Software Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £44,124 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 706 628
Rank change year-on-year +199 -78 +88
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Analyst 64 59 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.080% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.084% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 46 55 71
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,200 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,750 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,124 £35,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.07% -4.11% -5.19%
75th Percentile £53,750 £44,375 £60,625
90th Percentile £66,230 £50,000 £61,250
UK median annual salary £45,748 £37,500 £46,125
% change year-on-year +21.99% -18.70% +9.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Software Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Analyst in the UK excluding London

Software Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Analyst in the UK excluding London

Software Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Analyst in the UK excluding London

Software Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
North of England +54 31 £44,124 +47.08% 3
North West +13 29 £45,748 +52.49% 1
South East +81 10 £26,500 -37.65% 14
South West +126 9 £28,000 -67.06% 1
East of England +45 8 £66,230 +47.18% 7
Scotland +126 4 - -
Yorkshire +63 2 £25,000 -33.33% 2
West Midlands +61 1 £55,000 +129.17%
Midlands +50 1 £55,000 +46.67% 3
Wales +46 1 £55,000 -
Software Analyst
UK

Software Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 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 UK excluding London region featuring Software Analyst in the job title.

1 35 (54.69%) Agile
2 24 (37.50%) Software Testing
2 24 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 22 (34.38%) Acceptance Criteria
3 22 (34.38%) Scrum
4 21 (32.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (32.81%) Keysight
4 21 (32.81%) V-Model
4 21 (32.81%) JIRA
4 21 (32.81%) Waterfall
4 21 (32.81%) eggPlant
5 17 (26.56%) Customer Service
6 16 (25.00%) Social Skills
7 13 (20.31%) Microsoft
8 12 (18.75%) C#
8 12 (18.75%) SQL
8 12 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (17.19%) Mentoring
10 10 (15.63%) Finance
10 10 (15.63%) ITIL
11 9 (14.06%) Asset Management
11 9 (14.06%) Software Asset Management
11 9 (14.06%) ServiceNow
12 8 (12.50%) Software Licensing
12 8 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
12 8 (12.50%) Continuous Delivery
12 8 (12.50%) DevOps
12 8 (12.50%) CI/CD
12 8 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
12 8 (12.50%) Problem-Solving

Software Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (9.38%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.38%) Firewall
1 6 (9.38%) VoIP
2 1 (1.56%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (32.81%) eggPlant
1 21 (32.81%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) Cypress.io
General
1 16 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (15.63%) Finance
4 6 (9.38%) Spanish Language
4 6 (9.38%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.13%) Banking
5 2 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Legal
6 1 (1.56%) Advertising
6 1 (1.56%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.56%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.38%) .NET
1 6 (9.38%) ASP.NET
1 6 (9.38%) HTML
1 6 (9.38%) WPF
2 2 (3.13%) Node.js
3 1 (1.56%) JSON
3 1 (1.56%) Playwright
3 1 (1.56%) React Native
3 1 (1.56%) REST
3 1 (1.56%) SOAP
3 1 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.13%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.13%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.56%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.69%) Windows
2 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (54.69%) Agile
2 24 (37.50%) Software Testing
2 24 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 22 (34.38%) Acceptance Criteria
3 22 (34.38%) Scrum
4 21 (32.81%) V-Model
4 21 (32.81%) Waterfall
5 17 (26.56%) Customer Service
6 11 (17.19%) Mentoring
7 10 (15.63%) ITIL
8 9 (14.06%) Asset Management
8 9 (14.06%) Software Asset Management
9 8 (12.50%) CI/CD
9 8 (12.50%) Continuous Delivery
9 8 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (12.50%) DevOps
9 8 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (12.50%) Roadmaps
9 8 (12.50%) Software Licensing
9 8 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.75%) C#
1 12 (18.75%) SQL
2 8 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 6 (9.38%) C++
3 6 (9.38%) Python
4 2 (3.13%) TypeScript
4 2 (3.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (32.81%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (9.38%) Degree
2 6 (9.38%) MCP
2 6 (9.38%) MCSE
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.13%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (4.69%) QA
3 2 (3.13%) SLA
4 1 (1.56%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (32.81%) Keysight
2 13 (20.31%) Microsoft
3 9 (14.06%) ServiceNow
4 6 (9.38%) PayPal
5 2 (3.13%) Fiserv
5 2 (3.13%) TSYS
6 1 (1.56%) Snow