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Systems Analysis

Cross-functional skill · O*NET work requirement

Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

In the O*NET occupational database, Systems Analysis is a skill that work requires. O*NET rates how important it is (1–5) and what level of it a job needs (0–7) for every U.S. occupation. It is rated as important (3 or higher) in 369 of 894 occupations.

Breadth here means how widely O*NET rates this skill as important across occupations — not that it is rare, high-paying, or currently in employer demand.

Occupations that rely most on Systems Analysis

Ranked by O*NET importance to the occupation (1–5). Bars are sized against the 1–5 scale; the level column is what depth of the skill the job needs (0–7).

Occupation Importance Score Level
Logistics Engineers 4.6 4.8
Chief Executives 4.1 5.1
Business Continuity Planners 4.0 4.3
Epidemiologists 4.0 4.1
Urban and Regional Planners 4.0 4.1
Actuaries 3.9 4.6
Chemical Engineers 3.9 4.1
Chief Sustainability Officers 3.9 4.0
Coaches and Scouts 3.9 3.9
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 3.9 4.0
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar 3.9 4.0
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers 3.9 4.0
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 3.9 4.3
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 3.9 3.9
Operations Research Analysts 3.9 3.9
Petroleum Engineers 3.9 3.9
Robotics Engineers 3.9 4.0
Water/Wastewater Engineers 3.9 4.1
Agricultural Engineers 3.8 4.0
Animal Scientists 3.8 3.8
Automotive Engineers 3.8 3.9
Civil Engineers 3.8 4.1
Computer Network Architects 3.8 3.9
Computer Systems Analysts 3.8 4.0
Computer and Information Research Scientists 3.8 4.4
Database Architects 3.8 3.8
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 3.8 4.0
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 3.8 3.9
Health Informatics Specialists 3.8 4.0
Industrial Ecologists 3.8 4.1
Industrial Production Managers 3.8 3.9
Information Technology Project Managers 3.8 3.8
Logistics Analysts 3.8 4.0
Loss Prevention Managers 3.8 4.0
Management Analysts 3.8 3.9
Manufacturing Engineers 3.8 4.6
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 3.8 4.0
Microsystems Engineers 3.8 4.0
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 3.8 4.0
Nuclear Engineers 3.8 4.0

Showing the top 40 of 369 occupations where this is important.

How AI is used by roles that need Systems Analysis

This skill is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles for which O*NET rates it important and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles (importance-weighted). 66.9% of the 369 roles where this is important carry observed AI-usage data (247 roles).

Across those roles, 51.0% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 29.5% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.73 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
directive 27.2% AI does it; you give the instruction
task iteration 26.9% you and AI go back and forth
learning 20.7% you ask AI to explain or teach
validation 3.5% you do it; AI checks your work
feedback loop 2.3% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback

Roles behind this signal

The roles where this skill is most important and that also have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.

Occupation Importance Works with AI Autonomy
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 63.2% 4.0/5
Editors 3.1 68.2% 4.0/5
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors 3.0 70.6% 4.0/5
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 66.2% 3.3/5
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 67.2% 3.5/5
Instructional Coordinators 3.3 53.1% 4.0/5
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 3.0 66.8% 3.3/5
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 65.3% 3.5/5
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 65.7% 3.3/5
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 3.1 66.3% 4.0/5
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary 3.0 65.7% 3.3/5
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 3.0 65.7% 3.3/5

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. Shares are of observed conversations, weighted by how important this skill is to each role; some conversations are left unclassified by Anthropic's taxonomy, so shares need not sum to 100.

Industries that concentrate this

Where Systems Analysis matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly rely on Systems Analysis (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.

Nationally, about 30.6% of workers are in occupations that significantly rely on Systems Analysis (measured across 67 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Health Care and Social Assistance 7,576,140 32.8%
Educational Services 6,802,350 49.9%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 6,416,100 59.6%
Manufacturing 3,201,820 25.1%
Finance and Insurance 3,053,540 49.0%
Retail Trade 2,704,580 17.3%
Construction 2,134,900 26.3%
Accommodation and Food Services 1,875,880 13.2%
Information 1,776,290 61.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises 1,617,780 57.6%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 1,603,240 17.8%
Wholesale Trade 1,553,860 25.7%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Wind Electric Power Generation National industry 2.65× 81.1%
Engineering Services National industry 2.37× 72.5%
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities National industry 2.36× 72.3%
Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations National industry 2.29× 70.0%
Nuclear Electric Power Generation National industry 2.11× 64.6%
Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors National industry 2.1× 64.3%
Information Sector 61.1%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Sector 1.95× 59.6%
Testing Laboratories and Services National industry 1.95× 59.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises Sector 1.88× 57.6%
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers National industry 1.83× 56.0%
Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists National industry 1.8× 55.0%

Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.

Capabilities required by many of the same occupations — a measure of which skills, knowledge and abilities tend to travel together, not a judgment of similarity.

Capability Type Shared occupations
Systems Evaluation Cross-functional skill 307
Fluency of Ideas Ability 335
Active Learning Basic skill 363
Originality Ability 291
Learning Strategies Basic skill 276
Writing Basic skill 358
Instructing Cross-functional skill 286
Complex Problem Solving Cross-functional skill 368
Written Expression Ability 363
Judgment and Decision Making Cross-functional skill 369
Computers and Electronics Knowledge 296
Category Flexibility Ability 364

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Systems Analysis." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/skills/systems-analysis

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  title  = {Systems Analysis},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/skills/systems-analysis}
}

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