Software Analyst Job Trends in England

Software Analyst
UK > England

The median Software Analyst salary in England is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 579 580
Rank change year-on-year +20 +1 +194
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Analyst 58 100 100
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.21% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.22% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 44 51 91
10th Percentile - £29,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £26,000 £40,999 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% +3.25%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 48,032 44,628 46,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.71% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,380 23,318 36,700
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Software Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Software Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Software Analyst
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Software Analyst job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Software Analyst job vacancies in England

Software Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Analyst in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 2026. 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
Midlands +21 20 £27,000 -10.00%
East Midlands -12 15 £27,000 -10.00%
East of England +36 13 £45,000 - 1
North of England -27 8 £37,225 -29.10% 1
South East +30 7 £65,000 +126.09%
London +41 5 £62,500 -10.71%
West Midlands +25 5 £55,000 +37.50%
South West +15 5 £42,500 -
Yorkshire -8 4 £26,000 -52.73% 1
North East - 3 £52,500 -
North West -22 1 £48,450 -7.71%
Software Analyst
UK

Software Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Software Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Software Analyst in the job title.

1 24 (41.38%) ERP
2 23 (39.66%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (37.93%) SQL
4 21 (36.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (34.48%) QA
5 20 (34.48%) SaaS
6 18 (31.03%) CRM
6 18 (31.03%) Customer Service
6 18 (31.03%) E-Commerce
7 17 (29.31%) C#
8 14 (24.14%) Analytical Thinking
9 13 (22.41%) Data Privacy
9 13 (22.41%) Logistics
9 13 (22.41%) Mentoring
9 13 (22.41%) Remote Desktop
9 13 (22.41%) Root Cause Analysis
10 12 (20.69%) JIRA
11 11 (18.97%) Asset Management
12 10 (17.24%) Software Asset Management
12 10 (17.24%) User Stories
13 9 (15.52%) Agile
13 9 (15.52%) Requirements Gathering
13 9 (15.52%) User Experience
14 7 (12.07%) Degree
14 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
15 6 (10.34%) Azure
15 6 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (10.34%) DevOps
15 6 (10.34%) Project Management
15 6 (10.34%) Software Testing

Software Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.90%) CMS
2 2 (3.45%) Confluence
3 1 (1.72%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (8.62%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (8.62%) Magento
1 5 (8.62%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 20 (34.48%) SaaS
2 6 (10.34%) Azure
2 6 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (8.62%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (5.17%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.45%) Asana
6 1 (1.72%) GCP
6 1 (1.72%) IaaS
6 1 (1.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.41%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.72%) DHCP
2 1 (1.72%) DNS
2 1 (1.72%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.17%) Power BI
3 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (20.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.72%) Selenium
2 1 (1.72%) TestRail
General
1 28 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 23 (39.66%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (25.86%) Retail
4 10 (17.24%) Finance
5 9 (15.52%) Law
5 9 (15.52%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (8.62%) Back Office
6 5 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (8.62%) Legal
7 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.72%) Advertising
8 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.62%) Middleware
1 5 (8.62%) REST
1 5 (8.62%) SOAP
2 1 (1.72%) .NET
2 1 (1.72%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.72%) Playwright
2 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.41%) Onboarding
2 8 (13.79%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (41.38%) ERP
2 23 (39.66%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (36.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (31.03%) CRM
4 18 (31.03%) Customer Service
4 18 (31.03%) E-Commerce
5 14 (24.14%) Analytical Thinking
6 13 (22.41%) Data Privacy
6 13 (22.41%) Logistics
6 13 (22.41%) Mentoring
6 13 (22.41%) Root Cause Analysis
7 11 (18.97%) Asset Management
8 10 (17.24%) Software Asset Management
8 10 (17.24%) User Stories
9 9 (15.52%) Agile
9 9 (15.52%) Requirements Gathering
9 9 (15.52%) User Experience
10 6 (10.34%) Project Management
10 6 (10.34%) Software Testing
10 6 (10.34%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 22 (37.93%) SQL
2 17 (29.31%) C#
3 5 (8.62%) T-SQL
4 4 (6.90%) Python
5 3 (5.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (5.17%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.72%) Java
6 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (12.07%) Degree
2 3 (5.17%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.72%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (34.48%) QA
2 4 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.72%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.62%) ConnectWise
2 5 (8.62%) ServiceNow
2 5 (8.62%) Snow
2 5 (8.62%) WooCommerce
3 2 (3.45%) Oracle
4 1 (1.72%) Adobe
4 1 (1.72%) Google