Software Analyst Jobs in England

Software Analyst
UK > England

The median Software Analyst salary in England is £45,748 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 612 771 749
Rank change year-on-year +159 -22 +175
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Analyst 79 72 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.084% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.089% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 61 61 89
10th Percentile £27,000 £23,500 £26,125
25th Percentile £35,000 £27,250 £34,324
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,748 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.99% -16.67% +8.43%
75th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £66,230 £55,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,748 £37,500 £38,750
% change year-on-year +21.99% -3.23% -6.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 44,665 81,175 81,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.55% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,293 60,496 51,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,519 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Software Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Software Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Analyst in England

Software Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Analyst in England.

Salary trend for Software Analyst in England

Software Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Analyst in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Analyst in England

Software Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +71 39 £45,748 +52.49% 3
North West +25 37 £45,748 +52.49% 1
South East +89 10 £27,500 -35.29% 8
South West +117 9 £28,000 -67.06%
London +102 9 £55,000 -21.43% 11
East of England +45 8 £66,230 +47.18% 3
Midlands +56 4 £35,000 -6.67% 4
Yorkshire +69 2 £25,000 -33.33% 2
West Midlands +54 2 £47,500 +97.92% 2
East Midlands +27 2 £30,000 -36.84% 2
Software Analyst
UK

Software Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Software Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Software Analyst in the job title.

1 41 (51.90%) Agile
2 30 (37.97%) Software Testing
3 25 (31.65%) JIRA
4 24 (30.38%) Test Automation
4 24 (30.38%) Scrum
5 23 (29.11%) Acceptance Criteria
6 22 (27.85%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (26.58%) Waterfall
7 21 (26.58%) V-Model
7 21 (26.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (26.58%) eggPlant
7 21 (26.58%) Keysight
7 21 (26.58%) Social Skills
8 17 (21.52%) SQL
8 17 (21.52%) Customer Service
8 17 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (20.25%) Finance
10 15 (18.99%) Microsoft
11 14 (17.72%) C#
12 12 (15.19%) Mentoring
13 11 (13.92%) ServiceNow
14 10 (12.66%) Microsoft Office
14 10 (12.66%) JavaScript
14 10 (12.66%) QA
14 10 (12.66%) Asset Management
14 10 (12.66%) Software Asset Management
14 10 (12.66%) DevOps
15 9 (11.39%) Product Ownership
15 9 (11.39%) CI/CD
15 9 (11.39%) ITIL

Software Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.80%) Confluence
2 2 (2.53%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (12.66%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (7.59%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.80%) AWS
1 3 (3.80%) Azure
2 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.59%) Firewall
1 6 (7.59%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (31.65%) JIRA
2 21 (26.58%) eggPlant
3 2 (2.53%) Postman
3 2 (2.53%) Subversion
3 2 (2.53%) TortoiseSVN
4 1 (1.27%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.27%) Git
4 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (27.85%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (26.58%) Social Skills
3 16 (20.25%) Finance
4 6 (7.59%) Spanish Language
4 6 (7.59%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.53%) Advertising
5 2 (2.53%) Banking
6 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.27%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.27%) Legal
6 1 (1.27%) Marketing
6 1 (1.27%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.86%) .NET
1 7 (8.86%) ASP.NET
2 6 (7.59%) HTML
2 6 (7.59%) WPF
3 4 (5.06%) REST
3 4 (5.06%) SOAP
4 3 (3.80%) JSON
4 3 (3.80%) Node.js
4 3 (3.80%) XML
5 1 (1.27%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.27%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.27%) LDAP
5 1 (1.27%) OAuth
5 1 (1.27%) Playwright
5 1 (1.27%) React
5 1 (1.27%) React Native
5 1 (1.27%) Spring
5 1 (1.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.39%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.53%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.53%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.27%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.27%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.27%) NHS
4 1 (1.27%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (51.90%) Agile
2 30 (37.97%) Software Testing
3 24 (30.38%) Scrum
3 24 (30.38%) Test Automation
4 23 (29.11%) Acceptance Criteria
5 21 (26.58%) V-Model
5 21 (26.58%) Waterfall
6 17 (21.52%) Customer Service
6 17 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (15.19%) Mentoring
8 10 (12.66%) Asset Management
8 10 (12.66%) DevOps
8 10 (12.66%) Software Asset Management
9 9 (11.39%) CI/CD
9 9 (11.39%) ITIL
9 9 (11.39%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (10.13%) Continuous Delivery
10 8 (10.13%) Roadmaps
10 8 (10.13%) Software Licensing
10 8 (10.13%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.52%) SQL
2 14 (17.72%) C#
3 10 (12.66%) JavaScript
4 8 (10.13%) Python
5 7 (8.86%) C++
6 3 (3.80%) Java
7 2 (2.53%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.53%) VB
8 1 (1.27%) Go
Qualifications
1 21 (26.58%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (8.86%) Degree
3 6 (7.59%) MCP
3 6 (7.59%) MCSE
3 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.27%) CISSP
4 1 (1.27%) CSSLP
4 1 (1.27%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.66%) QA
2 8 (10.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (5.06%) PMO
4 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.27%) NIST
4 1 (1.27%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.27%) Grafana
1 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.27%) Prometheus
1 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (26.58%) Keysight
2 15 (18.99%) Microsoft
3 11 (13.92%) ServiceNow
4 6 (7.59%) PayPal
5 2 (2.53%) Fiserv
5 2 (2.53%) Snow
5 2 (2.53%) TSYS
6 1 (1.27%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.27%) Salesforce