Software Analyst Jobs in England

Software Analyst
UK > England

The median Software Analyst salary in England is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 759 762 906
Rank change year-on-year +3 +144 -197
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Analyst 72 174 234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.084% 0.19% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.21% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 61 91 206
10th Percentile £23,500 £26,250 £25,250
25th Percentile £27,250 £34,324 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £47,500 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -8.82% +12.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,982 82,462 128,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,404 52,476 75,206
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 13 May 2024.

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 13 May 2024. 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
South East -12 21 £42,500 +16.44% 4
North of England +2 19 £30,000 -47.83% 2
North West -31 18 £30,000 -47.83% 1
London +100 13 £70,000 +7.69% 4
Midlands -5 12 £37,500 +7.14% 1
East Midlands -7 7 £47,500 +33.28% 1
East of England +17 6 £45,000 - 6
West Midlands +14 5 £24,000 -31.43%
Yorkshire +71 1 £37,500 +7.14% 1
South West -28 1 £85,000 +209.09% 2
Software Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, 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 23 (31.94%) Finance
2 22 (30.56%) Social Skills
3 20 (27.78%) Asset Management
3 20 (27.78%) Microsoft
4 19 (26.39%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (23.61%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (19.44%) Oracle
6 14 (19.44%) Software Asset Management
6 14 (19.44%) Software Licensing
7 13 (18.06%) SaaS
8 12 (16.67%) Coaching
9 11 (15.28%) Process Improvement
9 11 (15.28%) Software Testing
9 11 (15.28%) SQL
9 11 (15.28%) Microsoft Excel
10 10 (13.89%) Project Management
10 10 (13.89%) IBM
10 10 (13.89%) ITSM
10 10 (13.89%) Analytics
11 9 (12.50%) Degree
11 9 (12.50%) Service Delivery
11 9 (12.50%) Public Sector
12 8 (11.11%) ITIL
12 8 (11.11%) Business Analysis
12 8 (11.11%) SDLC
12 8 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (11.11%) Data Analytics
13 7 (9.72%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (9.72%) Computer Science
13 7 (9.72%) .NET

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 6 (8.33%) IBM Notes
1 6 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.17%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (23.61%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (15.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.39%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.39%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.06%) SaaS
2 6 (8.33%) AWS
3 2 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.17%) Internet
1 3 (4.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.17%) Oracle Database
2 3 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.78%) Power BI
4 1 (1.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 23 (31.94%) Finance
2 22 (30.56%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 8 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (9.72%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (8.33%) Banking
6 6 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (8.33%) Investment Banking
6 6 (8.33%) Private Banking
7 5 (6.94%) Retail
8 4 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (4.17%) Billing
10 2 (2.78%) Automotive
10 2 (2.78%) Legal
10 2 (2.78%) Social Housing
11 1 (1.39%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.72%) .NET
2 6 (8.33%) Middleware
3 1 (1.39%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.39%) EDI
3 1 (1.39%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.72%) Enterprise Software
1 7 (9.72%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (8.33%) Culture of Ownership
3 5 (6.94%) Reinsurance
4 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Licensing
4 3 (4.17%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.78%) PropTech
6 1 (1.39%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.39%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.78%) Asset Management
2 19 (26.39%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (19.44%) Software Asset Management
3 14 (19.44%) Software Licensing
4 12 (16.67%) Coaching
5 11 (15.28%) Process Improvement
5 11 (15.28%) Software Testing
6 10 (13.89%) Analytics
6 10 (13.89%) ITSM
6 10 (13.89%) Project Management
7 9 (12.50%) Service Delivery
8 8 (11.11%) Business Analysis
8 8 (11.11%) Data Analytics
8 8 (11.11%) ITIL
8 8 (11.11%) SDLC
9 7 (9.72%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (9.72%) Computer Science
10 6 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (8.33%) Service Management
10 6 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.28%) SQL
2 1 (1.39%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.39%) VB
2 1 (1.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (2.78%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) SLA
2 3 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 14 (19.44%) Oracle
3 10 (13.89%) IBM
4 7 (9.72%) VMware
5 6 (8.33%) YouTube
6 5 (6.94%) SAP
7 3 (4.17%) Adobe
7 3 (4.17%) Apple
8 2 (2.78%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.39%) Sage