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 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 767 830 936
Rank change year-on-year +63 +106 -163
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 140 130 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 120 107 257
10th Percentile £29,775 £37,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,925 £43,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,625 £60,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £75,000
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 94,634 91,081 154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,599 57,631 84,466
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 £70,974 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +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 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Systems Analyst in the UK

Business Systems Analyst
Top 14 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 19 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 +88 135 £45,000 -18.18% 30
UK excluding London +36 115 £42,500 -15.00% 28
Work from Home +65 51 £47,500 -13.64% 31
East of England +25 34 £42,500 -29.17% 8
South East +9 30 £38,250 -27.14% 9
London +78 25 £77,500 +34.78% 5
North of England +51 25 £47,500 -5.00% 5
North West +12 18 £47,500 -5.00% 5
Midlands -2 15 £50,000 - 6
West Midlands +19 8 £45,000 -5.26% 4
Yorkshire +83 7 £40,000 -23.81%
East Midlands -18 7 £67,500 +22.73% 2
South West -11 6 £40,000 -27.27%
Scotland -69 5 £37,800 -16.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 (36.43%) SQL
2 38 (27.14%) Finance
3 37 (26.43%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (24.29%) Social Skills
5 33 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (22.86%) ERP
7 28 (20.00%) Project Management
8 25 (17.86%) Agile
9 21 (15.00%) Decision-Making
10 20 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
10 20 (14.29%) Business Analysis
10 20 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (12.86%) Systems Analysis
11 18 (12.86%) Power Platform
11 18 (12.86%) Power BI
12 17 (12.14%) Degree
13 15 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
14 14 (10.00%) Retail
15 13 (9.29%) Use Case
15 13 (9.29%) Management Information System
15 13 (9.29%) Manufacturing
15 13 (9.29%) Migration
15 13 (9.29%) Customer Service
16 12 (8.57%) EDI
16 12 (8.57%) SQL Server
17 11 (7.86%) Microsoft Office
17 11 (7.86%) CRM
18 10 (7.14%) .NET
18 10 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
18 10 (7.14%) Waterfall

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 (1.43%) CMS
1 2 (1.43%) Confluence
2 1 (0.71%) Liferay
2 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.86%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.14%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (2.14%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (2.14%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.43%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.71%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.71%) Magento
3 1 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.71%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.86%) Power Platform
2 9 (6.43%) Azure
3 8 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.86%) Mavenlink
4 4 (2.86%) SaaS
5 2 (1.43%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.43%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.86%) Power BI
2 12 (8.57%) SQL Server
3 7 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (3.57%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.14%) Tableau
7 2 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.71%) Big Data
8 1 (0.71%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 38 (27.14%) Finance
2 37 (26.43%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (24.29%) Social Skills
4 14 (10.00%) Retail
5 13 (9.29%) Manufacturing
6 9 (6.43%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.00%) Law
8 6 (4.29%) Banking
9 4 (2.86%) Games
10 2 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.71%) Advertising
11 1 (0.71%) Automotive
11 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.71%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.57%) EDI
2 10 (7.14%) .NET
3 6 (4.29%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.43%) JSON
4 2 (1.43%) REST
4 2 (1.43%) SOAP
4 2 (1.43%) XML
5 1 (0.71%) HTML
5 1 (0.71%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.29%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.14%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.43%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.71%) FMCG
7 1 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.71%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.71%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.71%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.71%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.86%) Linux
1 4 (2.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (22.86%) ERP
3 28 (20.00%) Project Management
4 25 (17.86%) Agile
5 21 (15.00%) Decision-Making
6 20 (14.29%) Business Analysis
6 20 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 20 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
7 18 (12.86%) Systems Analysis
8 13 (9.29%) Customer Service
8 13 (9.29%) Migration
8 13 (9.29%) Use Case
9 11 (7.86%) CRM
10 10 (7.14%) Business Case
10 10 (7.14%) Order Management
10 10 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (7.14%) Waterfall
11 9 (6.43%) Data Management
11 9 (6.43%) SDLC
12 8 (5.71%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 51 (36.43%) SQL
2 9 (6.43%) C#
3 7 (5.00%) Python
4 3 (2.14%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.43%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.43%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.71%) Java
6 1 (0.71%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (12.14%) Degree
2 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (0.71%) DBS Check
2 1 (0.71%) HND
2 1 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (0.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.00%) PMO
2 2 (1.43%) GDPR
2 2 (1.43%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (1.43%) vSphere
Vendors
1 8 (5.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.00%) Salesforce
3 6 (4.29%) SAP
4 4 (2.86%) Oracle
5 3 (2.14%) Epicor
6 1 (0.71%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.71%) Charles River
6 1 (0.71%) Infor
6 1 (0.71%) mParticle
6 1 (0.71%) Nintex