Business Systems Analyst Jobs

Business System Analyst
UK

The median Business System Analyst salary in the UK is £43,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 767 802 991
Rank change year-on-year +35 +189 -171
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 137 117 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.14% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 117 99 237
10th Percentile £29,100 £38,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.91% +10.00% +5.93%
75th Percentile £57,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
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 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

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 12 June 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 12 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 +52 129 £45,000 -18.18% 22
UK excluding London -4 116 £42,500 -15.00% 16
Work from Home +30 49 £46,000 -16.36% 11
East of England +17 35 £42,500 -29.17% 2
South East -9 31 £37,500 -24.62% 2
North of England +17 23 £47,500 -5.00% 4
London +70 20 £73,750 +22.92% 9
North West -14 17 £47,500 -5.00% 2
Midlands -38 17 £50,000 -9.09% 3
East Midlands -35 9 £67,500 +22.73% 1
West Midlands -5 8 £45,000 -5.26% 2
Yorkshire +67 6 £40,000 -27.27% 1
Scotland -66 5 £37,800 -16.00% 1
South West -43 4 £34,750 -37.39% 1
Wales - 1 £60,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 52 (37.96%) SQL
2 36 (26.28%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (24.09%) Social Skills
4 32 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (22.63%) Finance
6 28 (20.44%) ERP
7 27 (19.71%) Project Management
7 27 (19.71%) Agile
8 23 (16.79%) Business Analysis
9 22 (16.06%) Systems Analysis
10 21 (15.33%) Decision-Making
11 20 (14.60%) Requirements Gathering
12 19 (13.87%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (12.41%) Power Platform
13 17 (12.41%) Power BI
14 16 (11.68%) Degree
15 15 (10.95%) Microsoft Excel
16 13 (9.49%) Migration
16 13 (9.49%) EDI
16 13 (9.49%) Order Management
16 13 (9.49%) Customer Service
17 12 (8.76%) Use Case
17 12 (8.76%) Manufacturing
18 11 (8.03%) Management Information System
18 11 (8.03%) SQL Server
18 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
18 11 (8.03%) Retail
18 11 (8.03%) Waterfall
18 11 (8.03%) SDLC
19 10 (7.30%) Business Case

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 3 (2.19%) Confluence
2 2 (1.46%) CMS
3 1 (0.73%) Liferay
3 1 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (10.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.19%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (2.19%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (2.19%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.41%) Power Platform
2 8 (5.84%) Azure
3 5 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.92%) Mavenlink
4 4 (2.92%) SaaS
5 2 (1.46%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.46%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.41%) Power BI
2 11 (8.03%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.92%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.19%) Tableau
6 2 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (5.84%) JIRA
General
1 36 (26.28%) Analytical Skills
2 33 (24.09%) Social Skills
3 31 (22.63%) Finance
4 12 (8.76%) Manufacturing
5 11 (8.03%) Retail
6 8 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.11%) Law
8 4 (2.92%) Games
9 2 (1.46%) Banking
9 2 (1.46%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.73%) Advertising
10 1 (0.73%) Automotive
10 1 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.49%) EDI
2 10 (7.30%) .NET
3 6 (4.38%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.46%) JSON
4 2 (1.46%) REST
4 2 (1.46%) SOAP
4 2 (1.46%) XML
5 1 (0.73%) HTML
5 1 (0.73%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.03%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.84%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.19%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.19%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.73%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.73%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.73%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.92%) Linux
1 4 (2.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (20.44%) ERP
3 27 (19.71%) Agile
3 27 (19.71%) Project Management
4 23 (16.79%) Business Analysis
5 22 (16.06%) Systems Analysis
6 21 (15.33%) Decision-Making
7 20 (14.60%) Requirements Gathering
8 19 (13.87%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (9.49%) Customer Service
9 13 (9.49%) Migration
9 13 (9.49%) Order Management
10 12 (8.76%) Use Case
11 11 (8.03%) SDLC
11 11 (8.03%) Waterfall
12 10 (7.30%) Business Case
13 9 (6.57%) CRM
14 8 (5.84%) Data Management
14 8 (5.84%) Scrum
14 8 (5.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (37.96%) SQL
2 9 (6.57%) C#
3 7 (5.11%) Python
4 3 (2.19%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.46%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.46%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.73%) Java
6 1 (0.73%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (11.68%) Degree
2 1 (0.73%) DBS Check
2 1 (0.73%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.73%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.11%) PMO
2 3 (2.19%) QA
3 2 (1.46%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (1.46%) vSphere
Vendors
1 8 (5.84%) Salesforce
2 7 (5.11%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.65%) SAP
4 3 (2.19%) Epicor
4 3 (2.19%) Oracle
5 1 (0.73%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.73%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (0.73%) mParticle
5 1 (0.73%) Nintex