Software and Applications Developers and Analysts

How to become a Systems Analyst or Designer

Official title: Systems Analysts and Designers

Researches, analyses and evaluates clients' information system needs or problems, and produces computer system projects, recommendations and plans to improve or develop information systems.

Main tasks

Interview users to document requirements and keep system principles consistent; identify and analyse business processes and work rules
Evaluate the efficiency of computer systems, and recommend and design the best business information system model, functions and performance
Write functional specifications for system developers
Extend or modify systems to improve procedures or services
Integrate an organisation's computer systems to improve compatibility

Ways in

University department: Computing & IT degrees, Offered by 114 universities in Taiwan
Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a professional information engineer you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 資訊技師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 18.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Average pay: NT$1,213,000 a year
Demand for Information and communications technology jobs is projected at about 246,000 in 2024 and about 319,000 in 2030. (+29.7%)
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 or Designer?

Ways in include: Computing & IT degrees.

How much does a Systems Analyst or Designer earn in Taiwan?

Average pay is NT$1,213,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).

Is a Systems Analyst or Designer a growing career in Taiwan?

Demand for this job family is projected to change 29.7% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Will AI change the work of a Systems Analyst or Designer?

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

Sources

Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, 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