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 £33,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 691 579 680
Rank change year-on-year -112 +101 -127
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Analyst 67 189 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.096% 0.30% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.34% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 60 88 146
10th Percentile £23,450 £25,000 £24,625
25th Percentile £27,250 £32,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £36,277 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -3.26% +8.70%
75th Percentile £43,750 £55,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £57,750
UK median annual salary £38,500 £36,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year +5.48% -12.05% +10.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 66,438 55,416 67,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.30% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,143 31,373 42,828
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,368
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,725 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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
South East -9 24 £42,500 +16.44% 1
North of England -17 19 £30,000 -45.45% 2
North West -28 18 £30,000 -47.83% 2
Midlands +1 13 £32,750 -6.43% 1
East Midlands -17 7 £47,500 +35.71%
East of England +28 6 £45,000 - 3
West Midlands +14 6 £24,000 -26.15% 1
Wales +5 2 - -
Scotland -66 2 £38,500 -23.00% 1
Yorkshire +70 1 £37,500 +7.14%
South West -41 1 £85,000 +142.86% 5
Software Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 17 (25.37%) Finance
2 16 (23.88%) Microsoft
3 15 (22.39%) SQL
3 15 (22.39%) Social Skills
4 14 (20.90%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (20.90%) Asset Management
5 13 (19.40%) Software Testing
6 12 (17.91%) Service Delivery
7 11 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (14.93%) Public Sector
8 10 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (14.93%) Oracle
9 8 (11.94%) SaaS
9 8 (11.94%) Requirements Gathering
9 8 (11.94%) Customer Service
10 7 (10.45%) Fintech
10 7 (10.45%) AWS
10 7 (10.45%) Computer Science
10 7 (10.45%) Business Analysis
10 7 (10.45%) Private Banking
10 7 (10.45%) Coaching
10 7 (10.45%) Software Asset Management
10 7 (10.45%) Software Licensing
10 7 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (10.45%) Process Improvement
10 7 (10.45%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (10.45%) Performance Tuning
10 7 (10.45%) Middleware
10 7 (10.45%) SLA
10 7 (10.45%) Active Directory

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (7.46%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (20.90%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.49%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.49%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.94%) SaaS
2 7 (10.45%) AWS
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.99%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.46%) Internet
1 5 (7.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.46%) Oracle Database
2 5 (7.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.99%) Power BI
4 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) JIRA
General
1 17 (25.37%) Finance
2 15 (22.39%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (14.93%) Public Sector
4 7 (10.45%) Banking
4 7 (10.45%) Investment Banking
4 7 (10.45%) Private Banking
5 5 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (7.46%) Retail
6 4 (5.97%) Legal
6 4 (5.97%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.48%) Automotive
7 3 (4.48%) Billing
8 2 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.99%) Social Housing
9 1 (1.49%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.45%) .NET
1 7 (10.45%) Middleware
2 1 (1.49%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Licensing
3 2 (2.99%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.99%) PropTech
3 2 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.49%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.49%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.90%) Asset Management
2 13 (19.40%) Software Testing
3 12 (17.91%) Service Delivery
4 11 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (11.94%) Customer Service
5 8 (11.94%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (10.45%) Business Analysis
6 7 (10.45%) Coaching
6 7 (10.45%) Computer Science
6 7 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (10.45%) Fintech
6 7 (10.45%) Performance Tuning
6 7 (10.45%) Process Improvement
6 7 (10.45%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (10.45%) Software Asset Management
6 7 (10.45%) Software Licensing
7 5 (7.46%) Document Management
7 5 (7.46%) Mentoring
7 5 (7.46%) Network Architecture
7 5 (7.46%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.39%) SQL
2 1 (1.49%) C#
2 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.49%) VB
2 1 (1.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (5.97%) ISTQB
2 3 (4.48%) Degree
3 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.49%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.45%) SLA
2 5 (7.46%) QA
3 3 (4.48%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 7 (10.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (23.88%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.93%) Oracle
3 5 (7.46%) SAP
3 5 (7.46%) YouTube
4 4 (5.97%) IBM
5 3 (4.48%) Adobe
5 3 (4.48%) Apple
6 2 (2.99%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.49%) Sage
7 1 (1.49%) VMware