.31%) Project Management
4 25 (17.24%) Agile
4 25 (17.24%) Business Analysis
4 25 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (14.48%) Decision-Making
6 20 (13.79%) Requirements Gathering
7 18 (12.41%) Systems Analysis
7 18 (12.41%) Use Case
8 16 (11.03%) CRM
9 13 (8.97%) Customer Service
9 13 (8.97%) Migration
10 12 (8.28%) User Stories
11 10 (6.90%) Business Case
11 10 (6.90%) Order Management
11 10 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (6.90%) Waterfall
12 9 (6.21%) Data Management
12 9 (6.21%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 51 (35.17%) SQL
2 9 (6.21%) C#
3 7 (4.83%) Python
4 3 (2.07%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.38%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.38%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.69%) Java
6 1 (0.69%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (11.72%) Degree
2 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (0.69%) DBS Check
2 1 (0.69%) HND
2 1 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (0.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.83%) PMO
1 7 (4.83%) QA
2 2 (1.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (1.38%) vSphere
Vendors
1 8 (5.52%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.83%) Salesforce
3 6 (4.14%) SAP
4 4 (2.76%) Oracle
5 3 (2.07%) Epicor
6 1 (0.69%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.69%) Charles River
6 1 (0.69%) Infor
6 1 (0.69%) mParticle
6 1 (0.69%) Nintex