Senior requirements analyst vs analyst

The differences between senior requirements analysts and analysts can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a senior requirements analyst, becoming an analyst takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a senior requirements analyst has an average salary of $84,168, which is higher than the $73,007 average annual salary of an analyst.

The top three skills for a senior requirements analyst include DOD, sharepoint and sprint. The most important skills for an analyst are customer service, troubleshoot, and data analysis.

Senior requirements analyst vs analyst overview

	Senior Requirements Analyst	Analyst
Yearly salary	$84,168	$73,007
Hourly rate	$40.47	$35.10
Growth rate	9%	11%
Number of jobs	90,169	253,138
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 67%
Average age	43	44
Years of experience	6	4

Senior requirements analyst vs analyst salary

Senior requirements analysts and analysts have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Requirements Analyst	Analyst
Average salary	$84,168	$73,007
Salary range	Between $57,000 And $123,000	Between $53,000 And $99,000
Highest paying City	-	Jersey City, NJ
Highest paying state	Washington	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	The Citadel
Best paying industry	Health Care	Technology

Differences between senior requirements analyst and analyst education

There are a few differences between a senior requirements analyst and an analyst in terms of educational background:

	Senior Requirements Analyst	Analyst
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 67%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Northwestern University

Senior requirements analyst vs analyst demographics

Here are the differences between senior requirements analysts' and analysts' demographics:

	Senior Requirements Analyst	Analyst
Average age	43	44
Gender ratio	Male, 55.2% Female, 44.8%	Male, 52.4% Female, 47.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.1% Asian, 14.5% White, 58.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 7.4% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 8.5% Asian, 14.3% White, 65.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	8%	12%

Differences between senior requirements analyst and analyst duties and responsibilities

Senior requirements analyst example responsibilities.

Manage integrated functionality & technology dependencies, usability, reliability, performance and support requirements of legacy CRM and web applications.
Participate in JAD sessions with DEA stakeholders to gather business requirements as part of an effort to update legacy DEA applications.
Facilitate and document requirements driven through JAD /Requirements workshops.
Host and maintain a repository of project artifacts on Microsoft SharePoint portal.
Create and maintain a SharePoint data repository to track all enhancement requests and development projects.
Provide gap analysis skills to determine system enhancements or process updates to accommodate Medicare and Medicaid growth initiatives for new business.

Analyst example responsibilities.

Manage support incidents and mitigate customer issues meeting or exceeding establish SLA's.
Manage database including all ETL procedures, optimize SQL query to build an online sales platform.
Lead the requirement gathering effort from key customers for development of new JAVA applications and for troubleshooting customer issues.
Provide hands-on technical support and managing custom software, windows base systems, networking solutions, and database systems.
Initiate and lead quality improvement projects to address KPIs such as production, error rate, and turnaround time.
Help develop and handle both on and offsite SEO solutions as well as managing local campaigns and international SEO efforts.

Senior requirements analyst vs analyst skills

Common senior requirements analyst skills

DOD, 14%
SharePoint, 9%
Sprint, 7%
SDLC, 5%
SME, 5%
Provisioning, 5%

Common analyst skills

Customer Service, 13%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Data Analysis, 6%
Management System, 5%
Project Management, 5%
Strong Analytical, 4%