The Datum Report

Occupation 2133 · Professional occupations

IT business analysts, architects and systems designers

IT business analysts, architects and systems designers proviide advice on the effective utilisation of IT and design IT systems in order to meet the business objectives or to enhance the business effectiveness of the organisation.

How people enter it

Entrants usually possess a degree or equivalent qualification, although entry with other academic qualifications and/or significant relevant experience is possible. There is a variety of relevant vocational, professional and postgraduate qualifications available.

What the work involves

Also called

Business analyst (computing/IT) · Data communications analyst · Change analyst (computing/IT) · Systems analyst · Systems consultant · Technical analyst (computing/IT) · Technical architect · User experience architect

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None None 2026-03 181,200.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None None 2026-03 187,500.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None None 2026-03 206,800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None None 2026-03 5,300.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None None 2026-03 19,300.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None None 2026-03 212,200.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None None 2026-03 6,300.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

RegionMeasureHoursValuePeriod
East 2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None 25,300.00 2026-03
East Midlands 2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None 10,000.00 2026-03
London 2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None 36,200.00 2026-03
North East 2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None 7,500.00 2026-03
North West 2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None 18,600.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None 5,300.00 2026-03
Scotland 2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None 19,300.00 2026-03
South East 2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None 35,400.00 2026-03
South West 2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None 22,800.00 2026-03
Wales 2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None 6,300.00 2026-03
West Midlands 2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None 12,000.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 2133 : IT business analysts, architects and systems designers None 13,400.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for it business analysts, architects and systems designers vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Cyber security professionals · IT managers · IT network professionals · IT project managers · IT quality and testing professionals · Information technology professionals n.e.c. · Programmers and software development professionals