Software Analyst Jobs

Software Analyst
UK

The median Software Analyst salary in the UK 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 624 818 806
Rank change year-on-year +194 -12 +196
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Analyst 87 77 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.078% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.082% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 64 64 92
10th Percentile £27,000 £23,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,813 £27,813 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,748 £37,500 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year +21.99% -3.23% -6.63%
75th Percentile £53,750 £47,813 £61,250
90th Percentile £66,230 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,748 £35,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year +30.71% -4.11% -2.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Software Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Analyst in the UK

Software Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Analyst in the UK

Software Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Software Analyst in the UK

Software Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

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 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
England +159 79 £45,748 +21.99% 25
UK excluding London +200 75 £45,748 +30.71% 19
North of England +71 39 £45,748 +52.49% 3
North West +25 37 £45,748 +52.49% 1
Work from Home +119 29 £52,500 +40.00% 18
South East +89 10 £27,500 -35.29% 8
South West +117 9 £28,000 -67.06%
London +102 9 £55,000 -21.43% 10
East of England +45 8 £66,230 +47.18% 3
Scotland +113 4 - - 1
Midlands +56 4 £35,000 -6.67% 4
Yorkshire +69 2 £25,000 -33.33% 2
West Midlands +54 2 £47,500 +97.92% 2
East Midlands +27 2 £30,000 -36.84% 2
Wales +37 1 £55,000 -

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

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 featuring Software Analyst in the job title.

1 47 (54.02%) Agile
2 31 (35.63%) Software Testing
3 26 (29.89%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (28.74%) JIRA
4 25 (28.74%) Test Automation
5 24 (27.59%) Scrum
6 23 (26.44%) Acceptance Criteria
7 21 (24.14%) Social Skills
7 21 (24.14%) Customer Service
7 21 (24.14%) eggPlant
7 21 (24.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (24.14%) Keysight
7 21 (24.14%) Waterfall
7 21 (24.14%) V-Model
8 19 (21.84%) SQL
9 18 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (19.54%) Finance
10 17 (19.54%) Microsoft
11 15 (17.24%) ServiceNow
12 14 (16.09%) DevOps
12 14 (16.09%) Software Asset Management
12 14 (16.09%) C#
12 14 (16.09%) Asset Management
13 13 (14.94%) ITIL
13 13 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (14.94%) CI/CD
14 12 (13.79%) Roadmaps
14 12 (13.79%) Technology Roadmap
14 12 (13.79%) Mentoring
14 12 (13.79%) Software Licensing

Software Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (3.45%) Confluence
2 2 (2.30%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.90%) Chatbot
3 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.45%) AWS
1 3 (3.45%) Azure
1 3 (3.45%) SaaS
2 2 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (2.30%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.30%) Smartsheet
3 1 (1.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (1.15%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.90%) Firewall
1 6 (6.90%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.30%) Power BI
1 2 (2.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (28.74%) JIRA
2 21 (24.14%) eggPlant
3 2 (2.30%) Postman
3 2 (2.30%) Subversion
3 2 (2.30%) TortoiseSVN
4 1 (1.15%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.15%) Git
4 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.15%) Selenium
General
1 26 (29.89%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 17 (19.54%) Finance
4 6 (6.90%) Spanish Language
4 6 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.30%) Advertising
5 2 (2.30%) Banking
5 2 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.30%) Legal
6 1 (1.15%) Billing
6 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.15%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.15%) Marketing
6 1 (1.15%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.05%) .NET
1 7 (8.05%) ASP.NET
2 6 (6.90%) HTML
2 6 (6.90%) WPF
3 4 (4.60%) JSON
3 4 (4.60%) REST
3 4 (4.60%) SOAP
4 3 (3.45%) Node.js
4 3 (3.45%) XML
5 1 (1.15%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.15%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.15%) LDAP
5 1 (1.15%) OAuth
5 1 (1.15%) Playwright
5 1 (1.15%) React
5 1 (1.15%) React Native
5 1 (1.15%) Spring
5 1 (1.15%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.30%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.30%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.15%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.15%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.15%) NHS
4 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (54.02%) Agile
2 31 (35.63%) Software Testing
3 25 (28.74%) Test Automation
4 24 (27.59%) Scrum
5 23 (26.44%) Acceptance Criteria
6 21 (24.14%) Customer Service
6 21 (24.14%) V-Model
6 21 (24.14%) Waterfall
7 18 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (16.09%) Asset Management
8 14 (16.09%) DevOps
8 14 (16.09%) Software Asset Management
9 13 (14.94%) CI/CD
9 13 (14.94%) ITIL
9 13 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (13.79%) Continuous Delivery
10 12 (13.79%) Mentoring
10 12 (13.79%) Roadmaps
10 12 (13.79%) Software Licensing
10 12 (13.79%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 19 (21.84%) SQL
2 14 (16.09%) C#
3 10 (11.49%) JavaScript
4 8 (9.20%) Python
5 7 (8.05%) C++
6 3 (3.45%) Java
7 2 (2.30%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.30%) VB
8 1 (1.15%) Go
Qualifications
1 21 (24.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (8.05%) Degree
3 6 (6.90%) MCP
3 6 (6.90%) MCSE
3 6 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.15%) CISSP
4 1 (1.15%) CSSLP
4 1 (1.15%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.15%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 10 (11.49%) QA
3 6 (6.90%) PMO
4 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.15%) NIST
4 1 (1.15%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) Grafana
1 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.15%) Prometheus
1 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (24.14%) Keysight
2 17 (19.54%) Microsoft
3 15 (17.24%) ServiceNow
4 6 (6.90%) PayPal
5 2 (2.30%) Fiserv
5 2 (2.30%) Planview
5 2 (2.30%) Snow
5 2 (2.30%) TSYS
6 1 (1.15%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.15%) Salesforce