Systems Analyst Jobs

System Analyst
UK

The median System Analyst salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 426 455 640
Rank change year-on-year +29 +185 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Analyst 618 605 781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.64% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.70% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 517 363 633
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £38,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +8.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £66,250 £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,551
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.33% +2.47%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Analyst in the UK

Systems Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Systems Analyst in the UK

Systems Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Analyst over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Analyst in the UK

Systems Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +26 545 £47,500 -0.49% 85
UK excluding London -20 410 £40,000 -11.11% 71
Work from Home +13 208 £47,500 -5.00% 75
London +124 177 £68,750 +25.00% 27
North of England +25 136 £40,000 -15.79% 19
North West +52 93 £40,000 -11.11% 11
East of England +40 82 £42,186 -11.19% 5
South East -56 63 £41,500 -5.14% 14
Midlands -8 55 £45,000 +5.88% 14
Scotland -54 34 £33,750 -20.12% 6
Yorkshire -8 31 £40,000 -25.58% 7
South West -39 31 £37,500 +5.79% 6
East Midlands -9 29 £50,000 +11.11% 8
West Midlands -19 26 £43,750 +2.94% 6
North East -5 12 £40,000 -9.09% 1
Wales +11 6 £39,134 -17.92% 3
Northern Ireland +23 3 £35,000 -6.67% 5

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 255 (41.26%) Finance
2 174 (28.16%) SQL
3 170 (27.51%) Social Skills
4 137 (22.17%) Analytical Skills
5 136 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
6 102 (16.50%) Degree
7 97 (15.70%) Microsoft
8 93 (15.05%) ERP
9 86 (13.92%) Power Platform
10 76 (12.30%) Microsoft Excel
11 74 (11.97%) Law
12 71 (11.49%) Power BI
13 67 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
14 65 (10.52%) Legal
15 55 (8.90%) SQL Server
15 55 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
16 51 (8.25%) Migration
17 50 (8.09%) Decision-Making
18 49 (7.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 47 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
19 47 (7.61%) ITIL
20 46 (7.44%) Business Analysis
20 46 (7.44%) Agile
21 45 (7.28%) Roadmaps
22 44 (7.12%) Systems Analysis
23 43 (6.96%) Customer Service
24 41 (6.63%) Project Management
25 40 (6.47%) Oracle
26 39 (6.31%) Retail
27 38 (6.15%) SAP

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 24 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.65%) Confluence
5 2 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Liferay
6 1 (0.16%) Mule
6 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 76 (12.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (3.88%) Elite 3E
2 14 (2.27%) Aladdin
2 14 (2.27%) iTrent
2 14 (2.27%) thinkFolio
3 12 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (1.62%) Infor SunSystems
4 10 (1.62%) NetSuite
5 8 (1.29%) Misys Midas
5 8 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.97%) Oracle Applications
7 5 (0.81%) Epicor Tropos
7 5 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.65%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.49%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.32%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.32%) SAP GTS
10 2 (0.32%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 86 (13.92%) Power Platform
2 36 (5.83%) Dynamics 365
3 34 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (5.34%) Azure
5 11 (1.78%) WhatsApp
6 10 (1.62%) Power Automate
7 8 (1.29%) AWS
7 8 (1.29%) PowerApps
7 8 (1.29%) SaaS
8 7 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.65%) Mavenlink
9 4 (0.65%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.49%) GCP
10 3 (0.49%) PaaS
11 2 (0.32%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.32%) Zapier
12 1 (0.16%) Boomi
12 1 (0.16%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.62%) DHCP
1 10 (1.62%) DNS
2 9 (1.46%) Firewall
3 8 (1.29%) VSAN
4 5 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.65%) Internet
5 4 (0.65%) Intranet
5 4 (0.65%) NAS
5 4 (0.65%) SAN
5 4 (0.65%) SSL
5 4 (0.65%) VLAN
5 4 (0.65%) VPN
5 4 (0.65%) Wireless
6 1 (0.16%) LAN
6 1 (0.16%) Skype
6 1 (0.16%) WAN
6 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (11.49%) Power BI
2 55 (8.90%) SQL Server
3 49 (7.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (2.43%) Oracle Reports
5 14 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (1.62%) BusinessObjects
6 10 (1.62%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.13%) MS Access
9 6 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.81%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.81%) Tableau
11 4 (0.65%) MySQL
11 4 (0.65%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.16%) Big Data
13 1 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.16%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.16%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 22 (3.56%) JIRA
2 14 (2.27%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.97%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.49%) Selenium
5 2 (0.32%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 255 (41.26%) Finance
2 170 (27.51%) Social Skills
3 137 (22.17%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (11.97%) Law
5 65 (10.52%) Legal
6 39 (6.31%) Retail
7 27 (4.37%) Manufacturing
8 26 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (1.94%) Billing
10 12 (1.94%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.78%) Back Office
12 10 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.13%) Banking
13 7 (1.13%) Games
14 6 (0.97%) Police
15 5 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.65%) International Banking
17 3 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.59%) EDI
1 16 (2.59%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (1.94%) .NET
2 12 (1.94%) REST
2 12 (1.94%) XML
3 9 (1.46%) JSON
4 8 (1.29%) SOAP
5 7 (1.13%) Middleware
5 7 (1.13%) Web Services
6 5 (0.81%) HTML
7 4 (0.65%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.49%) ADO
8 3 (0.49%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 3 (0.49%) RESTful
9 2 (0.32%) CSS
10 1 (0.16%) Gherkin
10 1 (0.16%) jQuery
10 1 (0.16%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.16%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.02%) Management Information System
2 28 (4.53%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (3.40%) Fixed Income
4 17 (2.75%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.10%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.29%) Clustering
7 8 (1.29%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.13%) Hedge funds
8 7 (1.13%) Pricing Data
9 6 (0.97%) Client/Server
9 6 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.81%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (0.81%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.81%) Smart Energy
10 5 (0.81%) Smart Meter
11 4 (0.65%) Housing Association
11 4 (0.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.21%) Windows
2 16 (2.59%) Windows 10
2 16 (2.59%) Windows Server
3 9 (1.46%) Linux
4 5 (0.81%) Unix
5 2 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (15.05%) ERP
3 67 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
4 55 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (8.25%) Migration
6 50 (8.09%) Decision-Making
7 47 (7.61%) ITIL
8 46 (7.44%) Agile
8 46 (7.44%) Business Analysis
9 45 (7.28%) Roadmaps
10 44 (7.12%) Systems Analysis
11 43 (6.96%) Customer Service
12 41 (6.63%) Project Management
13 34 (5.50%) Stakeholder Management
14 33 (5.34%) Requirements Gathering
15 30 (4.85%) Asset Management
15 30 (4.85%) Change Management
16 28 (4.53%) Order Management
17 25 (4.05%) SDLC
18 24 (3.88%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 174 (28.16%) SQL
2 27 (4.37%) T-SQL
3 17 (2.75%) C#
4 15 (2.43%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.94%) VBA
6 11 (1.78%) Python
7 9 (1.46%) Java
8 8 (1.29%) VB
9 6 (0.97%) VB.NET
10 4 (0.65%) RPG
11 3 (0.49%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.16%) ABAP
12 1 (0.16%) PHP
12 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (16.50%) Degree
2 17 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (1.62%) DBS Check
4 8 (1.29%) A+ Certification
5 7 (1.13%) ACCA
5 7 (1.13%) CIMA
6 6 (0.97%) MCP
6 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (0.97%) Security Cleared
7 5 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.81%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.65%) CCNA
8 4 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (0.65%) MCSA
8 4 (0.65%) MCSE
9 2 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.16%) HNC
10 1 (0.16%) ISEB
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.43%) QA
2 10 (1.62%) Data Quality
2 10 (1.62%) SLA
3 8 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (1.29%) GDPR
3 8 (1.29%) PMO
4 6 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 31 (5.02%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.46%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.97%) vSphere
6 2 (0.32%) Firmware
6 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (1.29%) Failover Clustering
2 7 (1.13%) SCCM
3 4 (0.65%) WSUS
4 3 (0.49%) Terraform
5 1 (0.16%) cPanel
Vendors
1 97 (15.70%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.47%) Oracle
3 38 (6.15%) SAP
4 21 (3.40%) Charles River
5 17 (2.75%) VMware
6 14 (2.27%) Bloomberg
6 14 (2.27%) Concur
6 14 (2.27%) Salesforce
7 13 (2.10%) Aderant
7 13 (2.10%) Workday
8 12 (1.94%) Sun
9 10 (1.62%) Infor
10 9 (1.46%) Epicor
10 9 (1.46%) IBM
11 8 (1.29%) Intapp
12 7 (1.13%) Sage
13 6 (0.97%) iManage
14 5 (0.81%) Citrix
14 5 (0.81%) Cognos
15 4 (0.65%) PeopleSoft