Software Analyst Jobs in the North West

Software Analyst
England > North West

The median Software Analyst salary in the North West 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 254 279 251
Rank change year-on-year +25 -28 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Analyst 37 18 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.46% 0.18% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.19% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 28 17 23
10th Percentile - £23,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £40,748 £27,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,748 £30,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +52.49% -47.83% +21.05%
75th Percentile £53,750 - £61,250
90th Percentile - £36,500 -
England median annual salary £45,748 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +21.99% -16.67% +8.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 7,357 9,353 6,927
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 94.63% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,011 7,192 4,022
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Software Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Analyst in the North West

Software Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Analyst in the North West.

Salary trend for Software Analyst in the North West

Software Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Software Analyst in the North West

Software Analyst
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Analyst within the North West 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
Cumbria -46 21 £43,248 +8.12%
Lancashire -64 9 £52,500 +40.00% 1
Manchester +55 6 £43,250 +88.04%
Merseyside +27 1 £42,500 +41.67%
Software Analyst
England

Software Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

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 North West region featuring Software Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (83.78%) Agile
2 27 (72.97%) Software Testing
3 21 (56.76%) JIRA
3 21 (56.76%) V-Model
3 21 (56.76%) Test Automation
3 21 (56.76%) Waterfall
3 21 (56.76%) eggPlant
3 21 (56.76%) Scrum
3 21 (56.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 21 (56.76%) Keysight
3 21 (56.76%) Acceptance Criteria
4 14 (37.84%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (29.73%) Mentoring
6 6 (16.22%) QA
6 6 (16.22%) Service Management
6 6 (16.22%) ITSM
6 6 (16.22%) Project Management
6 6 (16.22%) Product Ownership
6 6 (16.22%) Business Process Analysis
6 6 (16.22%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (16.22%) Translating Business Requirements
7 5 (13.51%) Customer Service
7 5 (13.51%) ServiceNow
7 5 (13.51%) Software Asset Management
7 5 (13.51%) Asset Management
8 4 (10.81%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (10.81%) Software Licensing
8 4 (10.81%) DevOps
8 4 (10.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley

Software Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 21 (56.76%) eggPlant
1 21 (56.76%) JIRA
General
1 14 (37.84%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) JSON
1 3 (8.11%) REST
1 3 (8.11%) SOAP
1 3 (8.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.70%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (83.78%) Agile
2 27 (72.97%) Software Testing
3 21 (56.76%) Acceptance Criteria
3 21 (56.76%) Scrum
3 21 (56.76%) Test Automation
3 21 (56.76%) V-Model
3 21 (56.76%) Waterfall
4 11 (29.73%) Mentoring
4 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (16.22%) Business Process Analysis
5 6 (16.22%) Customer Requirements
5 6 (16.22%) ITSM
5 6 (16.22%) Project Management
5 6 (16.22%) Service Management
5 6 (16.22%) Translating Business Requirements
6 5 (13.51%) Asset Management
6 5 (13.51%) Customer Service
6 5 (13.51%) Software Asset Management
7 4 (10.81%) DevOps
7 4 (10.81%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.11%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) C#
2 1 (2.70%) C++
2 1 (2.70%) Go
2 1 (2.70%) Java
2 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (56.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.70%) CISSP
2 1 (2.70%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) QA
2 4 (10.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (8.11%) PMO
4 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.70%) NIST
4 1 (2.70%) SLA
Vendors
1 21 (56.76%) Keysight
2 5 (13.51%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.70%) Snow