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 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 846 784 1184
Rank change year-on-year -62 +400 -276
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Analyst 37 175 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.18% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.19% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 30 69 45
10th Percentile - £38,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £50,300
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +9.35% -10.58%
75th Percentile £69,688 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,500 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +17.02% +4.44%

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 94,483 90,798 154,064
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.49% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,539 57,358 84,412
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,526
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%

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 17 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 17 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 -34 36 £62,500 +13.64% 7
UK excluding London -135 26 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Midlands +1 11 £65,000 +47.73%
East Midlands -2 11 £65,000 +47.73%
London +109 10 £85,000 +107.32% 4
South East -50 9 £50,000 -11.11% 1
Work from Home +1 7 £57,500 +1.32% 3
South West -19 3 £47,500 -15.18%
North of England -22 3 £60,000 +9.09% 1
North West - 3 £60,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 22 (59.46%) Degree
2 17 (45.95%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (43.24%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (40.54%) Finance
5 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
6 11 (29.73%) Management Information System
7 10 (27.03%) SQL
8 9 (24.32%) ERP
9 8 (21.62%) Agile
9 8 (21.62%) Legal
9 8 (21.62%) Oracle
10 7 (18.92%) Waterfall
10 7 (18.92%) Pricing Data
10 7 (18.92%) Migration
10 7 (18.92%) Data Analysis
10 7 (18.92%) Requirements Gathering
11 6 (16.22%) Order Management
11 6 (16.22%) Oracle Applications
11 6 (16.22%) Workflow
11 6 (16.22%) Oracle Workflow
11 6 (16.22%) SQL Server
11 6 (16.22%) Oracle Forms
11 6 (16.22%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
11 6 (16.22%) MS Access
11 6 (16.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (16.22%) Decision-Making
11 6 (16.22%) Computer Science
11 6 (16.22%) Spreadsheet
12 5 (13.51%) Azure

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 6 (16.22%) MS Access
1 6 (16.22%) Oracle Reports
1 6 (16.22%) SQL Server
2 5 (13.51%) Relational Database
3 4 (10.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (10.81%) 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 17 (45.95%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (40.54%) Finance
3 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
4 8 (21.62%) Legal
5 4 (10.81%) Back Office
5 4 (10.81%) 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 11 (29.73%) Management Information System
2 7 (18.92%) Pricing Data
3 4 (10.81%) Fixed Income
3 4 (10.81%) Hedge funds
3 4 (10.81%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.70%) Housing Association
5 1 (2.70%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.70%) LIMS
5 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
5 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 16 (43.24%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (24.32%) ERP
3 8 (21.62%) Agile
4 7 (18.92%) Data Analysis
4 7 (18.92%) Migration
4 7 (18.92%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (18.92%) Waterfall
5 6 (16.22%) Computer Science
5 6 (16.22%) Decision-Making
5 6 (16.22%) Order Management
5 6 (16.22%) Workflow
6 5 (13.51%) Asset Management
6 5 (13.51%) Portfolio Management
6 5 (13.51%) Systems Analysis
7 4 (10.81%) Business Process Mapping
7 4 (10.81%) Economics
7 4 (10.81%) Integration Testing
7 4 (10.81%) Investment Management
7 4 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (10.81%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.03%) SQL
2 4 (10.81%) Java
3 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.70%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (59.46%) Degree
2 6 (16.22%) 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 4 (10.81%) 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