Software and applications developers and analysts

How to become a systems analyst

Official title: Systems analysts

Also called: Business analyst (IT), Computer scientist, Information systems analyst, Systems consultant, Systems designer (IT)

Systems analysts conduct research, analyse and evaluate client information technology requirements, procedures or problems, and develop and implement proposals, recommendations, and plans to improve current or future information systems.

Main tasks

Consulting with users to formulate document requirements and with management to ensure agreement on systems principles
Identifying and analysing business processes, procedures and work practices
Identifying and evaluating inefficiencies and recommending optimal business practices and system functionality and behaviour
Taking responsibility for deploying functional solutions, such as creating, adopting and implementing system test plans
Developing functional specifications for use by systems developers
Expanding or modifying systems to improve workflow or serve new purposes
Coordinating and linking the computer systems within an organization to increase compatibility

Ways in

University: Computing & IT degrees, Offered by 24 universities in Hong Kong
Qualifications Framework: Vocational Qualifications Pathway: Information & Communications Technology. The Qualifications Framework publishes a Vocational Qualifications Pathway for the Information & Communications Technology industry (資訊及通訊科技業), showing QF-recognised qualifications by level: https://www.hkqf.gov.hk/ict/en/vqp. Link between the industry and this job by Peernovo.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How do I become a systems analyst?

Ways in include: Computing & IT degrees; Vocational Qualifications Pathway: Information & Communications Technology.

Do you need a degree to become a systems analyst?

Usually. 91% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a systems analyst?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026