Software Development Analyst Jobs in the North West

Software Development Analyst
England > North West

The median Software Development Analyst salary in the North West is £52,500 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 251 - 277
Rank change year-on-year - - +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Analyst 14 0 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.18% - 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 14 0 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £57,500
75th Percentile £53,750 - £61,250
90th Percentile £62,500 - -
England median annual salary £52,500 - £57,500
% change year-on-year - - +12.20%

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 6,933 9,216 7,073
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 94.65% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,092 7,079 4,124
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,620 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -8.90% +4.54%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,550 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Software Development Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Analyst in the North West

Software Development Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Software Development Analyst in the North West

Software Development 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 Development Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Lancashire - 12 £52,500 -
Manchester - 2 £62,500 -
Software Development Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Software Development 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 Development Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 14 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (64.29%) Agile
2 9 (64.29%) Software Testing
2 9 (64.29%) Project Management
2 9 (64.29%) Service Management
2 9 (64.29%) ITSM
2 9 (64.29%) Business Process Analysis
2 9 (64.29%) Customer Requirements
2 9 (64.29%) Product Ownership
2 9 (64.29%) Translating Business Requirements
2 9 (64.29%) QA
3 5 (35.71%) SDLC
4 3 (21.43%) Logistics
4 3 (21.43%) JSON
4 3 (21.43%) Data Mapping
4 3 (21.43%) Workflow
4 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
4 3 (21.43%) SQL
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (21.43%) SOAP
4 3 (21.43%) XML
4 3 (21.43%) PMO
4 3 (21.43%) REST
4 3 (21.43%) User Stories
5 2 (14.29%) Algorithms
5 2 (14.29%) Forensic Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 2 (14.29%) Secure Coding
5 2 (14.29%) Mobile App

Software Development 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 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
General
1 14 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) JSON
1 3 (21.43%) REST
1 3 (21.43%) SOAP
1 3 (21.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Product Ownership
2 2 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (64.29%) Agile
2 9 (64.29%) Business Process Analysis
2 9 (64.29%) Customer Requirements
2 9 (64.29%) ITSM
2 9 (64.29%) Project Management
2 9 (64.29%) Service Management
2 9 (64.29%) Software Testing
2 9 (64.29%) Translating Business Requirements
3 5 (35.71%) SDLC
4 3 (21.43%) Data Mapping
4 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
4 3 (21.43%) Logistics
4 3 (21.43%) User Stories
4 3 (21.43%) Workflow
5 2 (14.29%) Information Security
5 2 (14.29%) OWASP
5 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Secure Coding
5 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) C#
2 2 (14.29%) C++
2 2 (14.29%) Go
2 2 (14.29%) Java
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) CISSP
1 2 (14.29%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) QA
2 3 (21.43%) PMO
3 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (14.29%) NIST