Software Analyst Jobs in Manchester

Software Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Software Analyst salary in Manchester is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 212 212
Rank change year-on-year +77 0 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Analyst 7 6 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.32% 0.12% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.12% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 6
10th Percentile £30,950 - -
25th Percentile £41,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £23,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +171.74% -8.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £66,250 £27,750 -
90th Percentile - - £31,125
North West median annual salary £45,748 £30,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +52.49% -47.83% +53.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,943 4,853 4,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 94.55% 91.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,290 3,746 2,670
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,017 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,375 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,000 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +0.11% -8.90% +4.54%

Software Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Analyst in Manchester

Software Analyst
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Software Analyst in Manchester

Software Analyst
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Analyst in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Manchester region featuring Software Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
3 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
3 4 (57.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (57.14%) Technology Roadmap
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) ITIL
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow
3 4 (57.14%) DevOps
3 4 (57.14%) Software Asset Management
3 4 (57.14%) Software Licensing
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Delivery
4 3 (42.86%) Operational Stability
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (28.57%) NIST
5 2 (28.57%) Forensic Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Algorithms
5 2 (28.57%) SDLC
5 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 2 (28.57%) Secure Coding
5 2 (28.57%) OWASP
5 2 (28.57%) CSSLP
5 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
5 2 (28.57%) Go
5 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001

Software Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Algorithms
1 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
2 4 (57.14%) Software Asset Management
2 4 (57.14%) Software Licensing
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) Technology Roadmap
3 3 (42.86%) Operational Stability
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Forensic Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) OWASP
4 2 (28.57%) SDLC
4 2 (28.57%) Secure Coding
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) C++
1 2 (28.57%) Go
1 2 (28.57%) Java
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
1 2 (28.57%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce