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How much does a systems analyst or IT architect earn in Sweden?

System analysts and ICT-architects. 28,500 people employed in Sweden.

56,200SEK

per month is the median salary for a systems analyst or IT architect in Sweden in 2025. That is 47% higher than the median across all jobs in the country, 38,300 SEK.

+2.2% since 2024

≈ €4,950 / $5,800 at September 2026 exchange rates, before tax.

That is roughly 42,472 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

≈ 324 SEK an hour · 674,400 SEK a year

The hourly figure is the monthly salary divided by 173.3 hours (40 hours a week × 52 weeks / 12 months); the yearly figure is twelve times the monthly salary.

The average salary for a systems analyst or IT architect in Sweden is 58,500 SEK per month (2025). The median salary is 56,200 SEK. The lowest-paid 10% earn under 41,000 SEK and the highest-paid 10% over 77,800 SEK.

Figures are gross monthly salary before tax, converted to full time. Income tax in Sweden is roughly 30–34% for most earners, plus a national surtax on income above about 51,000 SEK a month.

Average pay
58,500 SEK
Mean gross monthly salary
Lowest 10%
41,000 SEK
Earn less than this
Highest 10%
77,800 SEK
Earn more than this
People employed
28,500
In this job in Sweden

The pay range

How monthly salaries are distributed among system analysts and ict-architects in Sweden. The same scale is used in the tables further down.

41,000 SEKLowest 10%56,200 SEKMedian77,800 SEKHighest 10%
Light band: the middle 80 per cent. Dark band: the middle half, earning 47,700–66,700 SEK. The red line is the median salary across all jobs in Sweden.

Systems analyst/IT architect starting salary

Statistics Sweden publishes no starting-salary figures. The closest proxies are what the youngest people in the job earn and where the lower end of the pay distribution sits.

The youngest in the job, aged 25–34, earn 50,200 SEK a month on average — roughly 38,700 SEK after tax in an average municipality.

Starting-salary proxies, before and after tax
Before tax After tax
Average, aged 25–34 50,200 SEK 38,665 SEK
Lowest 10% earn less than 41,000 SEK 32,471 SEK
Lowest 25% earn less than 47,700 SEK 36,982 SEK

These are proxies, not starting salaries. An age band holds both people who have just started and people ten years into the job, and the lowest paid are not always newcomers. The collective-agreement minimum and an individual offer can sit above or below.

Systems analyst/IT architect pay in the private and public sector

What system analysts and ict-architects earn depends a great deal on who the employer is.

Monthly salary by sector and gender
Sector Average pay Median pay Men Women
All sectors 58,500 SEK 56,200 SEK 58,400 SEK 52,000 SEK
Private sector 62,300 SEK 60,000 SEK 60,900 SEK 56,000 SEK
Public sector 49,700 SEK 48,400 SEK 50,200 SEK 46,400 SEK
Central government 57,900 SEK 58,200 SEK 59,200 SEK 55,300 SEK
Municipalities 47,300 SEK 46,300 SEK 47,500 SEK 45,300 SEK
Regions (health care) 49,700 SEK 48,500 SEK 50,000 SEK 47,000 SEK

Systems analyst/IT architect salary after tax in Sweden

What system analysts and ict-architects actually take home depends on which municipality they live in. The table shows what 56,200 SEK a month comes to after tax in a few of them.

That is roughly 42,472 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

56,200 SEK a month after tax, by municipality
Municipality Municipal and regional tax After tax
Average municipality 32.38% 42,472 SEK
Stockholm 30.55% 43,348 SEK
Göteborg 32.60% 42,380 SEK
Malmö 32.42% 42,454 SEK
Österåker (lowest tax) 28.93% 43,895 SEK
Dorotea (highest tax) 35.65% 41,122 SEK
  • The youngest in the job, aged 25–34 years, earn 50,200 SEK before tax — roughly 38,665 SEK after.
  • The best paid 10% earn more than 77,800 SEK, which is roughly 52,695 SEK after tax.

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Pay for men and women

Median salary for men and women
Gender 40,000 80,000 Median pay Number
Men 58,400 SEK 19,800
Women 52,000 SEK 8,700

Women's average salary is 88% of men's average salary in this job.

Statistics Sweden calculates the ratio on average monthly salary, while the table above shows median salaries, so the two do not line up exactly. The figure is also unadjusted: it does not account for differences in age, sector or position.

Systems analyst/IT architect salary by age

Pay for system analysts and ict-architects normally rises with years in the job.

Monthly salary by age
Age 40,000 80,000 Average pay Men Women Number
25–34 years 50,200 SEK 50,900 SEK 48,800 SEK 4,800
35–44 years 58,500 SEK 60,300 SEK 53,600 SEK 8,300
45–54 years 61,900 SEK 64,300 SEK 56,300 SEK 8,200
55–64 years 61,500 SEK 64,600 SEK 55,100 SEK 6,300

Pay by level of education

Monthly salary by level of education
Level of education 40,000 80,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Primary and secondary education 9-10 years (ISCED97 2) 55,300 SEK 56,800 SEK – 310
Upper secondary education, 2 years or less (ISCED97 3C) 55,700 SEK 58,200 SEK 50,000 SEK 1,600
Upper secondary education 3 years (ISCED97 3A) 55,800 SEK 58,100 SEK 49,600 SEK 4,500
Post-secondary education, less than 3 years (ISCED97 4+5B) 57,000 SEK 58,900 SEK 51,600 SEK 6,000
Post-secondary education 3 years or more (ISCED97 5A) 59,900 SEK 62,200 SEK 55,300 SEK 14,300
Post-graduate education (ISCED97 6) 62,800 SEK 65,700 SEK 57,900 SEK –
No information about level of educational attainment 60,800 SEK 63,000 SEK – –

Systems analyst/IT architect salary by region

Statistics Sweden reports pay by job at the level of national areas (NUTS 2), not by county.

Monthly salary by region
Region 40,000 80,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Stockholm 63,900 SEK 66,000 SEK 59,000 SEK 12,300
East-Central Sweden 51,600 SEK 53,700 SEK 46,900 SEK 3,700
Småland and islands 52,400 SEK 54,500 SEK 47,700 SEK 1,300
South Sweden 58,100 SEK 60,000 SEK 53,500 SEK 3,000
West Sweden 56,500 SEK 58,500 SEK 51,800 SEK 5,600
North-Central Sweden 50,400 SEK 53,000 SEK 45,700 SEK 950
Central Norrland 51,500 SEK 53,100 SEK 48,100 SEK 700
Upper Norrland 50,700 SEK 53,200 SEK 45,900 SEK 890

Systems analyst/IT architect pay growth 2014–2025

Median salary per year. Years with no reported median are skipped. The dashed line marks the break between the older and the newer series at Statistics Sweden; comparisons across it should be made with care.

From 43,800 SEK in 2014 to 56,200 SEK in 2025, +28% in total. Nominal figures, not adjusted for inflation. The lighter part of the line, the years before 2023, comes from an older set of statistics at Statistics Sweden and is not fully comparable with the later years.

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Swedish job titles in this occupation

Statistics Sweden files the following Swedish job titles under SSYK 2511, “systemanalytiker och it-arkitekter m.fl.”. These are the titles you will actually meet in Swedish job ads.

  • Configuration Manager/CM
  • Data scientist
  • Enterprise Architect
  • Informationsarkitekt
  • Infrastrukturarkitekt
  • IT-analytiker
  • IT-arkitekt
  • IT-utredare
  • Koncernarkitekt, IT
  • Kravanalytiker, IT
  • Lösningsarkitekt, IT
  • Metodanalytiker, data
  • Systemanalytiker
  • Systemarkitekt
  • Systemutredare
  • Verksamhetsanalytiker, IT
  • Verksamhetsutvecklare, IT

Frequently asked questions

How much does a systems analyst or IT architect earn in 2026?

The latest figures are Statistics Sweden's salary structure statistics for 2025, published on 16 June 2026. The median salary was then 56,200 SEK a month before tax, against 55,000 SEK the year before (2024) — +2.2%. Figures for 2026 are normally published in June 2027; until then the 2025 figures are the latest there are, and we do not project our own.

What is the median salary for a systems analyst or IT architect in Sweden?

The median salary for a systems analyst or IT architect in Sweden is 56,200 SEK per month before tax (2025). That means half earn less and half earn more. The median across all jobs in Sweden is 38,300 SEK, so system analysts and ict-architects sit 47% higher than the typical job.

How much does a systems analyst or IT architect earn after tax?

The median salary for a systems analyst or IT architect is 56,200 SEK a month before tax. In an average Swedish municipality, without the church fee and for someone under 66, that works out at roughly 42,500 SEK after tax. The exact figure depends on which municipality you live in — our salary-after-tax calculator works it out.

What is the difference between average and median pay for system analysts and ict-architects?

The average (58,500 SEK) is the mean of every salary and is pulled upwards by the highest earners. The median (56,200 SEK) is the salary in the middle of the scale and usually gives a better picture of what system analysts and ict-architects typically earn.

What is the starting salary for a systems analyst or IT architect in Sweden?

Statistics Sweden does not publish starting salaries as such. The closest figure is the youngest people in the job: system analysts and ict-architects aged 25–34 years earn 50,200 SEK per month on average. The lowest-paid 10% in the job earn less than 41,000 SEK. More in the section “Systems analyst/IT architect starting salary” above.

How high can the salary go for system analysts and ict-architects?

The highest-paid 10% in the job earn more than 77,800 SEK per month. Pay is shaped by sector, experience, level of education and where in the country you work.

Is there a gender pay gap among system analysts and ict-architects in Sweden?

Women's average salary is 88% of men's in this job. The median salary is 58,400 SEK for men and 52,000 SEK for women. The figure is not adjusted for differences in age, sector or working hours.

Where in Sweden does a systems analyst or IT architect earn the most?

Pay is highest in Stockholm, where system analysts and ict-architects earn 63,900 SEK per month on average.

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