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 £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 721 604 714
Rank change year-on-year -117 +110 -149
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Analyst 59 124 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.074% 0.22% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.25% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 50 64 142
10th Percentile £23,000 £25,000 £25,050
25th Percentile £26,500 £33,500 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -7.98% +8.67%
75th Percentile £43,750 £60,313 £47,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £52,500
UK median annual salary £36,250 £47,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -23.28% +11.18% -

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 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 12 June 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 12 June 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
North of England -27 18 £30,000 -47.83% 6
North West -56 17 £30,000 -47.83% 3
Midlands -39 14 £37,500 -21.05% 2
South East -44 14 £42,500 +18.88% 4
East Midlands -28 10 £47,500 -17.39% 2
East of England -9 8 £40,000 -11.11% 6
West Midlands -13 4 £24,000 -41.82%
Wales +13 2 - -
Scotland -67 2 £38,500 - 1
Yorkshire +62 1 £37,500 +53.06% 3
South West -49 1 £85,000 +209.09% 1
Software Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 15 (25.42%) Software Testing
2 10 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (15.25%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.25%) Asset Management
3 9 (15.25%) Finance
3 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
3 9 (15.25%) SQL
4 7 (11.86%) Agile
4 7 (11.86%) Business Analysis
4 7 (11.86%) Coaching
4 7 (11.86%) Computer Science
5 6 (10.17%) Analytics
6 5 (8.47%) Software Asset Management
6 5 (8.47%) Software Licensing
6 5 (8.47%) SaaS
6 5 (8.47%) Test Scripting
6 5 (8.47%) ISTQB
6 5 (8.47%) Retail
6 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
6 5 (8.47%) Mentoring
6 5 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (8.47%) YouTube
6 5 (8.47%) Public Sector
6 5 (8.47%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (6.78%) Middleware
7 4 (6.78%) Project Management
7 4 (6.78%) SAP

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 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.69%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.69%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.47%) SaaS
2 4 (6.78%) AWS
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (3.39%) Power BI
2 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 10 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Finance
2 9 (15.25%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (8.47%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.47%) Retail
4 4 (6.78%) Banking
4 4 (6.78%) Investment Banking
4 4 (6.78%) Legal
4 4 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Private Banking
5 2 (3.39%) Billing
5 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.39%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) .NET
1 4 (6.78%) Middleware
2 1 (1.69%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.39%) Driving Licence
1 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
1 2 (3.39%) PropTech
1 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.69%) Low-Code
2 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Linux
1 1 (1.69%) Unix
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.42%) Software Testing
2 10 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (15.25%) Asset Management
4 7 (11.86%) Agile
4 7 (11.86%) Business Analysis
4 7 (11.86%) Coaching
4 7 (11.86%) Computer Science
5 6 (10.17%) Analytics
6 5 (8.47%) Mentoring
6 5 (8.47%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (8.47%) Software Asset Management
6 5 (8.47%) Software Licensing
6 5 (8.47%) Test Scripting
7 4 (6.78%) Fintech
7 4 (6.78%) ITSM
7 4 (6.78%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (6.78%) Project Management
7 4 (6.78%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (6.78%) Service Delivery
7 4 (6.78%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) SQL
2 1 (1.69%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.69%) VB
2 1 (1.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (8.47%) ISTQB
2 3 (5.08%) Degree
3 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.69%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.08%) SLA
2 2 (3.39%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.47%) YouTube
3 4 (6.78%) SAP
4 2 (3.39%) Oracle
4 2 (3.39%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.69%) IBM
5 1 (1.69%) Sage
5 1 (1.69%) VMware