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Computer Systems Analyst
What You Need to Know About Computer Systems Analyst
Job Description: Analyze science, engineering, business, and other data processing problems to implement and improve computer systems. Analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations. May analyze or recommend commercially available software.
List of Computer Systems Analyst Job Duties
- Read manuals, periodicals, and technical reports to learn how to develop programs that meet staff and user requirements.
- Specify inputs accessed by the system and plan the distribution and use of the results.
- Consult with management to ensure agreement on system principles.
- Confer with clients regarding the nature of the information processing or computation needs a computer program is to address.
- Supervise computer programmers or other systems analysts or serve as project leaders for particular systems projects.
- Use the computer in the analysis and solution of business problems, such as development of integrated production and inventory control and cost analysis systems.
Skills Required
When polled, Computer Systems Analysts say the following skills are most frequently used in their jobs:
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
What Kind of Computer Systems Analyst Job Opportunities Are There?
In the United States, there were 600,500 jobs for Computer Systems Analyst in 2016. New jobs are being produced at a rate of 9.1% which is above the national average. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts 54,400 new jobs for Computer Systems Analyst by 2026. There will be an estimated 44,900 positions for Computer Systems Analyst per year.
The states with the most job growth for Computer Systems Analyst are Utah, Colorado, and Washington. Watch out if you plan on working in Ohio, Maine, or Mississippi. These states have the worst job growth for this type of profession.
What is the Average Salary of a Computer Systems Analyst?
Computer Systems Analysts make between $54,360 and $142,220 a year.
Computer Systems Analysts who work in District of Columbia, New Jersey, or California, make the highest salaries.
What Tools & Technology do Computer Systems Analysts Use?
Below is a list of the types of tools and technologies that Computer Systems Analysts may use on a daily basis:
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Git
- Microsoft Outlook
- Python
- jQuery
- React
- Microsoft Access
- Node.js
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- SAP
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Project
How do I Become a Computer Systems Analyst?
Education needed to be a Computer Systems Analyst:
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