IT business analysts, architects and systems designers salary in the UK
SOC 2020 code 2133 · full-time employees · reference year 2025Provisional
Median annual pay (gross)
£60,288
Mean annual pay (gross)
£67,274
The median for this occupation is 1.5× the UK median for all employees (£39,039) in the same 2025 release.
Pay range
| 10th percentile | £35,504 |
|---|---|
| 25th percentile | £45,860 |
| Median (50th) | £60,288 |
| 75th percentile | £81,932 |
| 90th percentile | £100,418 |
About this occupation
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers translate business needs into technical designs and oversee how systems fit together.
This is among the higher-paid technology groups in ASHE. Roles in financial services, consultancy and the public sector's large digital programmes are common, and London-based jobs typically pay more than the national median shown here.
Source and notes
- Office for National Statistics, ASHE Table 14.7a (full-time, gross annual pay), 2025 provisional.
- Gross annual pay for full-time employees on adult rates whose pay was not affected by absence. Figures for 2025 are provisional and are revised by ONS the following year.
- ISCO-08 group 2: Professionals — a broad grouping for loose cross-country orientation only, not an exact match to other countries' job titles.
- Official figures above are gross (before tax). The optional Net view is an estimate: it uses the OECD Taxing Wages model for a single person without children. The percentile range always shows gross pay.
- No official breakdown by experience level exists for this data, so none is shown.
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